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The Key User Extensibility Tools of S/4 HANA

[2018-05-15] Update.

S/4 HANA comes with a new extensibility concept. SAP has announced the new extensibility concept in a white paper published some weeks ago (S/4HANA Extensibility – The new White Paper). A major pillar of the extensibility concept is the key user extensibility tool set that is part of S/4 HANA. Other extension scenarios are supported by SAP HANA Cloud Platform (HCP), e.g., integration of SAP- and non-SAP cloud solutions or development of Fiori like UI’s using Web IDE. You will find an overview in the white paper mentioned above and many more useful links here: SAP S/4HANA Extensibility: A Learning Journey.

In this article, I want to share some insight into the key user extensibility tools. But at first, let me summarize the most important facts.

The S/4HANA key user extensibility tools follow the principle of leading cloud services (see for example the SAP cloud services of SuccessFactors, Ariba, Cloud for Customer and SAP Business ByDesign, but also services of SAP’s competitors). So they are designed for the cloud, but also made available in the on-premise edition:

  • They are completely web-based (developed along the Fiori principles and technology) and targeted for the key users and therefore easy to use.
  • The artifacts created with key user tools are lifecycle-stable. This means, they are based on public, stable APIs and technology so that they will continue to work without adaptation after the next upgrade.

After this short introduction, let me introduce the tools in detail:

UI Flexibility

As a key user you can change the layout of you tables and forms directly in the running UI in the UI Adaptation Mode. You can:

  • Hide fields in a form, table, or filter, hide groups and areas
  • Rename labels
  • Add field to UI from field repository
  • Move form field or UI group, create new groups and move fields into
  • combine fields into one line, split combined fields
  • Define new filter and table variants
  • This feature is available as of S/4HANA version 1506 (cloud) for selected UIs

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Figure: UI Adaptation Mode – Adaptation Mode with Drag&Drop Configuration

 

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Figure: UI Adaptation Mode – Form-based Configuration UI

 

The UI adaptation mode has two different implementations:

  • A drag-and-drop “runtime adaptation mode”, in which you can configure the UI via drag and drop. The following video https://youtu.be/-0W_fvzpJZk and the related document http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-68081 nicely shows the features of the adaptation mode. You can start the adaptation mode from the menu under your account information under “Adapt UI”.
  • A form-based configuration UI in which you can configure your tables, forms, etc.. You can start this UI with the “gearwheel” icon. The form-based configuration will be replaced by the drag-and-drop “runtime adaptation mode”, but may be still in place for more advanced configurations in the future.

Custom Fields

In the Custom Fields and Logic Fiori app, you can add and edit custom fields. You can

  • Create and edit custom fields (extend the SAP table, application, CDS views and OData services)
  • Delete an existing custom field (deletion is not possible if a field has been transported)
  • Manage the usages of a custom field such as other UIs, reports, forms (print and e-mail forms), service interfaces (OData, SOAP, BAPI, IDOC), processes (data flows), search.
  • Define fields of type associations to custom business objects or to SAP standard business objects
  • Extend SAP CDS Views and OData-Services with SAP fields that are available in CDS views in “lower layers” of the virtual data model (VDM) (tab “Data Source Extensions” in the Custom Fields and Logic app)

The Custom Fields and Logic Fiori app completely hides the technical details of the underlying software stack (for example database table, CDS views, OData services) from you as a key user. Together with the UI adaptation mode, you can simply add a new field end-to-end with a few clicks.

This feature is available for released SAP business contexts. As of version 1711 SAP offers more than 150 extensible business contexts (including business partner, product, sales document, project, …). Additional SAP business contexts will be enabled for custom field extensibility in subsequent versions.

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users -> Extensibility (link see end of this blog) -> Custom Fields and Logic

See also the video in the documentation: (-> Extensibility Scenarios -> Creating Extension Items and Transporting Them)

 

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Figure: Custom Fields Fiori App

 

Custom Business Logic

In a state-of-the-art Web editor in the Custom Fields and Logic Fiori app, you as a key user can easily add business logic to existing enhancement options.

The Web editor completely hides the technical details of the underlying enhancement technology (e.g. SAP BAdIs) from you as a key user. It provides an easy way of exploration of APIs with key user documentation, and syntax check, syntax highlighting, code completion. Testing capabilities are included.

