

What to watch when testing the new approach.How to use the new Fiori launchpad configuration approach.Where to find Fiori launchpad parameters and their values.Learning how to do this will also give you the opportunity to explore the new way of setting Fiori launchpad parameters in an ABAP configuration table provided as of SAP S/4HANA 1809. See the Addendum: Performance benefits of inplace mode. IMPORTANT: Using inplace mode also brings a significant performance improvement of around 1.5 seconds per transaction launched, especially when combined with the GUI Stateful Session mode. opening the classic app in the Fiori content area, just like a SAP Fiori app. Starting with SAP S/4HANA 1809, you can avoid this behaviour altogether, by configuring certain Fiori launchpad parameters to swap to inplace navigation – i.e. In SAP S/4HANA 1709 you could avoid this behaviour for Web Dynpro for ABAP applications only. This was due to a navigation technique known as explace navigation. SAP GUI for HTML transactions and Web Dynpro for ABAP applications, alongside SAP Fiori apps and the Fiori launchpad. Prior to SAP S/4HANA 1809 , one of the less agreeable parts of the SAP S/4HANA User Experience for some users was the proliferation of web browser tabs and windows whenever you used classic apps, i.e. In this blog you will learn how to take advantage of both of these new options.


a SAP GUI transaction or Web Dynpro for ABAP application). It can be a lot of fun to get your hands on a new release of software and try out new possibilities! Some of the happy additions to SAP S/4HANA 1809 (SAPUI5 1.56) include a much easier way to configure Fiori Launchpad, and some new options for smoothing the user experience, such as a way to avoid opening a new tab whenever you call a classic app (i.e. Latest Update: Addendum added on how to open a specific app in explace as a user Latest Update 22nd August, 2019: Added related performance improvements – benchmarked at saving around 1.5 seconds per transaction! See the Addendum: Performance benefits of inplace mode. Latest Update 8th April 2020: My colleague Peter Nechala gives a breakdown and some example benchmarks showing why these settings improve performance in Improve Performance via SAP Fiori launchpad configuration in SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA
