A sanitized version of slides presented by John Moy at the SAP Australia User Group 2012 for the presentation 'How SAP NetWeaver Gateway can deliver the User Interfaces you've always wanted'

1. By
John
Moy
SAP
Mentor
©
September
2012

2. Thoughts
and
opinions
expressed
here
represent
my
own
and
not
those
of
SAP
All
content
provided
in
this
presentaCon
is
for
informaConal
purposes
only.
The
author
makes
no
representaCons
as
to
the
accuracy
or
completeness
of
any
informaCon
in
this
presentaCon.
The
author
will
not
be
liable
for
any
errors
or
omissions
in
this
presentaCon
nor
for
the
availability
of
this
informaCon.

3. R/2
ITS,
Web
Dynpro
Terminal
WebGUI,
ABAP,
Screens
BSP,
Floorplan
HTMLB
Manager,
NWBC
R/3
Web
Dynpro
SAP
UI5,
SAP
GUI
Java,
Page
Builder,
SAP
Portal
CHIPs

4. Enterprise
Systems

5. Consumer
Faster
user
interface
innovaCon
cycles
eg.
browsers,
iOS,
Android
etc.
Enterprise
Slower
user
interface
updates,
Ced
to
core
upgrade
cycles

6. Structure
“Our
basic
argument
is
that
there
isn’t
such
a
thing
as
a
building.
A
Internal
Walls
building
properly
conceived
is
Tables,
etc
several
layers
of
longevity
of
built
components”
Frank
Duffy,
Architect
FoundaCon
1994

7. SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
as
an
enabler
Enterprise
Systems
ExisCng
Mobiles
TVs,
Voice
UIs,
&
Tablets
etc…
Web
UIs

8. Mobiles
Websites
/
Edge
Intranet
Usage
Kiosks
Tablets
&
Other
Casual
ESS
/
MSS
Usage
Pro
Usage
NWBC
/
SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
SAPGUI
as
an
enabler

9. Back
Front
Field
/
Leaders
Business
Consumers
Office
Office
Mobile
Sales
Partners
Edge
Usage
Casual
Usage
Pro
Usage
NOTE:
A
sample
indicaCve
allocaCon
–
will
vary
for
each
organisaCon

10. Edge
SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
Usage
ZERO
training
expectaCon
as
an
enabler
Casual
Usage
Simple
learning
aids
Pro
Usage
Training

11. Edge
Mainstream
Usage
Usage
Edge
Usage
now
is
potenCally
Mainsteam
Usage
in
future
Casual
Usage
Pro
Usage

12. “
INSIDE
OUT
“
1.
GET
hep://server/sap/myapplicaCon
SAP
2.
HTML
+
Data
2.1.
CSS
2.2.
Javascript
2.3.
Images
2.4.
..etc

13. “
OUTSIDE
IN
“
NaCve
mobile
app
example
1.
GET
hep://server/sap/myapplicaCon/data
SAP
3.
Lightweight
Data
(OData)
INSTALLED
2.
NaCve
App
SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
-­‐
iOS
as
an
enabler
-­‐
Android
-­‐
etc.

14. “
OUTSIDE
IN
“
HTML5
example
using
‘single-­‐page’
1.
GET
hep://server/sap/myapplicaCon
web
apps
SAP
3.
Lightweight
Data
(OData)
2.
HTML5
Layout
CACHED
SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
-­‐
CSS
as
an
enabler
-­‐
Javascript
-­‐
Images

15. Stateful
UIs
Stateless
UIs
SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
as
an
enabler

16. SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
SAP
Service
generaCon
tools
Service
consumpCon
libraries
(eg.
•
Mobile
plakorms
Generate
from
RFC
/
BAPI
•
HTML5
libraries
(eg.
SAPUI5)
without
coding
)
•
Java,
PHP,
Flash
..etc.
•
Code
generaCon

17. Architecture
for
many
of
SAP’s
Mobile
Apps
SAP
NetWeaver
SAP
Mobile
Gateway
Plakorm
SAP
Server
Relay
(Depending
on
App)
•
AuthenCcaCon
&
Security
•
iOS
•
Secure
CommunicaCons
•
Android
•
Blackberry
•
Device
registraCon
•
Windows

18. Sample
list
of
SAP’s
mobile
apps
(not
all-­‐inclusive)
…
=
SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
as
an
enabler

21. Samples
courtesy
of
and
developed
by
John
Paeerson
(see
blog
on
SCN
hep://bit.ly/Mh8rC4)

22. 
STATELESS

OUTSIDE
IN
•
Highly
scalable
•
Adopt
latest
consumer
UI
usability
•
Empower
non-­‐SAP
UI
developers

LOOSE
COUPLING
SAP
•
Support
pace
layering
&
service
re-­‐use

LIGHTWEIGHT
DATA
INTERACTION
•
OpCmise
response
Cme
&
usability
•
Support
HTML5
/
naCve
mobile
UIs

PRODUCTIVITY
AIDS
•
Quickly
expose
and
consume
services

23. John
Moy
SAP
Mobility,
UI
and
Development
Architect
Email:
john@BlueT.com.au
Twieer:
@jhmoy

24. SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
official
SAP
Help
hep://help.sap.com/nwgateway
SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
plug-­‐in
for
Eclipse
hep://bit.ly/wHwy2B
Installing
Trial
SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
on
Amazon
Web
Services
(by
John
Moy)
hep://bit.ly/N7JwR3