As programming language wit use a Cloud- and key user enabled version of the ABAP language optimized for:

  • Robustness / security / data consistency: For example, the following statements are not allowed: any DB operation except selects from released views, spawning new tasks, dynamic programming, code generation
  • Simplicity: For example, obsolete ABAP statements are removed from the syntax

In the Web-based ABAP Editor, you can

  • Create simple ABAP program logic, supported by syntax highlighting, code completion, syntax checking and other state-of-the art editor features
  • Create a draft version of the program logic, test this locally, save the input values of the test as variants, publish, edit, reset to the last published version, delete existing custom logic
  • Use released CDS views and and release ABAP classes in the program logic
  • Call a web service that runs on SAP CP from custom code

This feature is avaiable for released enhancement options. As of 1711 SAP offers more than 80 enhancement options.

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users -> Extensibility (link see end of this blog) -> Custom Fields and Logic

See also the video in the documentation: (-> Extensibility Scenarios -> Creating Extension Items and Transporting Them)

 

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Figure: Custom Business Logic Fiori App

 

Custom Business Objects

With the Custom Business Objects Fiori app, you can create and manage custom business objects. A custom business object is a hierarchical set of database tables with an API for creation, retrieval, update and deletion of data. You can provide business logic in a Web editor using the Cloud-enabled version of ABAP (same as for Custom Business Logic).

In the Custom Business Objects app you can:

  • Create your own business objects and the corresponding database tables
  • Add fields to business objects, delete fields and business objects that have not yet been transported to your production system
  • Create CDS views, OData services and UI to enter data through a UI or data load from other customer systems
  • Create multiple sub-nodes for one business object
  • Define fields of type association to other custom business objects and to SAP standard business objects
  • Implement custom logic on node level (features: see Custom Logic)
  • Write to custom business objects from custom logic (BADIs, Custom business object determinations)
  • Publish business objects, Edit business objects that have already been published, reset business objects to their last published version, copy or delete an existing custom business object (deletion is not possible if a custom business object has been transported)
  • Perform a trace

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users -> Extensibility (link see end of this blog) -> Custom Business Objects

See also the video in the documentation: (-> Extensibility Scenarios -> Creating Extension Items and Transporting Them)

 

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Figure: Custom Business Objects Fiori App

 

In S/4HANA Cloud Marketing edition, you can fill data into Custom Business Objects using an OData service (e.g. from a third-party system) and use the Custom Business Objects as Segmentation worksets in the Segmentation Modelling app to filter contact data with SAP HANA views.

As of version 1608 (Cloud) you can expose Custom Business Objects as OData Services for consumption in SAP Cloud Platform of other external clients.

KPI Design

With the KPI design Fiori apps, you can define new KPIs for your organization based on CDS Views / ODATA Services:

  • Modify SAP delivered KPIs by copying them and adjusting to your business needs
  • Define drill downs to analyze the KPIs to better understand your business situation
  • Apply filters on the drill down to narrow down to your area of interest.
  • Save the filtered analysis to launch the same analysis at a later point in time
  • Define associations between KPIs so that they are available during analysis at runtime.
  • Navigate to transactional apps to take action based on your analysis

Custom Analytical Queries (Query Builder)

With Version 1605, the Query Builder app was renamed to Custom Analytical Queries. With the Custom Analytical Queries Fiori app, you can create and manage analytical queries:

  • Create a query based on a released SAP analytical data source (CDS views of type cube) or a custom analytical data source.
  • Copy a query from a SAP delivered standard analytical query
  • Add or remove or customize field defined in the query (defining new labels for a field, display data as key or text, show or hide result rows etc.)
  • Add or remove filters (pre-configured fixed value filters or user input values filters)
  • Create parameters to read the values from the user
  • Create calculated / restricted / converted measures
  • Testing included: Preview the results by executing the report (in Design Studio)

You can build custom analytical queries on top of:

  • Released cube views of the SAP delivered Virtual Data Model (VDM).
  • You own custom CDS cube views (created with the Custom CDS Views app, see below)

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users  (link see end of this blog) -> Extensibility -> Custom Analytical Queries

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Figure: Query Builder Fiori App

 

Custom CDS Views

If you need access to data in your system in a way the system does not offer so far, you can create your own data access by making use of a Core Data Service view (CDS view). CDS views allows you to model the data access without changing the underlying database tables. They are used to combine and arrange the table fields of multiple data sources. The same time you can add metadata like semantics or a just define a new label for a certain field.

