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Key Highlights from S/4HANA 1909 – Technical Perspective!!
With the release of S/4HANA 1909, there have been lot of queries around what is New/changes for me(Technical consultants/Functional Consultants/Business users etc..) with 1909.
I tried to find out the details and as expected (from the community ) could find a lot of good information in the form of blogs ( SAP S/4HANA 1909: The leapfrog for Finance professionals to drive enterprise transformation, Intelligent ERP: SAP S/4HANA 1909 Release), Release documents , highlight videos etc.. But,I had to specifically look for the the information of my interest (Technical Consultant) .
In this blog, i have tried to collate the key highlights ( Changes and New inclusions ) of S/4HANA 1909 from a technical person’s point of view. So here we go…
ABAP Development
| Title | Description | Type | Link for more Info |
| ABAP Programming Language | With 1909 comes the version 7.54 and release specific ABAP programing changes have been made. | Changed | Reference |
| ABAP Development Tools (Eclipse-based) | Changes have been made to the ADT tools | Changed |
SAP – ABAP Development User Guide: Version 3.4 SAP – ABAP CDS Development User Guide: Version 3.4 SAP – ABAP for SAP HANA Development User Guide: Version 3.4 |
| Changing the Contact Person of ATC Findings | This feature enables you to change the contact person of ATC findings, if you want to assign ATC findings to a certain developer. | New | Reference |
| E-Mailing Statistics for ATC Run Series | This feature enables you to send e-mail notifications for statistics of an ATC run series. This e-mail contains detailed information on the check run result and a link to check run result in SAP GUI. | New | Reference |
| New Client Copy Tool | You can now use the new Client Copy tool. | New | Reference |
| ABAP RESTful Programming Model | Starting with Application Server ABAP 7.54 SP00, the APAP RESTful programming model, one of the major investment areas in the ABAP platform is available to you. It includes essential extensions of the ABAP language, development tools and frameworks and provides the architecture for efficient end-to-end development of intrinsically SAP HANA-optimized OData services (such as Fiori apps) in Application Server ABAP. | New | Reference |
Extensibility & Analytics
| Title | Description | Type | Link for more Info |
| Custom Business Objects |
The Custom Business Objects app offers the following new features: With the Change Documents option, you can track changes made to a custom business object on the generated UI on entry level. Change documents will record fields that were created or changed. Now you can select fields of type Association to Business Object as key fields. Now you can select several keys for a custom business object enabled as Can Be Associated |
Changed | Reference |
| Custom Reusable Elements | You can now upload custom code lists an their translations. | Changed | Reference |
| Custom CDS Views |
The Custom CDS Views app has the following new features: •Deprecation of CDS views is displayed on field level. •The data volume of a preview can now be changed. •Setting parameters in the preview is now supported with value helps (Date and Time). •Session variables and parameters are available in the expression Editor •The cardinality of associations is now displayed by default. |
Changed | Reference |
| Manage KPIs and Reports |
With this app, you can create groups, KPIs, reports, and applications to launch directly from the Fiori Launchpad. You can configure metrics to the KPIs and visualize the data either in chart or table format. The Reports feature has both Generic and Analytical list page visualization. This data analyzation helps the organization to analyze data from different perspectives, investigate root causes, and act accordingly to improve the quantity and quality of the business unit. This app replaces KPI Designer & Report Designer Apps which will be deleted with SAP S/4HANA 1909 FPS02 |
New | Reference |
Integration
| Title | Description | Type | Link for more Info |
| Data Migration to SAP S/4HANA from Staging |
The scope item now includes the following: • Additional data migration business objects • Updates to some existing migration objects For details check Scope Item 2Q2 ( Data Migration to SAP S/4HANA from Staging ) |
Changed | Reference |
| Data Migration to SAP S/4HANA from File |
The scope item now includes the following: • Additional data migration business objects •Updates to some existing migration object For details check Scope item BH5 ( Data Migration to SAP S/4HANA from File ) |
Changed | Reference |
| SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit – Transfer Data Directly from SAP Source System | This feature enables you to transfer data directly from an SAP source system. This new migration approach allows an automated selection and extraction of business data from SAP source systems and facilitates a direct data migration to SAP S/4HANA without using files or staging tables. With SAP S/4HANA 1909, approximately 100 migration objects are available for the data migration from SAP ERP, and additional migration objects are available for the data migration from SAP AFS and SAP EWM. | New | Reference |
| Web Socket Remote Function Call | This feature lets you call remote-enabled function modules (RFMs) over HTTP/Web Socket. For more details refer to the reference link | New | Reference |
SAP Fiori Launchpad
| Title | Description | Type | Link for more Info |
| In-App Help | To help you work with the Launchpad , information to the in-app help for the important SAP Fiori Launchpad features. In-app help can be enabled by the administrator. | New | Reference |
