SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment EhP1%2c Visual Composer Overview of Features - Webinar Presentation (1)

COMP102
What's New in Visual Composer
for SAP NetWeaver CE
Dan Yackel
SAP NetWeaver RIG
Dafna Yanay
SAP NetWeaver Product Management

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1. Introduction
2. Visual Composer 7.1
3. Summary
Agenda

© SAP 2008 / SAP TechEd 08 / <COMP102> / Page 4
What is Visual Composer?
Visual Composer is a modeling tool that enables code-free
modeling and composition of UI elements and Services to rapidly
create and adapt rich user interfaces
Visual Composer for
SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (Visual Composer 7.0)
Visual Composer for SAP NetWeaver
Composition Environment 7.1 (Visual Composer 7.1)

Modeling with Visual Composer – Introduction
Visual Composer supports
creating applications by…
manipulating data elements
such as data services and Web
services, and UI elements such
as controls, forms, and tables
creating connections between
elements to define the business
logic of the application
generating runtime code
automatically from the Visual
Composer model
SAP R/3 SAP BI ..... Non-SAP

Visual Composer Sample Views

1. Introduction
3. Summary
Agenda

Java Application
Server
Robust, enterprise-
class Java EE 5
application server
Eclipse Development
Environment
SAP NetWeaver
Developer Studio: Eclipse
based development and
modeling environment
Model-Driven Development and Deployment with
SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1
Processes
Event Flow / Rules
Role
SAP NetWeaver
BPM for process
composition
Views
Portal and Web Forms
Mobile
and VoiceAnalytics
SAP NetWeaver Visual
Composer for model-
driven UI development
(incl. analytics and voice)
Web Dynpro Java
SAP Interactive Forms
by Adobe
Federated Portal
Network
Enterprise Services
Repository and Registry
(ESR)
Software lifecycle
management and
logistics (NWDI)
Bus
Data
or File
Web Services / Enterprise
Services Connectivity
Services
Service
façade
New
service
Data
service
Enterprise
service
Basic
service
SAP Composite
Application
Framework (CAF)
business object
modeling and service
composition

CE 7.1CE 7.1 CE 7.2CE 7.2
Delivered as part of the SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment
Enables creation of composite views that can be used as standalone applications
or as part of larger composite applications
CE 7.1 EhP1CE 7.1 EhP1
Visual Composer 7.1

Key Features
CE 7.1
Clustered data services support
Componentization - reuse of Visual Composer models in other models
Modeling and layout enhancements
Ability to drag and drop UI elements and controls onto the layout board
Containers for creating complex layouts and relative layout capabilities
New runtime technology – Web Dynpro Flex and Web Dynpro HTML
Lifecycle management support - Integration with SAP source control
system – NWDI DTR
ALV table support

Embedded BI Features
CE 7.1
Combine analytical data, operational data,
and services in one environment
Integrate information from independent
data sources in one analysis
Launch Business Explorer Tools or
reports from within SAP transactions
ALV tables for data manipulation by end-user:
Sort or filter the list
Add a calculation
Hide columns
Personalize settings
Composite Apps
embedded BI
Composite Apps
embedded BI
SAP NetWeaver
Composition Environment
Visual
Composer
BI Consumer
Services
SAP Apps SAP BI

Portal Content Creation Features
CE 7.1
Create Visual Composer composite application and related portal content in the
same modeling environment:
WYSIWYG visualization of Portal Framework
Top-down or bottom-up content creation workflow
Drag-and-drop content creation
Guided creation using portal semantic metadata

Parity With Visual Composer 7.0 Features
CE 7.1 EhP1
The following Visual Composer 7.0 features will be
available in Visual Composer for CE 7.1 EhP1:
Missing BI features
Portal Events Support (EPCM)
JDBC support
Undo/Redo
Migration Support
HTML View
*Visual Composer 7.0 capabilities that are not available in Ehp1 of
Visual Composer 7.1 include styling, formatting, and few UI controls.

Visual Composer in NWDS
CE 7.1 EhP1
Integrated version of Visual Composer in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio
Additional entry-point to access the Visual Composer models
Browser-based version continues to be supported
First step to achieve NWDS as a single tool platform for a
developer role
A unified entry point to all
CE toolsets
(Web Dynpro tools,
Visual Composer,
CAF, BPM, etc.)