With the Custom CDS View app, you as a key user can model company-specific data access on top of public CDS views. You can build Custom CDS views on top of:

  • Released views of the SAP delivered Virtual Data Model (VDM). As of version 1711 SAP offers more than 800 released views (including business partner, product, sales orders, project, …).
  • You own custom CDS views

Custom CDS views can be used in three extensibility scenarios:

  • Create an analytical data source (which you can use in a custom analytical query)
  • Expose the custom OData service as an OData service (which you can use in an external app or integration scenario)
  • Create a re-use view (which you can use in another custom CDS view or in custom logic)

The Custom CDS View app allows you to:

  • Display a list of all pre-delivered data sources (VDM CDS views) and already existing custom CDS views
  • Preview the available data sources (CDS views)
  • Create new custom CDS views
    • Choose a primary data source
    • Add one or more associated data sources according to your needs
    • Select the fields and associations that should be used in the new custom CDS view
    • Perform changes on the properties (“annotation” such as aggregation behavior, semantics) of the fields
    • Create calculated fields such arithmetical calculations, case statements, conversions
    • Display the parameters of the selected data sources if they contain such
  • Publish custom CDS views, edit views that have already been published, reset to their last published version, delete custom CDS views

As of version 1702 (Cloud) you can expose CDS views as OData Services for consumption in SAP Cloud Platform of other external clients.

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users  (link see end of this blog) -> Extensibility -> Custom CDS Views

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Figure: Custom CDS Views Fiori App

 

Custom Forms

With the Adobe Forms Designer and the Maintain Form Template Fiori app, you can create new form templates:

  • as a copy of a SAP standard form
  • based on an existing data source (ODATA service)
  • based on an extended ODATA service using already existing fields and associations from published CDS views

With the Maintain E-Mail Templates Fiori app you can create new e-mail templates

  • based on an existing data source (CDS View)
  • based on an extended SAP data source (CDS View)

The forms extensibility tools are available as of S/4HANA version 1506 (cloud) and 1511 (on premise). Selected SAP forms scenarios are enabled for creating new forms for version 1506 and in subsequent versions.

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Figure: Maintain E-Mail Templates Fiori App

 

Custom Tiles

With the Custom Tiles Fiori app, you can create a new Fiori Launchpad tile with a static URL. The use case is here, that you have created an external application (e.g. on SAP Cloud Platform) and want to create a tile with a URL link to this external application.
(Note: tiles for applications created by the in-app tools, for example for custom business objects and Smart Business KPIs, are created directly in the respective Fiori app.)

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users  (link see end of this blog) -> Extensibility -> Custom Tiles

Custom Catalog Extensions

With the Custom Catalog Extensions Fiori app, you can extend SAP Fiori catalogs. The following use cases are supported:

  • Add custom business object UI to a SAP Fiori catalog
  • Add a Smart Business KPIs or Report to a SAP Fiori catalog
  • Add a Analytical Design Studio Application to a SAP Fiori catalog
  • Add a Custom Tile to a SAP Fiori catalog
  • Add a Analytic Cloud Story to a SAP Fiori catalog

By extending the Fiori catalog the respective custom Fiori tile is assigned to to the selected Fiori catalog, and the tile appears in the Fiori Launchpad. in the Fiori Launchpad, you can use the “Personalize Home Page” feature to add custom tile to one or more launchpad groups.

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users  (link see end of this blog) -> Extensibility -> Custom Catalog Extensions

Custom Communication Scenarios

With the Custom Communication Scenarios Fiori app, you can expose custom OData services for consumption in SAP Cloud Platform of other external clients. You can expose OData services for:

  • Custom Business Objects (created with the Custom Business Objects Fiori app)
  • Custom CDS views (created with the Custom CDS Views Fiori app)

To expose custom OData services SAP Cloud Platform of other external clients, you have to do three steps:

  1. When creating a Custom Business Object or a Custom CDS Views, select the „OData Service“ flag in the respective Fiori app
  2. Create a custom communication scenario in the Custom Communication Scenarios Fiori app. You can combine multiple OData services in one scenario.
  3. Create a communication arrangement in the Custom Arrangement Fiori app. In the communication arrangement, you maintain the technical user that is used by the client. By activating the communication, the system activates the service endpoint and authorizes the technical user for the services that are bundled in the communication arrgangement.

