Step by step guide for accessing SAP Fiori

Launchpad on Portal
This document is for demonstrating how to configure SAP Fiori Launchpad on Portal (FLP). This document
provides steps on how to enable the Fiori Launchpad which is present in the SAP Portal. It covers how we can
convert existing portal roles and convert iViews into tiles in Fiori. It mainly covers how we can Launch Web
Dynpro ABAP and SAP GUI transactions from the Portal Fiori Launchpad.
This wiki is the inspiration from the wikis:
http://scn.sap.com/community/enterprise-portal/blog/2014/07/17/sap-fiori-launchpad-on-portal-sample-contentfor-administrators written by Shani Limor
http://scn.sap.com/community/enterprise-portal/blog/2014/11/13/building-your-mobile-portal-using-fiorilaunchpad-on-ep written by Sibylle Brehm
I have tried to elaborate it and have provided more detailed steps.
SAP Fiori launchpad on portal is available for portal customers as of NW 7.31 SP12 and NW 7.4 SP7 and
above.
With FLP on EP, portal administrators can control which applications appear in the launchpad for desktop,
mobile and tablet devices. SAP Portal iViews appear as tiles in the Launchpad.
It provides the detailed step by step instructions in configuring and building a demo role to access SAP Fiori on
SAP Portal.

1. Check for URL Alias portal/fiori

Portal by default comes with URL alias portal/fiori. Check and make sure its present if not then
create a new one as per the screen shot.
Navigation: System Administrator->System Configuration->Portal Display->URL Alias Manager

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2.

Assigning Fiori
Desktop to URL Alias

We have to assign the Fiori desktop to the url alias portal/fiori

Navigation: System Administrator->System Configuration->Portal Display->Desktops and Display Rules>Portal Content->Portal Administrators->Super Administrators->Master Rule Collection
If URL alias = portal/fiori
Portal Desktop = pcd:portal_content/every_user/general/defaultFLPFrameworkContent/FLPDesktop

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URL for accessing FLP

After applying this rule, to access Fiori on portal, we have to use the url
http://<host>:<port>/irj/portal/fiori

3. Device Group Manager Configuration

Device group manager is the place where we can specify what types of devices that are supported. We need
not make changes to it unless we have any specific requirement.
Navigation: System Administrator->System Configuration->Portal Display->Device Group Manager
Object IDs: Observe the Object Ids, we need to pass the object ids to the iViews so that the respective iView
can be accessed from desktop/smartphone/tablet devices.
If an iView has to be acceded in all the 3 devices i.e. in Desktop, Smartphone and Tablet then the Object ID of
iView should have value:
com.sap.portal.dg.desktop;com.sap.portal.dg.smartphone;com.sap.portal.dg.tablet

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4. Fiori Launchpad Categories

Using the Categories iView we can manage the tile catalog of Fiori. The iView by default comes with few
preconfigured sample categories; we can edit them or can define a new category in the same iView.
Navigation: Content Administrator->Portal Content Management->Portal Content->Portal Users->Standard
Portal Users->iViews->Fiori Launchpad->Fiori Launchpad Categories
PCD: portal_content/every_user/general/iViews/FioriLaunchPad/FioriLaunchpadCategories
Here is the screen shot showing the pre-configured. The category has the Category ID, Category Order and
Category Title.

For demo lets add a new category:

Category ID: MY_COMPANY_APPS

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Category Order: 8
Category Title: My Company Apps

5. SAP Fiori Role Creation

Create a free style or any other kind of role as needed. For demo lets create a role My
Organization Fiori Apps and add couple of iViews, we can add different type of iViews like URL,
Wb Dynpro, SAP Transaction, App Integrator, UI5 etc iViews to the role.

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We can take the existing SAP Portal roles and can convert the iViews into tiles in Fiori. For this we need to set
the following properties for iViews, pages and roles.
a.
Category Assignment
b.
Object ID of device group
c.
Icon URI and Image type
How to set these properties are described below in detail.

a. Category Assignment for iView

We need to set the Category Assignment property for the iView so that the respective iView would be visible in
the Category Group in Fiori.
Lets assign the Category ID which we created in step 4 i.e. MY_COMPANY_APPS
iView can also belong to multiple categories, then in Category Assignment we can have multiple categories
with semi colon separated.
If an iView belongs to categories WebDynpro and MY_COMPANY_APPS, then Category Assignment should
have value: WebDynpro;MY_COMPANY_APPS

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b. Set Object ID of Device Group property for

iViews, Pages and Roles
For all the iViews, Pages and Roles used in Fiori we have to set the Object Id for Device Group
property.
Note: This property is Mandatory; if we dont set the property then the iView will not be displayed
in FLP.
com.sap.portal.dg.desktop this value will make the iView visible in FLP for desktop users.
com.sap.portal.dg.smartphone this value will make the iView visible in FLP for smartphone users.
com.sap.portal.dg.tablet this value will make the iView visible in FLP for tablet users.

c. Setting the Icon URI property for the iView

For displaying the image on the Fiori tile, for the iView we have to set the Icon URI property

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Setting the Icon URI and Image type properties, we can see the image on the Fiori tile as shown below.

d. Image Repository on Portal

We can find the SAP delivered images on portal in Web Resource Repository.
Navigation: Content Admin->Web Resource Repository->Web Resources->Pictograms

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6. SAP Fiori Home Page

We can access the SAP Fiori home page by using the url
http://<host>:<port>/irj/portal/fiori
Assign the role which we created for Fiori for a user id and test it. Lets see how ours apps will be
displayed in Fiori.

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a. Monthly Lead Time Report tile

It will display the POWL based application.

b.

Employee Self Service tile

Clicking the Employee Self Service tile will access the backed ECC Launchpad and will display the apps
configured in the Launchpad. Here we are displaying the ESS Launchpad in the tile.

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c.

Analyse Material Cost Estimates tile

It will display the backend Web Gui SAP transaction: S_P99_41000111

d.

WDA Image App tile

It will display Web Dynpro for ABAP application: salv_wd_test_image1

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e.

Search Documents tile

It will display the custom portal application built for searching the documents in KM Repository.

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