| Automatic Sign-Out | For security reasons the Launchpad now performs an automatic sign-out when the user has been inactive for a specific time. The default value is 30 minutes, this can be changed or disabled by the administrator. There are two Launchpad configuration parameters to control the settings: SESSION_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL_IN_MINUTES and SESSION_TIMEOUT_REMINDER_IN_MINUTES. | New | Reference |
| Configuration Parameter ENABLE_ONLINE_STATUS is Deprecated | The SAP Fiori Launchpad configuration parameter ENABLE_ONLINE_STATUS is deprecated because the feature Online Status was removed. The parameter will be removed with the next version. | Changed | Reference |
| ABAP Class for Login Screen Configuration | For the SAP Fiori Launchpad there is a new ABAP class /UI2/CL_FIORI3_LOGIN. It supports Content Security Policy (CSP). If you created your own login page in a previous version, you need to adapt your ICF settings now to use the new class. | New | Reference |
| Role-Free Enablement of SAP Easy Access Menu for App Finder | This feature enables administrators to configure that entries from the SAP Easy Access menu are displayed in the App Finder for all Launchpad users in the system or client. Before, it was only possible to configure this on role-level. | New | Reference |
| SAP Fiori Launchpad Content Manager | Complementing the Launchpad designer, the Launchpad content manager simplifies the creation and adaptation of business catalogs. You can use it both to explore existing content and to create your own catalogs by copying existing ones and adapting them to your needs. | New | Reference |
| Migrate Personalization Data | A new report enables you to migrate personalization data from one system to another. The report collects the personalization data available in the system where you run it, and writes these data to transport requests. | New | Reference |
| Show Client Role and Product Version in About Dialog | This feature enables SAP Fiori Launchpad end users to display the client role and the product version in the About dialog which can be opened from the User Actions Menu. | New | Reference |
| Delete Personalization Data | This feature enables administrators to delete personalization data (home page personalization, user settings and app-specific personalization data) for one, multiple or all users in the system. | New | Reference |
| E-Mail Notifications | The Launchpad now supports e-mail notifications. If an app offers e-mail notifications, the user can select to receive them. | New | Reference |
| Integration of WebClient UI Applications | This feature enables administrators to integrate applications based on the WebClient UI in the SAP Fiori Launchpad. | New | Reference |
| Launchpad Animation Mode is Deprecated | The SAP Fiori Launchpad animation mode will be removed with the next version. It is no longer needed due to the removal of the Me Area. The Launchpad configuration parameter HOMEPAGE_ANIMATION_MODE and the Animation setting in the Settings dialog will be removed. | New | Reference |
| Featured Group | A new group, the Featured Group, is added that is displayed as first group on the home page. The Featured Group is a locked group showing two lists with your recent activities and frequently used apps. It needs to be enabled by an administrator with the new Launchpad configuration parameter HOMEPAGE_FEATUREDGROUP. | New | Reference |
| SAP Fiori User Experience Design | With the version SAPUI5 1.65 , SAP introduced the new SAP Fiori 3 layout to streamline user experience between different SAP products. Actions and notifications are now directly integrated in the home page and the home page is always fully visible. | New | Reference |
| Tile Size Changes | The SAP Fiori Launchpad now supports a change of the tile size for custom tiles. You should enable this in your custom tile component. | Changed | Reference |
| SAP Quartz Light Theme | This feature enables you to use the new SAP Quartz Light as basis theme for creating your own custom themes with UI theme designer. | New | Reference |
| SAPUI5 | The UI development toolkit for HTML5 (SAPUI5) was upgraded to version 1.65. | Changed | Reference |
This is not the comprehensive list but the selected key highlights only. For the complete details please refer to the release document What’s New in S/4HANA 1909 and also refer to the link provided inline for each item.
Hope you will find this information useful!!
Thanks
Vijay
Thanks Vijay for sharing this. Quite good compilation of all the technical updates at one place
Thanks Virendar!!
Great stuff Vijay thanks
Thanks Bhai!
Good one Vijay, Thanks for consolidating all the new features 🙂
Hi Vijay,
You have consolidated good information and really useful.
Related to new Fiori ABAP Login class: If we upgrade to Fiori 3, will the login page of previous version don't work? Also is it mandatory we should use the new login class /UI2/CL_FIORI3_LOGIN
Appreciate your inputs.
Thanks & Regards
Praba
Hi Praba,
I don't think there will be impact on login page if you upgrade to Fiori 3.0 and also it is not mandatory to use new login class. If you have created your own login page in older version you will have to manually change the settings in SICF to use new class, if you wan to use it.
Regards
Vijay
Thank you Vijay Sharma
Hi Vijay Sharma , Mahesh Kumar Palavalli ,
Could you please help me with your inputs for the above query? Appreciate your help on this.
Thanks & Regards,
Praba
I didn't try this, so wont be able to answer your query 🙁 Try posting it as question, you might get better answers.
BTW, i checked help and they mentioned that we need to adapt this new class, I guess only if you want the Fiori 3 login page, you need to do that. Else it should work fine with the existing class as well. (Just my assumption)
Thanks,
Mahesh
Thank you for the pointers Mahesh Kumar Palavalli .
Great Stuff ? sir