The OData Service and the custom communication scenario is created in the Q system and tranported to the P system (see section Lifecycle Management). The communication arrangement is a system configuration setting that is maintained separately in the Q system and in the P system.

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users  (link see end of this blog) -> Extensibility -> Custom Communication Scenarios

For additional information, see my blog: https://blogs.sap.com/2016/10/19/s4hana-extensibility-connect-sap-s4hana-cloud-sap-hana-cloud-platform-hcp/

Lifecycle Manaement

As mentioned in the introduction, key user tools are available in cloud and on premise (based on the feature roadmap). However, lifecycle management is different for the objects created with the key user tools.

In the cloud version, the transport of adaptations from the test to the production system is performed by the key user with Fiori apps without interaction with the service provider and outside of the maintenance window of the service provider. The extensibility transport tools are available as of S/4HANA version 1506 (cloud).

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users  (link see end of this blog) -> Extensibility -> Export Software Collection, Export Software Collection

See also the video in the documentation: (-> Extensibility Scenarios -> Creating Extension Items and Transporting Them)

In the on-premise version, customer manages SAP updates and customer transport with “classical” transport tools (correction and transport system, CTS).

Documentation:  General Functions for Key Users  (link see end of this blog) -> Extensibility -> Configure Software Packages, Register Extensions for Transport

 

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Figure: Manage Software Collections  Fiori App

 

Exploring Extensibility Options

Extensibility depends on released extension options (in tables, CDS views, services, business logic, …) and programming interfaces (CDS views, ABAP classes). So having the right tools is only one part of the story. To build extensions, you need APIs and extension points.

I have written a dedicated blog on S/4HANA Extensibility: How to Find APIs and Extension Points.

 

Further Information

If you are interested in additional information on key user in-app extensibility, you can refer to the following material:

The Key User Extensibility Tools of SAP S/4 HANA – Overview Presentation

White Paper SAP S/4HANA Extensibility for Customers and Partners

S/4HANA Extensibility: Use Case Overview

SCN S/4HANA Extensibility: Scenario Diagrams

SAP S/4HANA Extensibility Tutorial

You can find the product assistance on  key user in-app extensibility here:

You can select your preferred language and version in the right upper corner of the screen.

If you are interested in information on Side-by-Side Extensibility with SAP Cloud Platform, refer to:

Extending SAP S/4HANA Cloud

SAP S/4HANA Cloud SDK – SAP S/4HANA Extension Development Made Simple

 

Getting Started with In-app Extensibility Tools

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

In the Cloud edition, the system is completely pre-configured. Fiori catalogs, tiles and roles are pre-configured and can be assigned immediately in the “Maintain Business Users” Fiori app. To get access to the key user extensibility tools, assign the the following catalogs the respective users:

  • Extensibility (SAP_CORE_BC_EXT)
    • UI Flexibility
    • Custom Fields and Logic
    • Custom Business Objects
    • Custom CDS Views
    • Custom Tiles
    • Custom Catalog Extensions
    • Custom Communication Scenarios
  • Query Design (SAP_CA_BC_ANA_AQD_PC)
    • Custom Analytical Queries
  • Output Management (SAP_CORE_BC_OM)
    • Maintain Email Templates
    • Maintain Form Templates
  • Manage Software Collection
    • Manage Software Collection,
  • Import Software Collection
    • Import Software Collection

 

SAP S/4HANA On Premise

In the on-premise version, you have to create your own roles, catalog and tiles according to the documentation. For details, see the product assistance: App-Specific Implementation and Configuration Information (for Extensibility apps). (You can select your preferred language and version in the right upper corner of the screen.)

The following extensibility tools are available in the on-premise version:

  • UI Flexibility
  • Custom Fields and Logic
  • Custom Business Objects
  • Custom Analytical Queries
  • Configure Software Packages
  • Register Extensions for Transport
  • Custom CDS Views
  • Maintain Email Templates
  • Maintain Form Templates

 

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      Author's profile photo Abdul Hakim
      Abdul Hakim

      Excellent!!

      Author's profile photo Clemens Kopfer
      Clemens Kopfer

      Hi Thomas,

      cannot find any further links on:

      SAP_BCR_BW_AQD

      The "add query" fiori app.

