Fiori Launchpad Content

Dear SAPLearners, in this blog post we will learn about SAP Fiori Launchpad Content.

Fiori Launchpad Content

The fiori launchpad home page content consists of tiles, groups and catalogs. The content we see in the launchpad home page is called Fiori Launchpad Content.

To make a fiori app available to user in launchpad, several steps have to be configured.

Below is the overview of main components involved in fiori app configuration steps

• User
• Role
• Group
• Catalog
• Tile
• Target Mapping
• Fiori/UI5 Application

User

Fiori Launchpad users usually business end users, functional consultants or fiori consultants.

Role

Role is assign to User. Role is created using transaction PFCG and the fiori administrator assigns catalogs and groups to a role. It is used to control the fiori launchpad content.

Group

Group consists of tiles and links.Fiori administrators assign tiles to a group and the group is assigned to role. Users can personalize the launchpad home page by adding or removing groups.

Catalog

Catalog is collection of app launcher tiles are target mappings. Catalog is assigned to a Role. Users have access to all the apps that are contained in the catalog via specific role assigned to them.

Tile

Tile is a visual representation of an app on the launchpad home page. When user clicks on a tile, an intent(Semantic Object + Action) is triggered, configured app is opened.

Target Mapping

Target Mapping is a mapping between intent(Semantic Object + Action) and application itself.Target Mappings are created in Catalog. It is very important for the navigation of an app in fiori home page.

Below diagram shows the relationship among the different components explained above.

Now that you we know about fiori launchpad content. Now lets look at different tools used for setting up launchpad content.

Tools for Setting Up Launchpad Content

There two main tools which are used to configure and setup fiori launchpad content.

1. Fiori Launchpad Designer

SAP Fiori Launchpad Designer is used to manage catalogs, groups and tiles. The launchpad designer can be launched with the following URLs, replace server and port

https://<server>:<port>/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/arsrvc_upb_admn/main.html ?sap-client=&scope = <CONF/CUST>

You can launch Fiori Launchpad Designer in two scopes CONF and CUST

1. Client In-dependent: use the configuration scope (CONF) with client 000
   • https://<server>:<port>/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/arsrvc_upb_admn/main.html ?sap-client=000&scope=CONF
     
2. Client Dependent: use the customizing scope (CUST) with the client in which the content should be available.
   • https://<server>:<port>/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/arsrvc_upb_admn/main.html ?sap-client=<client>&scope=CONF

2. Fiori Launchpad Content Manager (New)

Fiori Launchpad Content Manager is a new tool to adjust the launchpad content and business roles.

This tool is available for below S/4 HANA versions

• S/4HANA 1809 (with SAP_UI 7.53 SP04 and SAPUI5 1.60) and
• S/4HANA 1709 (with SAP_UI 7.52 SP07 and SAPUI5 1.52)

The Launchpad Content Manager(LCM) improves the creation and maintenance of catalogs. Using this new tool you can explore existing content and create custom catalogs by copying the existing one.

The tool allows to make the changes in different scopes similar to Fiori Launchpad Designer.

• To make system-wide changes in the configuration scope, use the transaction /UI2/FLPCM_CONF
• To make client-specific changes in the customization scope use the transaction /UI2/FLPCM_CUST

Congrats!! you have successfully learned about SAP Fiori Launchpad Content and the tools to setup the launchpad content.

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