new features sap net weaver 7.3 portal webinar presentation

New Features SAP NetWeaver 7.3 Portal

Overview & Outlook

John Polus – Platinum Technical Consultant

SAP Technology RIG

January 26, 2011

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1 Overview

2 What’s New

3 Summary


What is SAP NetWeaver Portal Today?

Overview

Delivers multi-system-, role-

based access to business

processes and information

Provides a secure and single point

of access

Increases people productivity

Provides managed content in the

context of business

applications

Offers an intuitive web interface for

internal and external users

SAP NetWeaver Portal* provides easy access to business

processes and information, and serves many unique user roles

* SAP NetWeaver™ provides also various additional capabilities such as application server, development environment and central administration / lifecycle management tools, etc.


SAP runs SAP NetWeaver Portal

SAP Corporate Portal

Serves 50,000 SAP employees

One of the top 10 intranets 2008 worldwide!

Awarded by NN/g Nielsen Norman Group

SAP Community Network: Serves more than1,000,000 SAP experts

SDN Community

BPX Community

BusinessObjects Community

SAP EcoHub

SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3

New Functionality Overview

SAP NW EP\EPC 7.3

Simplified Content Creation

Improved standards

Improved performance, scalability,

administration

Improved supportability and root cause

analysis

3rd party integration

AJAX Framework - Default

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SAP NW EP\EPC 7.02

Enterprise Portal Core

Enterprise Portal

(KM / Collaboration)

AJAX Framework

TCO improvements

WPC 2.0

KMC enhancements

Wiki

Huge Adoption with more than 8,000 productive customers systems, estimated user base of 15M+ users, and year-over-year productive usage

growth rate of 26%

Ramp-up release started November 2010


End user Empowerment & Self-ServicesManaging and Mashing up Portal Pages with Web Page Composer

The enhanced Web Page Composer (WPC) enables managed content scenarios for key users from the line of business to easily create and

mash up enriched portal pages, blending business applications and user-generated content using intuitive authoring services.

Benefits

Enhanced user productivity for lines of business

Flexible content management and mash up

Reduce TCO through common platform / services

Increase contribution and content quality

Key Capabilities

Intuitive run time authoring environment

Staging area for live and draft content

Time-based publication & recall of pages

Approval workflow for pages

Interactive (mashup) portal pages using connections

Searching & tagging pages

Easy integration and re-use of existing portal content

Advanced runtime capabilities

Flexible permission model for delegation

Customization options

Mashup authoring

Page authoring environment

(lab preview)

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End user Empowerment & Self-ServicesBuilding Communities with Wikis & Forums

Key Capabilities

Integral part of SAP NetWeaver Portal

Easy and intuitive creation of wiki pages

Governance by access control and permission concept

Content control executed by administrator

User control on collaboration with other users

Customer branding

Moderation support and approval processes

Global search and tagging

Versioning control

Self-Publishing by contributors

Benefits

Enhanced User Productivity

Simplified contribution and sharing of knowledge

Reduced TCO

Wikis and forums provide a framework to easily share and contribute knowledge and information in an intuitive way within the company

by giving employees, customers, suppliers and partners a framework to collaborative writing and help to save time by making ideas

available, sharing knowledge and managing related information.

(lab preview)



End user Empowerment & Self-ServicesContent Management Scenarios with Knowledge Management

Current Key Scenarios

Basic Document Management System

Managed Content

Search & Integration of Repositories

Integral KM usage in standard EP role

Wiki & Forums on top of KM

Unmanaged Content/ Collaboration

Customer Applications on top of KMC

SAP Applications on Top of KM

Knowledge Management (KM) is the basic content services within SAP NetWeaver Portal. It provides the basic capabilities that

customers need to run their scenarios as well as extension framework for custom implementations.

The 7.3 release of SAP NetWeaver introduces various KM enhancements including TCO improvements, archiving, multiple

upload, new risk analysis and housekeeping reports, Hot Configurable Components, ACL indexing.



IT OptimizationUnified Access to Applications and Processes

Key Capabilities

Simplified portal content creation and maintenance

Advanced wizards for role upload, content creation and transport

Simplified system landscape management and directory

synchronization

Process desk provides access to necessary end-user functionality

(alerts, notifications, workitems) in central Universal Worklist.

New state-of-the-art default ajax framework page

Unified transport and change recording for portal content through

integration with the SAP Change and Transport System (CTS+).

Customized error pages and administration traceability

Advanced caching and memory consumption capabilities

Benefits

Reduce portal costs for operations and administration

(with central SAP NetWeaver Administrator tool)

Simplified content and system administration

Improved performance & scalability

SAP NetWeaver Portal introduces an improved integration layer for SAP, Business Objects and non-SAP applications & reports

while maintaining low cost of operations and administration. Customers can implement Business Process Portals by easily

integrating composite applications (e.g. CE) as well as business processes and workflow items (e.g. from BPM) into the portal.