      I guess it was not included in 1511 on-premise release. But strange is the fact that I cannot find any reference. --> Removed?

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Clemens,

      as mentioned in the Query Builder section, the query builder is not available in the on-premise version. So you cannot find this role. Second: I forgot to mention that the roles in the Catalog Roles and Tiles table are for cloud only (in the cloud version, Fiori catalogs, tiles and roles are preconfigured and can be used immediately). In the on-premise version, you have to create your own roles, catalog and tiles according to the documentation. I will add a section on the difference!

      Best regards,

      Thomas

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      Author's profile photo Clemens Kopfer
      Clemens Kopfer

      Thanks Thomas,

      might it be that help for S/4HANA Cloud (whatever cloud flavor) is not available online? At least not via usual help portal:

      I could not find any help for that specific Query Builder App.

      From URL which includes "ce" I would guess that this ought to be "cloud enterprise". https://help.sap.com/s4hana_ce_1511?current=s4hana_ce

      SAP S/4HANA, cloud edition – SAP Help Portal Page

      Clemens

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Clemens,

      you can find the user assistance document for the cloud version here:

      General Functions for the Key User

      You can find a section named "Query Designer" there. Unfortunately the section on the "Query Designer" it is very short yet.

      Please see also my overview blog on helpful links: Extensibility of S/4HANA – Helpful Links

      Best regards,

      Thomas

      .

      Author's profile photo Clemens Kopfer
      Clemens Kopfer

      Thanks a lot

      Yes indeed section is short AND I do read your excellent post, but even your excellent post cannot make up a fully fledged documentation... 😉

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      absolutely correct. This is already addressed.

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      + if you start the Query Designer and click the (?) icon, you get the inline user assistance which contains much more information. Unfortunately this info did not make it to the current release of the help portal. Colleagues are working closing this gap.

      Author's profile photo Mohit Chopra
      Mohit Chopra

      Hello Thomas..

      Thanks for sharing very useful information on tools.

      I have one question regarding Extensibility of On Premise S/4 HANA Deployment..

      I saw in white water its clearly mentioned that all classic extensions which we use to perform in Business Suite will be valid in on premise version as well.

      Actually I have couple of S/4 HAna systems and i can see some enhancement points in that system but when i try to create new Implicit Enhancement I get Error message that S/4 Core cannot be enhanced. Now some colleagues of mine are telling that Enhancement spots and implementations will not be allowed in S/4 HANA Onpremise. I am confused whether these enhacements are allowed or not.

      I understand that HCP and Key User Extensibility are preferable approaches even for On Premise but just wanted to understand that Classis Enhacements Implicit and Explicit are allowed in S/4 HANA On premise version of not?

      It will be really helpful if you can clear this doubt.

      Author's profile photo Clemens Kopfer
      Clemens Kopfer

      S4Core: I suppose 1511, correct?

      Can you name a few BAdIs you were successful/unsuccessful?

      In my opinion you are correct, BAdIs or customer exits or modifications should continue to work. However, it might be that a few BAdIs or customer exits are not valid anylonger, however, some "artefacts" remained in system and documentation might be outdated...

      Author's profile photo Mohit Chopra
      Mohit Chopra

      Hello Clemens,

      Thanks for your reply.

      I am not talking about BADIs and Customer Exits. My question is reagrding Implicit Enhacements points. If you open any standard FM and on Tool Bar there is one Enhance Button and on clicking that you can create Implicit Enhacements any some defined points.

      When I Click on Enhance I get message that Software Component cannot be enhanced.

      Need to understand if we are allowed to use this feature or not in S/4 HANA On premise extensions.

      Best Regards,

      Mohit

      Author's profile photo Clemens Kopfer
      Clemens Kopfer

      clear - was not reading your post carefully enough and "enhancement spot" lead me to BAdI...

      Curious to reading Thomas answer.

      By the way, could not find any document which mentions that this very specific enhancement concept will not be supported anylonger...

      Author's profile photo Mohit Chopra
      Mohit Chopra

      Exactly Clemens..Thats what my point is.. Even i have not seen anywhere that these Enhacements will not be supported.

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Mohit,

      implicit enhancement are not forbidden in S/4HANA. Have you checked the system change settings for SAPSCORE (SE03 -> Administration -> Set System Change Option)?

