SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer

SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer

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Agenda 1. Visual Composer for NetWeaver CE 7.1 2. Visual Composer in Review 3. Status and Outlook SAP 2008 / CE / Page 3

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Visual Composer as a UI component Model composite views and processes. Extend through the development of dedicated application logic Composite Process: Guided Procedures Model process flow with graphical tools Modify with default process components Assemble workflows from reusable blocks User Interface: Visual Composer, Web Dynpro, Adobe Forms, Voice Model UIs graphically Apply UI changes without coding Use interactive forms adjustable to specific needs Business Objects and Services: CAF Import Enterprise Services Model business objects Compose application logic SAP 2008 / CE / Page 5

Visual Composer in CE Robust, enterpriseclass Java EE 5 application server Guided Procedures (GP) for collaborative processes Composite Application Framework (CAF) business object modeling and service composition SAP 2008 / CE / Page 6 Processes Views Services Bus Web Services / Enterprise Services Connectivity Java Application Server Event Portal and Web Basic service New service Flow Analytics Data service Data or File Eclipse Development Environment Forms Service façade Enterprise service Role Mobile and Voice Developer Studio: Eclipse based development and modeling environment Visual Composer (VC) for model-driven UI development (incl. analytics and voice) Web Dynpro Java Adobe Interactive Forms Federated Portal Network Enterprise Services Repository and Registry (ESR) Software lifecycle management and logistics (NWDI)

What is Visual Composer? Visual Composer is the modeling tool that enables code-free composition of UI elements, Enterprise Services, and reusable components to rapidly create and adapt rich user interfaces SAP 2008 / CE / Page 7

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Key Benefits Visual Composer... Provides a code-free, freestyle modeling environment for rapid application development Enables creation of composite views that can be used as standalone applications or as part of larger composite applications Enables users without specialized software programming skills to easily model business applications SAP 2008 / CE / Page 9

Freestyle Modeling With Visual Composer Start with an empty canvas and draw your application Create composite views or service components Search for reusable components and services Model the information and navigation flow Model user interfaces, define UI elements, and arrange the layouts Deploy and run your application Data Flow UI Elements Services SAP 2008 / CE / Page 10

Modeling Composite Views With Visual Composer SAP 2008 / CE / Page 11

Key Features: Connectivity and Service Consumption Visual Composer leverages the Composition Environment connectivity framework Out-of-the box connectivity to SAP systems, such as ERP, CRM and BI Connection to non SAP systems Combining and acting on information from multiple sources Consumption of Enterprise Services as well as RFCs and 3 rd party Web services Consumption of data services with complex structures and nested tables SAP 2008 / CE / Page 12

Key Features: Componentization and Life Cycle Management Visual Componentization Composer leverages of the Visual Composition Composer models Environment s and integration connectivity with framework LM tools enabling Componentization Reuse of Visual Composer enables the models reusein and other models consumption of existing modeled components and Dispersed development, enabling teams to model services in the composition of new composite views together Better structuring of complex application models Source control provided by SAP DTR (Design Time Repository) SAP 2008 / CE / Page 13

Key Features: UI Layouting Advanced layouting capabilities Ability to drag and drop UI elements and controls onto the layout board Containers for creating complex layouts and relative layout capabilities SAP 2008 / CE / Page 14

Key Features: One-Click Deployment One-click deployment mechanism Compilation, build, and deployment infrastructure via a single interface Out-of-the-box support for SAP runtimes: Web Dynpro HTML/Flex Open architecture allowing additional runtime providers as plug-ins SAP 2008 / CE / Page 15

Agenda 1. Visual Composer for NetWeaver CE 7.1 2. Visual Composer in Review 3. Status and Outlook SAP 2008 / CE / Page 16

Visual Composer 7.0 Adoption * 35 2006 2007 350 30 300 25 Over 300 Active Customers 250 20 200 15 10 GA Avg. 3.9 New Customers/Week 150 100 5 50 0 13 15 17 19 21 24 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 1 3 5 7 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 * Measured by OSS Messages SAP 2008 / CE / Page 17

The Visual Composer Survey The Visual Composer survey was launched on SDN in June 2007 The survey ran for three weeks and registered over 600 hits The survey consisted of four main sections General information How are you using Visual Composer? Analytics General feedback SAP 2008 / CE / Page 18

How Are Customers Using Visual Composer? 400 participants,150 different organizations, 40 different industries 34% participated in the Analytics program (76% modeled Analytic xapps from scratch) 60% are modeling Form/Report views 44% are modeling Transactional applications Most participants were self trained (SDN, How-To s, Online Help) SAP 2008 / CE / Page 19

What Are Visual Composer Customers Saying? The main advantages for me Ease of use. Very low learning curve. Great UI Easy and fast development of small scale applications Rapid development, makes life easy while designing and making backend connections Easy to use, completely Web based Drag and drop flexibility SAP 2008 / CE / Page 20

Agenda 1. Visual Composer for NetWeaver CE 7.1 2. Visual Composer in Review 3. Status and Outlook SAP 2008 / CE / Page 21

Visual Composer Community www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/visualcomposer SAP 2008 / CE / Page 22

Visual Composer: Roadmap Short Term Mid Term Long Term 2007 Visual Composer 7.0 Visual Composer 7.0 is the go-to version for 2007 Continue to invest in VC7.0 for implementations Enhancements and Bug fixes as part of NW7.0 SPs Scenarios Dashboards (Analytics and others) Transactional/Actionable xapps Portal Integration Visual Composer for CE Ramp Up Q1-Q3/2008 Visual Composer for CE General Availability Scenarios Modeling composite views as part of composite application developments Voice and Portal Modeling scenarios (Not all Visual Composer 7.0 functionality is supported) Visual Composer 7.0 Quality and usability focus Beyond Q3/2008 Visual Composer for CE Parity with Visual Composer 7.0 Features BI Functionality included Migration Support from 7.0 CE Migration support for Visual Composer models Migrated models may require additional manual work Applications modeled with Visual Composer 7.0 will not require migration SAP 2008 / CE / Page 23

Visual Composer: Unit Summary You should now be able to understand: The basic concept behind Visual Composer. The basic architecture of a Visual Composer. Review and new features for Visual Composer in SAP NW CE. SAP 2008 / CE / Page 24

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