I was using Google to find some information on how to publish an OData service. One of the search results looked very promising. Clicking on links is something I think I did master some time ago, so I clicked the link. A page opened and showed me a learning exercise. Read more…
Definition Fiori Readiness indicates if a process can be executed using exclusively Fiori apps. The Fiori Readiness factor is for a given process, not for a whole system. Examples: All tasks in a process in an SAP system that require human interaction can be executed using a Fiori app. In Read more…
Note: Fiori is any app that follows the Fiori Design Guidelines and is using SAP technology like UI5, Fiori Elements, MDK, native Fiori SDK or Analytics. I attended the SAP Fiori Innovation Day in Heidelberg. One topic that was discussed there was how to implement Fiori at customers. There are Read more…
Your task is to adapt a standard Fiori app. You want to use BAS for this, although this is now also possible in VS Code. For the problem and solution presented here, this does not make a difference. After going through the wizard to create the adaption project, you open Read more…
An important part of any S/4HANA migration project is to find out the impact the move to S/4HANA has on custom coding. Custom code means custom applications. If those apps are required to be available also in the new S/4HANA system, they must be migrated. A simple copy & paste Read more…
Adding data to a custom table is a common task. Data should be transported into production instead of letting the customer insert it there directly. For the “old” SAP ERP world there is the table maintenance tool. This tool is also available in S/4HANA on premise / private cloud. In Read more…
UI tests can be recorded by end users using tools like the Chrome recorder. These tests can be shared and be used as the starting point for further tests. The vantage of such a user recorded and provided test is that they were recorded by the user and include the Read more…
UI tests are important. They do not only test if information is shown correctly, or certain UI controls are visible. They test if the UI of an app does work. Therefore, UI tests must be defined by the end user. UI tests are so important, that UI tests should not Read more…
Does this sound familiar? An app was developed, tested, and made available in production. And then: the users complain that the app is not working. The app however passes all tests. How can this be? And how can this be solved? Testing is like the holy grail in software development. Read more…
Updating SAPUI5 should not introduce breaking changes. UI5 uses semantic versioning, and as long as the major release does not change, you should be safe: update UI5, and get automatically the latest features, while your old apps continue to work. The app might drift away further and further from the Read more…