Beginner
Create the UI for a Custom Business Object
August 6, 2021
Created by
June 26, 2017
15 min.
Create an own application based on a Custom Business Object and a Custom Catalog Extension
You will learn
In the preceding tutorial you created a custom business object with a simple data structure and its persistence.
To be able to work with a business object you need a user interface. In this tutorial you will
- generate an User Interface (UI)
- expose that UI as an application with the use of Custom Catalog Extensions
At the end you will have a running application that you can create, update and delete custom business object entities with.
Prerequisites
- Authorizations: Your user needs a business role with business catalogs Extensibility - Custom Business Objects (ID:
SAP_CORE_BC_EXT_CBO) and Extensibility - Custom Catalog Extensions (ID:SAP_CORE_BC_EXT_CCE) in your SAP S/4HANA Cloud system
UI Generation and later done UI Adaptation are so called In-App Extensibility features done completely inside a S/4HANA system. They are key user functionality with limited possibilities.
Alternatively the more powerful Side-By-Side Extensibility via SAP Cloud Platform could be done to develop an UI with all SAPUI5 options (see tutorial group Create Custom UI for S/4HANA Cloud).
Our Example
A several tutorials spanning example will show extensibility along custom Bonus Management applications.
In the first parts a Manager wants to define business objects “Bonus Plan” for employees. A Bonus Plan is there to save employee specific rules for bonus entitlement.
Additional Information
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Release (tutorial’s last update): 1808
Step 1: Start Editing Custom Business Object Bonus Plan
Start the Custom Business Object’s application by clicking its tile
Search for Custom Business Object “Bonus Plan” (1+2) and Open its details by clicking its list item in the search result list (3).
To be able to do changes to the lastly published version of the business object you need to start edit mode by executing the Edit Draft action.
Step 2: Generate UI
Check the two boxes for UI Generation and Service Generation.
Publish the business object to trigger the generation of UI (Master and Detail) and OData Service.
Step 3: Expose UI as Application
Now you make the UI available as SAP Fiori Launchpad application by assigning it to a Business Catalog which corresponds to a group in Launchpad.
From the Business Object’s overview go to Custom Catalog Extension application by clicking the Maintain Catalogs action.
A new window will open.
Start adding a catalog with the Add action.
In the opening value help narrow down the result list by searching for Custom Business, select the Catalog with role ID SAP_CORE_BC_EXT_CBO and press OK.
You could also choose another Catalog, but be aware that your user must have a Business Role containing the same to be able to view the created application.
Select the just added Catalog and Publish it.
This step takes some minutes, the screen refreshes automatically and once the status switches from unpublished to published, you can close this application’s window and proceed.
Step 4: Open Bonus Plan application
Back in the Custom Business Object application’s window, go to the SAP Fiori Launchpad via Home action.
Refresh the Browser window with key F5 for that the catalog extension becomes visible.
Now there is the Bonus Plan application’s tile in the Extensibility group.
Start the application by clicking its tile.
Step 5: Test Bonus Plan application
Open the Bonus Plan application.
Create an object.
Enter following data
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 1 |
| Validity Start Date | 01/01/2017 |
| Validity End Date | 31/12/2017 |
| Target Amount | 1000.00 EUR |
| Low Bonus Assignment Factor | 1 |
| High Bonus Assignment Factor | 3 |
| Employee ID | <any> |
Employee ID
Save the Bonus Plan. The UI will automatically return from Bonus Plan Detail to Master, where you can see one entry in the list of bonus plans now.
Step 6: Test yourself