SAP came few times with
initiatives how to simplify and even reduce number of SAP screens and fields on
the screens. There are options within different SAP products e.g. in customizing
where particular screens/fields can be hidden if not used for that customer or
SAP implementation. These initiatives are really important. SAP software is
covering a lot of industry solutions basically we would hardly found some major
industry which is not covered by SAP. Therefore all the screens are really very
advanced supporting needs of different industries. Downside is that such as
screens/fields are heavy containing a lot of features tied to wide
functionalities.
Other initiative was GuiXT.
Provided by 3rd party company (Synactive)
it is a way how to customize SAP GUI user interface
enabling to narrow down no of screens/fields without touching coding (e.g. ABAP
or dynpros). More details about GuiXT see here.
In 2012 SAP came with another
possibility. It is called SAP Screen Personas. Basically it is aiming same goal.
In contrast of GuiXt it is browser based tool for personalizing SAP Dynpro
screens. Notice that Personas works on most of dynpro screen. However it doesn’t
work on webdynpros
based apps (e.g. app like SAP CRM web client or SAP SRM). It can run as far as
you accessing SAP backend system via web browser. It is compatible with SAP
NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC)
as well as with old ITS. Personas are supported by Microsoft Silverlight (app framework
for writing and running rich Internet applications; similar Adobe Flash) and
HTML. Personas are part of SAP’s User Experience strategy – they enable
improving of SAP screens. In lights of other new SAP initiative like SAP Fiori (which aims
to renew widely used SAP user scenario) and SAP UI5 (UI to create new SAP apps)
Personas are complementary. Again no programming is involved in Personas
deployment.
Screen
Personas are delivered as SAP NetWeaver software
Component called PERSOS; means it is add-on which needs to be installed into your
NetWeaver backend system. NW kernel 7.21 is required. You can customize SAP
Personas via TA SPRO -> SAP Customizing Implementation Guide -> Cross Application Components -> SAP Screen Personas.
SAP Screen Personas,
version history:
2013
July: Personas 2.0 and Personas 1.0 SP2
2013
April: Personas 1.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2012
December: SAP Screen Personas 1.0
Coming back to GuiXT:
As per note 1825312
(Maintenance strategy of GuiXT) GuiXT is still supported and there are currently
no plans to remove it from SAP GUI installation.
SAP
Personas Resources:
1826286 - FAQ/How-To
Guide for SAP Screen Personas
1884539 -
Considerations when using SAP Screen Personas
1776739 - Release
strategy for the ABAP add-on PERSOS
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