Extending Visual Composer Using Web Dynpro
CE 7.1 EhP1
“Break-out” from Visual Composer
1. Define the required component using
Visual Composer composite view
2. Automatically generate the Web Dynpro
component interface
3. Implement the Web Dynpro
component
4. Add the Web Dynpro
component to the
Visual Composer model
Add an existing Web Dynpro
component to the
Visual Composer model

Web Dynpro Component Samples
CE 7.1 EhP1
Crystal Xcelsius
Web Dynpro
Flash Islands

Working With Simulated Services
CE 7.1 EhP1
Create a simulated service with dummy data
to fully run and simulate the application
Define static data manually or from a
spreadsheet
“Break-out” from the simulated services to a
service layer and automatically generate the
service interface
Implement the service from scratch or
adapt an existing service
Drag & replace the simulated service with
the “real” service without affecting
the application UIs
Service Implementation
Service Creation

Additional Improvements
CE 7.1 EhP1
Grid Layout
EJBs consumption support
Browse images support
OBN configuration for source views
Message area support

Migrating Models From Visual Composer 7.0 to 7.1
CE 7.1 EhP1
Model Conversion Wizard - converts Visual Composer 7.0 models to Visual Composer 7.1
The wizard opens the model in Visual Composer 7.1 and generates a detailed report of
the conversion status
In case some manual work is needed, this is described in the report

ALV Table Enhancements
CE 7.1 EhP1
Configure ALV behavior in design time
Export to Excel
Switch to Chart
Display Hierarchies
Save runtime settings

Embedded BI Features
CE 7.1 EhP1
BICS (BI Consumer Services) connectivity to the following connectors:
BI XMLA (NW BI 3.5, BI7.0 MDX Provider, MSSQLServer/Analysis Services
2005)
BI JDBC Connector (MaxDB 7.0, 7.1, MS SQLServer 2005)
BI SAP Query Connector
(InfoSets in SAP Business Suite)
BI Master Data InfoActor
(for display/use of BI master data)
and planning services via BICS
Real-time access to relational and
multidimensional sources

Embedded BI Features (cont.)
CE 7.1 EhP1
BI Data Service Wizard (Query wizard) and SQL editor
Flexibly create query views and configure ports of data
services
Planning application enabling
Expose data services for data write-back and planning
function execution in Visual Composer
Basic Value help support
Meta-data driven, no manual
involvement needed,
single value selection only

Portal Content Creation Features
CE 7.1 EhP1
Import existing portal content
OBN support
source, target and BO modeling
Dynamic URL iView modeling
Advanced layout capabilities
Full support for deep DTN structure
Improved Business Suite (Best Fit)
content creation

Visual Composer & BPM Integration
CE 7.2
SAP NetWeaver BPM is a flexible framework for designing and running user-centric
collaborative processes and reusable workflows.
Seamless integration between BPM and Visual Composer
Break-out from a BPM Step and automatically generate the Visual Composer UI
Consume existing Visual Composer UIs and add them to the business process

Model Debugging
CE 7.2
Debug WindowDebug Window
Visual Model TracingVisual Model Tracing ConsoleConsole
Variables, Breakpoints, and
Expressions windows
Variables, Breakpoints, and
Expressions windows

1. Introduction
3. Summary
Agenda

Visual Composer 7.1 – Summary
Generally available as part of SAP NW
Composition Environment
Visual Composer 7.1
Clustered data services support
Componentization
Modeling and layout enhancements
Support for Web Dynpro runtime
ALV tables integration
Life Cycle Management support
CE 7.1 EhP1 CE 7.2

What Other Customers are Saying?
The Visual Composer survey was launched on SDN in July
The survey ran for three weeks
Over 400 participants
Over 170 different organizations
~ 50% are SAP Customers, 35% SI/ISVs
~ 35% are Developers/IT Experts, 40% Consultants, 20% BPX/Business Analysts

Visual Composer Survey Highlights
>75% of participants have productive Visual Composer applications deployed in their
organizations
Most of the participants were “self-trained” (SDN, How-To’s, Online Help)
Main strengths of Visual Composer
Easy & Simple
High visualization - “The presentation is outstanding;”
Connectivity to many backend (BI, R3, ….) – Accessing data from many systems
Flex, Flex, Flex !!!!
Main weaknesses of Visual Composer
Limited functionality and UI elements –> Solved in CE7.1.1
Weak in reusing components -> Solved in CE7.1
Export and print functions -> Solved in NW7.0.1
Lifecycle Management support ->Solved in CE7.1

Your Questions and Comments
Thank you for your time!
Questions

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