Apps in SAP Fiori | IT Canvass

Apps

Fiori apps are the individual task-focused applications users run, transactional, analytical and fact-sheet apps that together deliver the S/4HANA experience. Knowing the app types and how to find them is essential.

Quick answer

Understanding app types helps you match capability to need, transactional for doing, analytical for insight, fact sheets for exploration, and the reference library ensures you can find and enable the right ones.

Key takeaways

The SAP Fiori apps reference library lists every standard app with its technical details, required OData services, business role…
Most needs are met by standard apps; where they are not, developers build custom Fiori apps (UI5, usually on CDS/OData via the RAP…
Transactional apps: create, change or process business objects (e.g. Create Purchase Order).
Watch out: Building custom apps when a standard one exists.

The app types

Transactional apps: create, change or process business objects (e.g. Create Purchase Order).
Analytical apps: real-time KPIs, dashboards and drill-downs powered by CDS/HANA.
Fact-sheet apps: a 360° view of an object with links to related objects.
Overview pages: card-based dashboards combining insight and action.

Finding apps: the reference library

The SAP Fiori apps reference library lists every standard app with its technical details, required OData services, business role, catalog, and backend product version. It is the go-to resource for discovering apps and setting up access correctly.

Standard vs custom apps

Most needs are met by standard apps; where they are not, developers build custom Fiori apps (UI5, usually on CDS/OData via the RAP model). Prefer standard or lightly-adapted apps to keep the core clean and upgrades smooth.

Why it matters

Common pitfalls

Building custom apps when a standard one exists.
Not using the Fiori apps reference library.
Missing required OData services for an app.

Practice challenge

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Which statement is true of Apps?

Frequently asked questions

What does the term Apps refer to in SAP?

Where does Apps sit in the Fiori stack?

Most needs are met by standard apps; where they are not, developers build custom Fiori apps (UI5, usually on CDS/OData via the RAP model).

What reporting depends on Apps?

Transactional apps: create, change or process business objects (e.g. Create Purchase Order). Analytical apps: real-time KPIs, dashboards and drill-downs powered by CDS/HANA. Fact-sheet apps: a 360° view of an object with links to related objects.

What tends to go wrong with Apps?

Building custom apps when a standard one exists. Not using the Fiori apps reference library. Missing required OData services for an app.