S/4Hana 2023 – Key User Extensibility – Custom Logic App – Keep the Core Clean

With S/4hana 2023 SAP introduce another fiori application which can help key users to implement BADI’s that have been released by SAP. We can start implementing from the Custom Logic app or from the UI adaptation in an application that can be extended.

BADI’s Extension can be created by using the application and we will also have the flexibilities to view the latest documents, Develop extension where we can also refer sample code, Test the code and compare the code as well. This app can play a major role to keep the core clean.

Using HANA DB BLOB fields to store/retrieve File Attachments using Node.JS and SAPUI5

Introduction

When using Node.JS in SAP BTP Cloud Foundry, you may have the need to store/retrieve file attachments in your NodeJS Application (backend) and SAPUI5 (front end). There are several approaches, of these the main would be:

◉ File System

◉ File Storage

◉ SAP HANA Database Storage, as BLOB (Binary Large Objects)

Run XSA application(UI part) locally with visual studio code

I have been working on XSA for a while, the SAP WEB IDE FOR SAP HANA is a bit outdated(especially for ui5 development) and sometimes not that performant. Recently i managed to move the xsa application to visual studio code and run the UI part(for now) locally. This blog post will show you how I moved and the solution for the issue encountered during the setup.

Note: This blog post is about moving your xsa development (UI part at least) to visual studio code, not about using visual studio code to do xsa app development from scratch

some prerequisite:

1.visual studio code +plugin

2.node js+ git

3. a running xsa application in your xsa( to get the destination and service binding info)

SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA – Adaptation Transport Organizer

This blog post is a summary of detail steps for setting up Adaptation Transport Organizer, which is a pre-requisite for using in-app extensibility.

In-app extensibility covers the most common changes most customers need to make to their SAP S/4HANA solution, including:

HANA XSA: Securing your application, and ensuring a good User Experience (UX) – Part 1

Is User Experience or Security more important?

In short, both are equally important.  One of the most overlooked areas of user experience is security.  As with most user-oriented design, security should be implemented in a way that guides the user, only allowing them to interact in ways which they are authorized.  on the other hand, security should not force the user to have a bad experience, it should enhance it.

Cross-MTA Dependencies. Custom UI5 Library Reference Example.

While there is a lot of good information available on cross-MTA dependancies, I thought it would be useful to create a complete working example for loading a custom UI5 library cross-MTA.

To demonstrate the cross-MTA capability I will create two MTA’s containing UI5 applications

◉ Provider
◉ Consumer

BEx Query based Fiori App

We all know BEx queries have been the traditional Sap BW reporting method to analyze the dataset of the BI system. Info Objects are combined in a query and data is evaluated in a tabular report.

Now Enterprise Reporting can be taken to the next level with the advent of Fiori and SAP UI5. Here are a few points why you should consider creating a custom SAPUI5 app to analyse BI data.

SAP UI5 app on SAP HANA Cloud Trial Service

I just explored the SAP HANA service available in SAP cloud platform. Got to know many gears and finally came up with this noisy blog.

Below are the footsteps to chase UI5 app development in SAP HANA service provider.

S/4 HANA FIORI Transactional App data validations with FIORI ELEMENT Template and CDS -BOPF framework

Introduction: This Blog is to show S/4 hana fiori transactional app data validations with FIORI  ELEMENT  Template and CDS -BOPF framework.This covers   CDS creation, app crud operations(transactional behaviour), Odata Publish withannotations  and Odata registration to be used in front end. Required SAP landscape prerequisites are  Eclipse ADT, WebIDE, S/4 HANA  On-Premise with SAP_GWFND and SAP_UI components.

Main Part : The below steps are  required to  perform data validations with BOPF framework in S/4 HANA app.

Batch Insert and Update Processing with OData V2

In this blog, we’ll learn how to perform batch insert and update operation with OData version 2 and we apply to the contact persons list where user can add, edit and delete the person first name and last name. I have no issue when performing the single batch insert/update alone. But when it comes updating and inserting at the same time with batch, I think this is one of the easiest way. Do let me know if you have any better solution.

Develop a full-stack multi module business application(MTA) by using java as middle-ware

In this blog, I will explain the step by step process to create a multi module business application(MTA) by using java as the middle-ware component with the help of SAP Web IDE full-stack and this application will be deployed onto the Cloud Foundry trail account.

Functionality of the Application :- Here I am going to display the list of employees of an organization.

Combining spatial and sentiment analysis using SAP HANA

Taking unstructured data, extracting sentiments from it and then putting spatial data in the mix can yield valuable insights for any company.

Intro

Many companies have a large pool of unstructured feedback from customers (e.g. complaints). Most of the time, this data also has geographical information attached (e.g. the address).

HANA Spatial Demos: Geocoding, Clustering, Aggregation

Business story

Let’s imagine a purely fictional story to back-up our applications:

◈ Our customer is an insurance company specialised in house insurance.
◈ Currently, they have all their data in Excel files.
◈ They want to move it into a dedicated system capable of grouping houses in the same area together.

HANA Rules Framework (HRF)

HANA Rules Framework (HRF)

SAP HANA Rules Framework provides tools that enable application developers to build solutions with automated decisions and rules management services, implementers and administrators to set up a project/customer system, and business users to manage and automate business decisions and rules based on their organizations’ data.

In daily business, strategic plans and mission critical tasks are implemented by a countless number of operational decisions, either manually or automated by business applications. These days – an organization’s agility in decision-making becomes a critical need to keep up with dynamic changes in the market.

Upload and Retrieve Image using SAP HANA XS & SAP UI5

One of the most common use case in building XS based Native HANA Application is working with file uploads like image, csv etc.,
In this blog I will explain how to:

1. Use SAPUI5 File Uploader to upload an image
2. Render preview of the uploaded image
3. Save it to HANA DB using a XSJS service.
4. Retrieve the saved image using XSJS service and render it on the UI.

Please note this approach can be applied for any type of file. e.g .csv, xlsx etc.,
Upload an Image using SAPUI5 File Uploader:

How to Consume HANA XS Odata in ECC

Introduction:

In this blog we will discuss how can we consume HANA XS-Odata services in ECC system. In this scenario we will set up an RFC connection between HANA and ECC system and the XS Odata services can be consumed. The data coming from the XS-Odata services can be populated in an internal table for further processing.

Prerequisites:

• This scenario has to be implemented in ECC system.
• An RFC connection should exist between HANA and ECC.

How to Deploy and Run SAPUI5 application on ABAP Server

Prerequisite

To run application on ABAP server, we need to have ABAP Development tools and SAPUI5 ABAP Repository Team Provider plugin installed into your Eclipse IDE.

SAP HANA Extended Application Services

We introduce an exciting new capability called SAP HANA Extended Application Services (sometimes referred to unofficially as XS or XS Engine). The core concept of SAP HANA Extended Application Services is to embed a full featured application server, web server, and development environment within the SAP HANA appliance itself. However this isn't just another piece of software installed on the same hardware as SAP HANA; instead SAP has decided to truly integrate this new application services functionality directly into the deepest parts of the SAP HANA database itself, giving it an opportunity for performance and access to SAP HANA differentiating features that no other application server has.

Upload data to HANA table with SAPUI5 FileLoader and HANA Extended Services

All, there could be many instances where end users would require the ability to upload a file of data to a table in HANA on a day to day basis where the Table Import functionality is not sufficient. In this blog I demonstrate the File upload capability using SAPUI5 and HANA Extended Services. Note: this is on SPS06.

- Create a new SAPUI5 Application Project