Customize the Fiorified BI Launchpad in BOE 4.2
Starting from BI 4.2 SP4 it’s possible to use the new Fiorified Launchpad, which is a great enhancement of the current BI Launchpad.
At the begining i started by reading the very good Blog bharath.b.n
Fiorified BI Launchpad in BOE 4.2
Which goes through the details of the fiorifed Launchpad and the Settings needed to be done.
Now while having the new look but not being able to use it is as of now not possible customize the look of the new Launchpad; i started looking how can we change at least the Color and the SAP Logo i.o. to make it ready to rollout.
In my first blog i’ll share with you my findings and will give you first hints how you can do this.
This is only a workaround until we have the final solution from SAP, everyone who has alreay worked with the Fiori Launchpad knows already the UI Theme Designer, so i hope that SAP will deliver same tool in order to customize everything in the new Launchpad.
As said, my goal was only to change the blue colour to grey and the company logo.
I’ll not go through every thing, so if you want you can modify the css files as per your requirement.
Note: before starting, please make sure you make a backup of the files you’re going to change. |
There are 2 css Files which i came accross which you can find in this folder:
- Homepage.css
- Logonpage.css
..\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.Bing\web\com\sap\bing\css
Place your Company Logo in following Folder i.e. here ‘company_logo.png’:
..\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.Bing\web\com\sap\bing\images
Now you have to change the following Classes:
In the Logonpage.css
Note: the width and height here correspond to the Height and Width of your Logo
.BILP-Logo
{
width: 140px !important;
height: 31px !important;
top:0.75rem !important;
bottom: 0.75rem !important;
left:1rem !important;
right: 1rem !important;
position:fixed;
background-image : url("../images/company_logo.png") !important;
}
Change the Background Color:
Note: Change the linear-gradient or put your own CSS to change the background.
.BILP-launchpadbackground{
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom,#ffffff,#cccccc);
opacity: 1;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
}
In the Homepage.css
Note: Change the Width and Height as per your Company Logo
.BILP_logo{
padding-left: 0.5rem;
padding-right: 45px;
max-height: 2.5rem;
max-width: 6rem;
vertical-align: middle !important;
height: 31px !important;
width: 140px !important;
/* position: relative; */
top: 6px;
margin-left:0.5rem !important;
background-image: url("../images/company_logo.png") !important;
}
Note: please clear your browser cache , otherwise you’ll see no difference after doing the changes. Also please delete the tomcat cache under tomcat/work Folder |
Result:
Hi Younes, Thanks for exploring this.. I will try it out on my side.
Were you able to access Fiorified BILaunchpad using https ? i have SSL configured and Fiori launchpad doesn't seem to open with SSL URL.. without SSL it works.
Hi Rajendra,
we didn't configure SSL yet, but as soon as we'll do i can update you with the Info.
best regards
Younes
Hi Rajendra,
We have SSL enabled and Fiori Launchpad works fine with SSL enable. In order for Fiori Launchpad to work with SSL enabled. You must also enable SSL on (WACS) Web Application Container Server. Fiori Launchpad doesn’t work without SSL been enabled on WACS.
Regards,
Rauf
Hi Younes,
First of all i must say it’s a nice article on Customizing the new BI Launchpad. I need to also customize the Home Page of new Fiorified Launchpad. At the moment I see all the available documents on my Home Page which is not desired. I just want to see few selected documents every time I login to BI Launchpad, how can I achieve this. Or how can I make My Favorite as the default filter instead of Show All on Home Page, in this case I can add relevant documents to My Favorites.
Thanks and best regards
Fahad
Hi Fahab,
Setting Filters in My home tab is not available in BOE 4.2 SP04.
This feature will be available from BOE 4.2 SP05.
More Info : https://blogs.sap.com/2017/11/06/sap-bi-4.2-sp05-whats-new-in-fiori-bi-launchpad/
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Bharath
Hi Bharat,
We are using BO4.2 SP5, we have few queries as we are new to SAP BOE
Waiting for some useful inputs
Thank you
Hi Parameshwar Vannekala ,
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Bharath
Hi gurus.
Indeed, I can't see any difference. I am sure of deleting the cache... and even when I try to change the image using F12 on chrome, it's not working. Many thanks for your advice and help 🙂 🙂
did you changed the image or copied the image in
tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.Bing\web\com\sap\bing\images
?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAGnxxV5eoQ
Bharath,
you are not using the same folder !! That's weird. And even the folder you are using I can't find it on my server !
Can you help with that please?
Thanks
What is the webserver you are using ?
Folder location is based on the product installed location.
Please share the path of installed location.
I will help you for next steps.
Many thanks Bharath.
Many thanks for your help!
Bharath,
indeed I found solution myself. The correct path for me is "....\work\Catalina\localhost\BOE\eclipse\plugins\webpath.Bing\web\com\sap\bing\css"
Thanks!
Great. !!!
what was the exact issue then ?