      Best regards, Thomas

      Author's profile photo Mohit Chopra
      Mohit Chopra

      Hello Thomas,

      Thanks for your reply.

      I dont see Administration Drop Down in any of the 2 systems which i have. Is there any other way in which i can check or change these settings?..

      Or if you can share some document where its mentioned that Implicit/Explicit Enhacements will be supported in S/4 HANA On premise will be really helpful?

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Mohit,

      please talk to your system administrator about the change settings in SE03. This is the same game as for Business Suite systems. Please understand that I cannot talk about how to bypass standard SAP authorizations.

      Best regards, Thomas

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      Author's profile photo Joachim Rees
      Joachim Rees

      Very good, thank you!

      Author's profile photo Shubham Srivastava
      Shubham Srivastava

      Superb

      Author's profile photo Monika Patel
      Monika Patel

      Thanks for sharing... Gr8 info

      Author's profile photo Atul Mishra
      Atul Mishra

      Hi Thomas,

       

         We have S4 HANA 1511 On premise system. I am trying to set up key extension.

         Could you please provide the Roles and catalog required for On premise version?

      Best Regards,

      Atul

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Atul,

      you can find the information in the documentation: http://help.sap.com/s4hana_op_1511 -> SAP NetWeaver for SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition -> General Functions for Key Users -> Implementation Information -> App-Specific Implementation Information.

      Best regards,

      Thomas

      .

      Author's profile photo Roger Sainsbury
      Roger Sainsbury

      H Thomas, thanks for the great blog.

      I'm working with a customer where we are implementing S/4 HANA 1511 FSP1 on premise. This was going to be a question, but I just solved it myself so it's now an experience to share...

      We want to use the 'Add Custom Fields and Logic' app - I've successfully activated all the appropriate parts and got it on my Fiori launchpad. I've also run ATO Setup in my backend S/4 HANA system.

      When I run the app I get an error message to say 'Editing not allowed in this system'. This I realised was because in our S/4 HANA (dev) system we have a client 400 for configuration and development, and a separate client 410 for unit testing. Our Fiori System Alias had been set up to point to our unit test client, as there's where our data is. However for this app, and other extensibility apps, I need it to point to our configuration client. So I just created a new RFC destination for client 400, and a System Alias to go with it. In transaction /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE I then had to delete the entries I'd created previously for this app, and then recreate them with the new System Alias. Having done all that the app now opens - I just need to learn how to use it now...

      Roger

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Roger,

      thanks for sharing.

      Best regards, Thomas

      Author's profile photo Roger Sainsbury
      Roger Sainsbury

      Okay so now I have a question 😉

      When I run the Custom Fields and Logic App, in either tab it's mandatory to pick a Busines Context. However for Custom Fields I have a very limited selection available - just 11 aside from EPM Demo contexts. For custom logic its even worse - there the only option is EPM Demo. The app I actually want to extend is 'Revise Payment Proposals'.

      So is there something additional I need to do to make more Business Contexts available for selection? Or is this functionality not yet fully released for S/4 HANA on-premise?

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Roger,

      you are right, there are very few contexts available in the 1511 version because the coding needs to be adopted ("instrumented" and released) by the applications. More contexts will be available in subsequent releases.

      Best regards, Thomas

      .

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Hi Roger and Thomas,

      I got the same message 'Editing not allowed in this system' when opening the ‘Add Custom Fields and Logic’ app. I rechecked the service APS_CUSTOM_FIELD_MAINTENANCE_SRV and SBLE_BADI_CTX_REGISTRY_SRV corresponds to configuration system alias in transaction /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE. Is there any other point I should take care?

      Regards,
      Eric
       

      Author's profile photo Daniel Klein
      Daniel Klein

      Regarding the "UI Flexibility" section:

      As a key user you can change the layout of your tables and forms directly

      Does this also impact other users, or is this change only visible to the key user that performed the customization?

      If the answer to the first question is "yes", I fear that there will be "uncontrolled growth" of these customization tasks if multiple LoB keyusers are able to perform them.

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Daniel,

      a key user change is visible for all users.

      Regarding "uncontrolled growth": I would recommend that you allow UI changes in a dev or Q system only and review them there. Changes can be transported in ABAP with CTS (normal transport handling).

