SAP Fiori: Add favourites, arrange tiles

SAP Fiori Navigation

Navigating SAP Fiori centers on the launchpad, a personalised, role-based home page of app tiles, and the apps themselves. It is a very different, more task-focused experience than the SAP GUI menu tree.

Quick answer

Navigating Fiori starts at the launchpad, a web page of tiles for the apps your role allows, grouped into pages and spaces, with search across them. Transactional apps change business objects, analytical apps show live KPIs, fact sheets drill into one object, and intent-based navigation links apps together. A missing tile is a role gap, not a bug.

Key takeaways

Watch out: Expecting the GUI menu tree in Fiori, it is app-based.

The launchpad

The Fiori launchpad is the entry point: a web page showing tiles for the apps relevant to your role, often grouped into pages and spaces. Instead of navigating a menu of thousands of transactions, you see just the apps you need, and can search across them.

App types

Transactional apps: create/change business objects.
Analytical apps: real-time KPIs and insights.
Fact-sheet apps: view an object and drill into related data.

Navigating within and between apps

Fiori supports intent-based navigation, apps link to related apps (for example from an overview KPI into the detailed list), giving a connected flow. Search, favourites and recent activity help you get around quickly.

Personalisation

Users can personalise the launchpad, add favourites, arrange tiles, so their most-used apps are front and center. This role-based, personalised model is a core reason Fiori improves adoption over the classic menu.

Common pitfalls

Expecting the GUI menu tree in Fiori, it is app-based.
Missing tiles due to role/catalog gaps, not a Fiori "bug".
Ignoring search and favourites that speed navigation.