(lab preview)


Central access to work items

in Universal Worklist

SAP BusinessObjects Integration

Simplified Portal Content Creation and Maintenance

• Dedicated wizards for role creation aimed to reduce creation and maintenance costsRoles

• Simplified processes for implementing and customizing SAP Business PackagesBusiness Packages

• Simplified wizards for creating iViews in the Portal via search & create workflowiViews

• Simplified content creating via a top-down approach content creationTop-down approach

• Simplified content transport capabilities via a Sync-foldercapabilityTransport

• Provide content administrators PCD favorites capabilitiesFavorites

Enrich Portal Role Types

Free-style role

Workcenter role

Role from back-end

Role from packages


Freestyle roles

All levels of freedom by customers to create own roles – no predefined structure

Limited runtime oriented visualization in the editor

Successor of the well known role editor of SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0

Editor View

Runtime ViewRole Content


Workcenter Role – Runtime View

Structured to guide the content administrator how to build roles according to the workcenter role concept

Designed to represent the content as it will appear in runtime to make the content creation easier and more intuitive

The majority of Business Package Roles are built according to these guidelines

Navigation entries

Homepage

Services

Views


Workcenter Role – Service Map View


Workcenter Role – Editor View

Editor View

Homepage

Services

Views

Navigation entries


Role from Back-end

In order to simplify content creation for customers who have already invested in PFCG roles, we provide the option to upload PFCG roles to

the Portal (PCD)

After uploading PFCG role to the Portal, one can add\remove content according to the specific business requirement

Choosing the best role structure for your project is essential for reducing the overall TCO of the Portal

PCD RolePFCG Role

Upload


Role from Package

Re-using pre-defined roles delivered by SAP as Business packages

These roles can be customized according to the customer specific business requirements

Using SAP Business Packages to integrate business scenarios in the SAP Portal is a key factor for maintaining low TCO of the Portal

Editor View

Availbale Business Packages

Available Roles


Best Practice for Roles

Typical Customers:Existing and new customers lookingfor maximum freedom in Portalcontent creation.

Typical Customers:New customers who are looking toquickly and easily implement a Portalaccording to SAP Ux guidelines.

Typical Customers:Customers who have invested heavilyin PFCG roles and are looking to re-usethis investment.

Typical Customers:Customers who are looking to integrateSAP business processes into the SAPNetWeaver Portal with SAP’s pre-definedcontent.

Free-style role

Workcenter role

Role from back-end

Role from packages


IT OptimizationPortal Landscape Interoperability and Openness

Key Capabilities

Support of JSR 168/ 286, WSRP 1.0

Support of SAML 1.0 and 2.0

Java EE 5 and Java SE 6 support

Integration of SAP BusinessObjects reports via

the Portal Integration Kit

Exposing the portal navigation structure via a

dedicated Web Service

Advanced capabilities for consuming SAP

application into 3rd party portals

Benefits

Single point of access to all corporate assets

Open platform for 3rd party content integration

SAP NetWeaver Portal introduces extended integration capabilities for SAP and non-SAP content, both into the SAP Portal

and for 3rd party Portals.

(lab preview)


Integration of SAP Portal navigation

structure into a 3rd part Portal

AJAX Framework

Overview

New user experience in

the portal

Modern SAP User

Interfaces

Same look on desktop and Web

Intuitive and harmonized look &

feel based on SAP Signature

Design (for SAP’s out-of-the-

box implementations)

Adapt SAP’s user interfaces to

modern web standards

Customizable via theme editor

Key Capabilities

Functional Enhancements

Build in AJAX capabilities

(client/server balancing)

Performance Enhancements

Open framework for custom

developed frameworks

The new AJAX Framework serves as a flexible foundation for the new out-of-the-box user experience as well as for customer-specific

implementations

The AJAX framework “lives” side-by-side with the classic framework

AJAX Framework

Benefits and Advantages

For End Users

Improved usability and productivity

Quicker response times for better interactivity

Zero footprint access from everywhere via web browser

For Administrators

Powerful tools for configuration and branding

Increased openness

Improved server scalability and performance

For Developers

Flexible infrastructure for add-on widgets and apps

Open framework for extensions

Based on common standards

AJAX capabilities with Web Dynpro Java

Examples:

1. In-place Editing

2. Input Validation

3. Input Field Suggestions

4. Drag & Drop

5. Enhanced Keyboard support

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Portal End-user Enhancements

New Capabilities

Add and organize your favorites

Quick preview of search results

Select from various search providers

Select and show pre-defined Tabset

Reorder entries in top level navigation (drag&drop)

Performance Improvements

•Measured with a specific scenario running SAP Business Packages

•7.01 SP5 was tested using the Classic Framework Page, while 7.30 used the Ajax Framework Page.

•The installations are EPC \ The hardware is 8 CPU / 8 GB RAM (our strongest server) / The content tested was only PRT (acting as a UI Integration hub)

Measurement 7.01 SPS5 7.30 SPS1 Explanation

Number of concurrent users that brings the server to 60% CPU utilization

260 users 365 users Improvement of 40% on the same hardware

Processing Space (memory used during a navigation)

6.5 MB 3.4 MB 7.30 uses half as much memory on average to execute navigations

Startup Time 3 mins 2 mins 7.30 starts up much faster than 7.01, with improvement of 33% in average

Additional EnhancementsS

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EP\CE Installation on the

same instance with

NetWeaver 7.3

Integration with change

recording system

Integration with Central

Transport System (CTS+)

Customized PRT error pagesPersonal landing page for

Portal Content

Administrators

Admin traceability

capabilities

Cache optimizations

(navigation, Object Based

Navigation, etc.)

Integration with Near Zero

Downtime for maintenance

tool (nZDM)

Portal Content Root Cause

analysis with Portal Content

Analyzer

Reduce deployment time for

Portal content (parallel

deployment)

Performance Improvements

Open L-Shape APIs for

custom AJAX framework

pages

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ore

…

* nZDM integration is still in a project based solution stage

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Summary

SAP NetWeaver Portal plays a key role in SAP’s user

interaction strategy.

There are lot of improvements done in the 7.3 release of

the SAP NetWeaver Portal

Functional roadmap in essence

Self Service End Users and Line of Business by:

– Simplifying content development

– Enabling UI flexibility

Reducing the overall TCO and TCA

Further opening up portal framework for 3rd party vendors

Thank You!

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