Please update same in below path also "...../webapps/BOE/eclipse\plugins\webpath.Bing\web\com\sap\bing\css”.
Bharath,
if using "/webapps/BOE/eclipse\plugins\webpath.Bing\web\com\sap\bing\css" nothing is getting updated. I had to use "….\work\Catalina\localhost\BOE\eclipse\plugins\webpath.Bing\web\com\sap\bing\css" instead
Thanks!
for the reflection from webapps changes server needs to be restarted.
Please delete the work folder before restart.
Thanks Bharath for your reply and sorry for my late answer. I just came back from holidays 🙂
Indeed I tried both: use an existing different image and then use a new image I copied under folder. But none of the solutions is working. I will give it a try again and let you updated.
Many thanks
Hi,
as i mentioned in the blog:
Note: please clear your browser cache , otherwise you’ll see no difference after doing the changes.
2nd when using "\work\..." Folder this is a Tomcat Cache if deleted all your changes are then gone.
regards
Younes
Hello, I´m using 4.2 SP5 and cannot find the webpath.BING folder in my installation. So I think SAP changed the name of the folder to the following: \tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.FioriBI\web\com\sap\fioribi\css
There´s also a subfolder for installed languages: webpath.FioriBI_lang.de and webpath.FioriBI_lang.en.
Didn´t try to change some settings in the css files but I will and post a short update here!
yes. You are right.
But no need to change in _lang subfolders.
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Bharath
Hi Mario,
we just update also to SP5 and we replaces the CSS and Img in the Folders you've mentioned
and this is working fine!
\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.FioriBI\web\com\sap\fioribi\css
\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.FioriBI\web\com\sap\fioribi\images
regards
Younes
I changed several values and also the Image like described above without success. I also installed google chrome browser and browed the fiori Launchpad in private mode (because of Caching) without success.
Finally I deleted the Catalina folder (in the folder "work") and then the changes were visible.
Just in case someone is facing the same problem. It didn´t help to restart the Tomcat Server only...
Thanks Mario,
i forgot to mention this in the Post, i updated the Hint in the Blog
Younes Hasba
What about versioning and BI updates? After all you edited standard files and after BOBJ update they will be refresh to the stock versions, won't they? I don't know how to solve this situation. Could you please advise?
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Bharath
Thanks Bharath,
Exactly this is how we've done this.
Hi,
To change the SAP logo on the Fiori Launchpad login screen and the logo after logging in the Fioried BI Launchpad do the below:
2 files need to be replaced.
sap_55x27.png
SAP_logo.png
Tomcat Webapps
C:\SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.BILogon\web\com\sap\bong\images
C:\SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.BILogon\web\com\sap\bilogon\images
C:\SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.FioriBI\web\com\sap\fioribi\images
Tomcat Cache
C:\SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat\work\Catalina\localhost\BOE\eclipse\plugins\webpath.FioriBI\web\com\sap\fioribi\images
C:\SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat\work\Catalina\localhost\BOE\eclipse\plugins\webpath.BILogon\web\com\sap\bong\images
C:\SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat\work\Catalina\localhost\BOE\eclipse\plugins\webpath.BILogon\web\com\sap\bilogon\images
Regards,
Rajdeep
Is it possible to change the Icons for the Tile View too? I want to change the Icon for Hyperlink with the Icon for Analysis Workbook, because my hyperlinks refer to Analysis Workbooks.
Regards, Jürgen
No.
Not possible to change the Icons of Tile in Fiorified BI Launchpad.
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Bharath
Is it possible to change the name of the Fiorified BI Launchpad landing page? LoB would like another name than BI Launchpad on the Home page.
Hello,
In 4.x, we could be using workspace and SDK to customize completely the landing page. Having an image and depending on where you click on the image you get different link.
With SP7, I understand that we will have more options to customize.
Would we be able from an image to have area defined and when clicking landing in a dedicated category ?
Thanks,
Regards,
Patrice
We have a requirement to customize BO 4.2 Fiori Launchpad - Logo and Background Color change. Is there any option to customize using UI Theme Designer just like portals?
4.2 Sp7 comes with theme designer webapp that you can deploy and use for this purpose.
You cannot use theme designer from portals.
shall we disable(Invisible to end users) Schedule,Inbox & Recycle Bin in Fiorified BI Lanchpad on BO 4.2 SP07.
if possible please let us know the solution.
Hello All ,
I am using SAP BO 4.3 SP2
Can anyone help me with the below link
https://blogs.sap.com/2018/02/21/how-to-display-custom-message-in-fiorified-bi-launchpad-login-page/comment-page-1/#comment-661588
Thanks
Nadeem
Hello and good morning all:
Reviving an old thread:
Is all of this not done nowadays with the Theme Designer in SAP BusObjects?
And talking about the Theme Designer for SAP BusObjects, this seems quite limited, e.g:
Does anyone know more regarding this please?