      Best regards, Thomas

      .

      Author's profile photo Shank Shank
      Shank Shank

      Hello sir thanks for your reply.

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Hi ,

      Do we have any standard SAP Guide reference to list the Business contexts available  in the 'Custom fields and Logic' fiori application for S/4 Onpremise 1511 sps02 for extensions?

      I have only 18 business context in my application . Other have different numbers, and  the business context 'TPM customer Invoice' what is shown in screenshot of this blog  is also not present on mine.

      thanks,

      santhosh

      Author's profile photo Thomas Schneider
      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi,

      unfortunately not. We  do not have a central place where you can see the business contexts. We are working on this and I expect that you get this information as part of the documentation soon.

      (The contexts containing "TSM" in their name belong to demo apps. So they are available in demo systems only.)

      Best regards, Thomas

      .

      Author's profile photo Tom Kornfeld
      Tom Kornfeld

      Hi Thomas,

      Are there any plans to add the Query Designer and Custom CDS Views apps to the on-premise editions in the (near) future? If so can you give an indication which release these are planned for?

      Kind regards,

      Tom

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      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      the availability for on-premise is definitely planned. I provide updates of the availability in this blog as fast as possible, but unfortunately I cannot communicate this before the official statements

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      Tom Kornfeld

      Hi Thomas,

      Thanks a lot. The indication to making these apps available for the on-premise editions is definitely planned is valuable enough for the moment. I will keep a watchful eye on this blog.

      Kind regards,

      Tom

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      Luke Samer

      Extremely intriguing , great job and a debt of gratitude is in order for sharing a decent blog. Monkey

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      Author's profile photo Bob van Hees
      Bob van Hees

      Thanks a lot for this excellent overview!

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      Bob van Hees

      Given the following scenario: Utilizing the custom fields and logic application I want to add two new fields to the Business Partner business context. The custom fields and logic application allows me technically add these fields to the BP-table. However, since the Business Partner view is not yet a Fiori/UI5 view but rather a transaction launcher. I cannot see these additional two new fields in the Web UI. The only option I have to read and populate these two fields is through custom logic or OData services. Is that a correct assumption? Or is there an option through CDS? Will this change in the future?

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      Arshad Ansary

      Hi Thomas,

      Thanks for the excellent blog..

      I am missing authorisation to publish a Custom Field. Could you please help me with Authority Object/Role required to publish a custom field and also add it in UI and Reports?

       

      BR

      Arshad

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      Harshada Kavale

      Very much useful information.My query is how to proceed in case of no related business context found.I am searching for business context and extension points for "Edit Billing Requests" app.Any suggestions?

      Thanks,

      Harshada

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      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Harshada,

      sorry for the late response, I had to check with a colleague.

      1. There are 2 business contexts related to billing (I checked in the current Cloud release): Sales: Billing Document and Sales: Billing Document Item
      2. If you want to request a new API or extension option, please refer to the process in SAP note 2483157 ( https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2483157 ). (This note is restricted to S/4 HANA Cloud edition please do not open requests for other products on this component)

      Best regards, Thomas

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      Deepa Manian

      Hi Thomas ,

      Can you please tell me how to raise an message in custom logic  business context : Modify Standard  and Custom Fields for Delivery Header and Items its under BADI LE-SHP component , in interface IF_LE_SHP_SAVE_DOC_PREPARE~MODIFY_FIELDS we have changing parameter for messages I tried using APPEND value statement but I am always getting syntax error as " The use of this object is not permitted".

      Thanks

      Deepa

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      Thomas Schneider
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Deepa,

      for application-specific problems, I would recommend opening an incident. Colleagues from application must look into the problem. Best regards, Thomas

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      Author's profile photo Santhosh Kadiyala
      Santhosh Kadiyala

      hi @thomas.schneider,

      Thank you for the bog.

      i have couple of questions – can you please clarify. i am on S/4 HANA 2020 on premise.

      1. how do we identify the technical object associated to business context here ?

      2. Can we add data elements from data base rather than generic texts

      3. even though i have enabled key values to be displayed in personalize option, i could not see               key values

       

       

       

      Thank You

      San

      Author's profile photo Roger fosyer
      Roger fosyer

      Hello

      Information which you have given us is really very helpful.

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      Roger fosyer

      Hello

      This works really well for us .

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