It is been approximately
more than a month ago when on SAPphirenow
(14-16 May 2013) also SAP Fiori was announced. SAP Fiori is a collection of
apps with a simple and easy to use experience for broadly and frequently used
SAP software functions that work seamlessly across different devices (desktop,
tablet, or mobile). The Fiori is considered as “Consumer grade UI”. Meaning a
new, modern and design
thinking driven user interface (UI). Fiori currently has 25 apps which cover
frequently used functionality with SAP software, e.g. create sales orders, entering
time to timesheets, approve requests, etc.
Fiori targets to cover 80
percent of SAP users and 45 percent of SAP system functionalities usage. From
technical perspective Fiori is based on SAP UI5 (also introduced quite
recently). SAPUI5 is then based on HTML5 based standards. Fiori is optimized
for the Google Chrome web browser. Fiori’s back end connectivity is provided by
SAP’s oData (Open Data
Protocol). Backend functionality is exposed by Gateway (NetWeaver Gateway
(formerly called "Project Gateway)) services. Most likely Fiori apps can
be ported to any version of ECC 6. Notice that Fiori doesn’t require Sybase
Mobile platform called Sybase Unwired Platform (toolkit formally known as SUP).
The pricing of the Fiori? Seems
only $150 per user for those above mentioned 25 apps.
To see demos of the Fiori
check out: https://experience.sap.com/fiori
See documentation check
out: http://help.sap.com/fiori
SCN resources of Fiori: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-41598
PS: Curios about the name? Actually Fiori means "flowers"
in Italian.
