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Generate an SAP Fiori Elements Application based on a RAP-based Service

Generate an SAP Fiori elements application and add additional features like flexible column layout and initial loading using SAP Fiori tools.
You will learn
  • How to set up SAP Business Application Studio for SAP Fiori elements application development
  • How to generate an SAP Fiori elements application
  • How to modify an SAP Fiori elements application to add features like flexible column layout and initial load of data
jo-fiessJoachim FiessFebruary 13, 2023
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Prerequisites

Up to now you have used the preview mode within the ABAP Development Tools to check the changes of the related OData service. You will now create an SAP Fiori elements application based on the RAP back-end service that was created and refined in the previous chapters.

  • Step 1
    1. When you start the SAP Business Application Studio for the first time, you will see a page similar to the screenshot below showing information about the different development spaces. You might also see your development space overview where no development space is active. In either case click the Create Dev Space button to create a new development space.

      Start the Dev Space
    2. Now you see a dialog that allows you to define the parameters of your development space, like the name of the development space, its type and additional extensions. Enter a name in field Create a New Dev Space and select the SAP Fiori type for your development space. Press Create Dev Space to confirm the dialog.

      Start the Dev Space

      Your development space is now listed in the overview. Wait until the status has changed from STARTING to RUNNING.

      Start the Dev Space

      You can maintain your development space (e.g. start/stop, change and delete) using the icons provided on the right.

    3. Click the name of your development space once it is started to open it in SAP Business Application Studio.

      Start the Dev Space
    4. Open a new workspace: select menu option File > Open Workspace… and choose the workspace projects. It is displayed in the Open Workspace dialog. Confirm the dialog by choosing Open.

      Choose in popup Open new workspace

      Note: If you see an error within the footer indicating that your organization and space in Cloud Foundry have not been set, please have a look at Step 3: Set up organization and space of the tutorial Develop and Run SAP Fiori Application With SAP Business Application Studio.

     

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  • Step 2

    Using SAP Fiori tools, you will now create an SAP Fiori elements application based on the RAP back-end service you created in the previous chapters.

    1. Start the process by selecting the View > Find Command… menu option.

      Select link “Create project from template”
    2. Find and select Fiori: Open Application Generator. You can start typing the first letters and choose the completed command from the proposal list.

      Choose tile “SAP Fiori elements application”
    3. On the Floorplan Selection page choose tile List Report Object Page and click Next.

      Choose tile “List Report Object Page”
    4. Now the application has to be connected to the OData service that was created in the previous chapter Prepare the RAP service to be used for the application

      Enter the parameters by selecting the according values from the drop-down lists provided. For the Service field choose your individual OData service ZUI_FE_TRAVEL_######_O4.

      Select service related parameters

      Note: If you cannot find your system and service in the drop-down fields, please ensure that your organization and space in Cloud Foundry have been set. Have a look at Step 3: Set up organization and space of the tutorial Develop and Run SAP Fiori Application With SAP Business Application Studio.

      Click Next.

    5. Choose the main entity Travel as shown in the screenshot.

      Choose main entity set

      Click Next.

    6. Maintain further application attributes as shown in the screenshot below.

      Provide project attributes

      Click Finish to complete the input of application parameters. The new SAP Fiori elements application is now generated using the service and the configurations you provided in this step.

      Once this process has finished you will see the welcome page again and a confirmation message.

      Finish app generation

       

    Which step provides the connection of the application to the OData service, when creating an SAP Fiori elements application?

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  • Step 3
    1. Before starting your application, ensure that it is open by checking the tree view on the left side of the SAP Business Application Studio window.
      Review the generated artifacts

      Switch to the Run Configurations view by pressing the arrow-button on the toolbar on the left side of the screen.

      Run Configuration

      There are three run configurations for you application. Start the first one named Start travellist by pressing the green arrow.

      Start application

      You may see some status messages in the console window and a popup-message telling you that the application will open in a new browser tab. Click the Open button to switch to the new browser tab.

      Confirm new tab

      In the new browser tab showing your application, choose Go to load data.

      Click go on list report to see data

      The application shows the data provided by the OData service based on the metadata defined in the CDS views and metadata extension files.

       

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  • Step 4

    With the flexible column layout you can have the list report and the object page open at the same time without the need to navigate back and forth between them.

    1. In the SAP Business Application Studio open the context menu by right clicking on your webapp folder and select the menu entry Show Page Map.

      Right-click on webapp folder
    2. In the left area of the page map you see the UI structure of your application listing the tiles of the list report and the object page. In the right area you can see the page settings. Choose option Flexible Column Layout and then select the Mid-Expanded option for the two columns layout. Leave the default for the three columns layout unchanged.

      The Page Map with page map and layout settings
    3. Refresh the application and choose Go to load data into the list report table. Select any of the items within the table to open the object page.

      Click go on list report after refresh

      Now the object page is displayed together with the list report. When you select another item in the list report, the object page is updated.

       

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  • Step 5

    As a last step of the tutorial you will activate the initial load feature that will trigger the loading of data within the list report automatically, i.e. without having to choose Go.

    1. Open the page map once again as shown in the previous step by choosing the Show Page Map option in the context menu of your application folder.

    2. In the UI structure of your application switch to edit mode of the List Report tile.

      Configure Page icon on list report block
    3. Now the structure of the list report is shown. Open the properties of the list report table by selecting the Table component.

      Click on table in page editor
    4. In the list of table properties select the value Enabled for the table property Initial Load. This setting is immediately active without the need of any confirmation.

      Select true for initial load in drop down field
    5. Refresh your application and you will see that the data of the list report table is loaded immediately without choosing Go.

      Restart the app and see the initial load of data

       


    Over the past four tutorials, you have used the SAP ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model, SAP Fiori tools and SAP Fiori elements for OData V4 to build this application. You have learned how to:

    • Refine a RAP based service with additional annotations to improve the user interface

    • Use the wizard-style approach of SAP Fiori tools to generate an application based on an existing service

    • Configure the application using the page map

    All of these tools (and more) can be used with any of the available SAP Fiori elements page types. Enjoy your future projects!


    What is the page map used for?

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