What is SAP Fiori?


It is a new design concept that makes it easier and more intuitive for users to navigate SAP applications. SAP Fiori creates a consistent user interface across all company applications, tailored to the user’s role. The design can be used on all end devices and is compatible with all next-generation SAP applications. Functionally, the capabilities of previous SAP versions remain available. Getting started is much easier, with a structure comparable to that of consumer applications.

Design concept: five basic principles


The Fiori design concept is based on five basic principles.

1. SAP Fiori puts the user’s role at its core. Specific apps and functions are made visible for clarity.
2. Adaptability is the second basic principle, allowing automatic adjustment to individual usage scenarios. This adaptability is evident in its usability across all mobile devices and desktop computers, operating systems, and browsers.
3. Fiori is simple. Its clear design and focus on essential tasks, functions, and actions make work easier for the user.
4. The Fiori design concept is consistent, which is the fourth basic principle. It can be used across all applications. A consistent user interface is created regardless of how SAP is used. HR employees benefit from using Fiori.
5. Greater work productivity and increased motivation are achieved through the fifth basic principle: an attractive presentation. An intuitive, user-friendly layout optimizes the user’s work.

The 1-1-3 principle was introduced through SAP’s new design concept. This approach to information architecture means that each individual business use case in an application must be mapped to exactly one defined user group, with a maximum of three navigation steps.

Technology


Various technologies are required to use Fiori apps.

With OData, access to data from various software systems is made possible through a protocol based on HTTP. Using OData, Fiori apps can retrieve data from the relevant SAP system as well as from third-party applications, making it possible to integrate data from a wide range of sources.

Using SAPUI5 UI technology optimizes application development. In addition to Fiori, it is used in various other applications, such as HTML5 or jаvascript. SAPUI5 is designed for cost-effective business applications and supports all SAP products.

With Fiori Launchpad, apps used every day can be placed where they’re needed, giving users direct access to their workspaces. The launchpad is a customizable company-specific home page that gives users access to apps configured for their role.

Benefits of SAP Fiori


SAP Fiori focuses not on individual functions, but on users and their work experience. With a consistent presentation, teams across an organization can work together quickly, efficiently, and more effectively, because each team’s system is oriented toward its core work activities.

Another benefit is the resulting increase in employee motivation, since each user can work on relevant processes in their area of responsibility more quickly and with greater focus.
With the UX concept, any application can be implemented in just a few steps, both on desktop and mobile devices. Since entries can also be made directly on site, transfer delays are eliminated, and process handling times and error rates can be reduced.

For companies using Fiori, time and costly training can be saved because it is user-friendly, even for newcomers.