Week 1: Understanding SAP Fiori Launchpad

Unit 3: SAP Fiori Applications and Maintenance

SAP Fiori Applications and Maintenance
Overview

▪ The SAP Fiori apps reference library enables you to

explore, plan and implement SAP Fiori.
▪ Discover all the SAP Fiori apps available today.
▪ Find key information for each app, including all the
technical data you need for installation and
configuration.
▪ View the data for previous app versions.
▪ Navigate directly to related resources, such as app
documentation, Product Availability Matrix, and
Maintenance Planner.

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SAP Fiori Applications and Maintenance
Overview

To install an SAP Fiori app, the

recommended process is: Select App(s) in SAP
Plan Installation in Install and Update
Fiori Apps Reference
▪ Select the app in the SAP Fiori apps Library
Maintenance Planner System
reference library
▪ Plan installation in Maintenance Planner
1 Choose SAP Fiori Apps 1 In Maintenance Planner, 1 In case of new installation
▪ Install and update the system select existing system or start software provisioning
plan installation of new manager with stack.xml
system
2 View product version 2 Choose target product 2 Start SUM with stack.xml
requirements and navigate version and support to update the system to
to Maintenance Planner package stack for all the target support package
involved systems in a stack
single planning step
3 Generate and download
consolidated stack.xml and
archives for front-end,
back-end, and SAP HANA
components (if needed)
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Maintenance Planner

Installation process with Maintenance Planner offers following advantages:

▪ Consolidated planning allows users to generate consolidated stack XML for all planned landscape changes
▪ Installation of new systems supported
▪ Required files for all involved systems can be pushed to download basket in a single planning step
▪ Multiple deployment options to choose from

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Planning SAP Fiori apps installation with Maintenance Planner

▪ In SAP Fiori apps reference library, select

SAP Fiori apps to view product features
and implementation details
▪ Switching on the aggregate mode will let
you install multiple SAP Fiori apps with a
single transaction

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Navigate to Maintenance Planner

▪ Once apps are grouped, navigate to Maintenance Planner directly from Installation
Details tab. In this scenario, all the apps selected can be installed in a single instance
of Maintenance Planner.

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Maintenance Planner – Three step procedure

Maintenance Planner offers the installation

of an SAP Fiori app in three simple steps:
▪ Overview of available apps
▪ System selection
▪ Details of impacted systems

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Maintenance Planner – Overview of Available Apps

▪ Check details about technical prerequisites for front-end, back-end, and SAP HANA servers.

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Maintenance Planner – System Selection

Maintenance Planner provides

following details for back-end
server:
▪ Current software version
▪ Minimal required release

• Maintenance Planner provides options

to select existing system, install a new
system for front-end and SAP HANA
XS server.
• New installation of front-end and SAP
HANA system is supported. For
existing systems, current software state
is displayed and target version can be
selected.

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Maintenance Planner – Details of Impacted systems

• Once you have made the system selection,

click Next to view the snapshot of all the
impacted systems.
• At this stage, you can proceed to select files
and download installation archives, or chose
Install Additional Software to iteratively install
additional software.

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Maintenance Planner – Select and download

▪ To select and download installation media, select OS/DB files, select stack-dependent and independent files
▪ Select OS/DB files for back-end and front-end systems
▪ Select OS/DB files for both systems and click Confirm Selection
▪ Click Next and move to the next step
▪ Download all the relevant files by clicking Download Stack XML and click Push to Download Basket to
download the archives to download basket

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SAP Fiori Launchpad Content Transport
Demo

DEMO

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SAP Fiori Applications and Maintenance
Summary

To install an SAP Fiori app, the recommended

process is:
▪ Select the app in the SAP Fiori apps reference library
▪ Plan installation in Maintenance Planner
▪ Install and update the system

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