SAP Netweaver Visual Composer
SAP Press (Verlag)
978-1-59229-099-4 (ISBN)
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Learn the ins and outs of the Visual Composer (VC) architecture - including details on all components and concepts, as well as essential information on modelbased development and on the preparation of different types of applications. Readers quickly broaden their knowledge by tapping into practical expert advice on the various aspects of the Development Lifecycle as well as on selected applications, which have been modeled with the VC and are currently delivered by SAP as standard applications.
Carsten Boennen received his M.A. in Computerlinguistics and Artificial Intelligence in Germany in 2001. He has been with SAP since then. Starting as a Java developer and trainer he later worked as a consultant. By the end of 2002 he became a Product Manager for the SAP NetWeaver Portal. In 2003 he then was introduced to a new tool called "GUI Machine". He took over Product Management responsibility for this new product which should become famous as Visual Composer later on. Today Carsten Boennen works as Product Manager for the SAP NetWeaver UI strategy. Mario Herger received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Technology in Vienna in 1997 and also holds a degree from the University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna. He started with SAP in the BW Content team as business content developer and coordinator in 1998. From 2002 until 2004 he was with the xApps/CAF-team from the very beginning as architect, developer and product manager. In 2005 he became development manager for the BI team in Palo Alto, California, where he was responsible for the BI Kit for Visual Composer. Since October 2006 he is in the Business Process Expert team and works on the creation and structuring of this new community.
1. Introduction ... 17 2. SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer ... 25 ... 2.1 SAP NetWeaver ... 26 ... 2.2 Building Applications for SAP NetWeaver ... 29 ... 2.3 A Model-Driven Tool ... 31 ... 2.4 Visual Composer Today ... 42 ... 2.4.1 SAP Visual Composer for NetWeaver 2004s ... 42 ... 2.4.2 SAP Visual Composer 6.0 ... 49 3. Model-Driven Development ... 55 ... 3.1 Basics ... 56 ... 3.2 Model-to-Code Approach ... 58 ... 3.3 Model-Driven Development Within SAP ... 59 ... 3.4 Visual Composer as Visual Modeling Tool ... 62 ... 3.5 Parting Thoughts ... 64 4. Architecture and Concepts ... 67 ... 4.1 Architecture of SAP Visual Composer for NetWeaver 2004s ... 68 ... 4.2 Visual Composer within the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure ... 86 ... 4.3 How to Choose the Right Modeling Tool ... 87 5. Visual Composer Basics ... 91 ... 5.1 Visual Composer Storyboard ... 93 ... 5.2 Composing a Model ... 125 ... 5.3 UI Controls ... 142 ... 5.4 Expression Editor ... 166 6. Building Applications ... 179 ... 6.1 Getting Started - The Basic Model ... 179 ... 6.2 Transactional Applications - Accessing ERP from Visual Composer ... 181 ... 6.3 Accessing Web Services ... 259 7. Analytical Applications ... 279 ... 7.1 BI Kit Connections ... 279 ... 7.2 BI Kit Tools ... 287 ... 7.3 Integration ... 378 8. Application Lifecycle ... 399 ... 8.1 Visual Composer System Landscape ... 399 ... 8.2 Backend and Portal Systems ... 423 9. Business Examples ... 427 ... 9.1 Best Practice Scorecarding ... 427 ... 9.2 Account Analytics ... 429 ... 9.3 Treasury and Financial Investment Controlling ... 430 ... 9.4 Summary ... 433 10. Visual Composer and Enterprise SOA ... 435 A. Modeling and Tips ... 441 ... A.1 General Portal Issues ... 441 ... A.2 Enable the Visual Composer Log ... 443 ... A.3 Unlocking a Visual Composer Model ... 443 ... A.4 Percentage Sign ... 444 ... A.5 Chart Design ... 445 ... A.6 Changing Colors for Visual Composer Applications ... 445 ... A.7 Searching for Visual Composer iViews in the Portal ... 446 ... A.8 Performance Issues with BI JDBC Connector ... 447 ... A.9 No Metadata from the BI JDBC Connector ... 448 ... A.10 No Metadata from the BI XMLA Connector ... 448 ... A.11 Cannot See the InfoCube Under BI XMLA ... 448 ... A.12 Performance Issues and Limitations with the BI XMLA/ODBO Connector ... 449 ... A.13 INVALID_VARIABLE_VALUES# ... 450 ... A.14 Wrong Language ... 451 ... A.15 Language Mapping ... 452 ... A.16 Strange Names for Query Elements ... 452 ... A.17 Web Service Enablement ... 452 ... A.18 "Authority Check" Error ... 454 ... A.19 "Virtual Interface not found" Error ... 455 ... A.20 "Serialization" Error ... 456 ... A.21 Drop-Down List and Combo Box ... 458 ... A.22 Visual Composer and SAP BW/ SAP NetWeaver BI Sizing ... 458 ... A.23 Formats of Date, Time, Units ... 458 ... A.24 Problems with Mandatory Variables in BI XMLA ... 459 ... A.25 SAP Query Result Fields and Select Fields ... 459 ... A.26 Writing Data Back ... 460 ... A.27 Jump to Detailed Analysis (from Alert or Any Other Link) ... 460 ... A.28 Using a Dynamic RFC ... 461 ... A.29 Sorting on BI Data with More Than 500 Records ... 461 ... A.30 Calling Analysis Process Designer or Process Chain ... 462 B. Coding for Integration Examples ... 463 ... B.1 BEx Integration ... 463 ... B.2 Document Integration ... 472 ... B.3 Additional Code for Meta and Transactional Data Document Association ... 506 ... B.4 Dynamic RFC ... 510 C. The Authors ... 513 Index ... 515
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.1.2007 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Maryland |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 180 x 230 mm |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge | |
| Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► SAP | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59229-099-X / 159229099X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59229-099-4 / 9781592290994 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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