{"id":51969,"date":"2023-11-22T09:15:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T08:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubeserv.com\/sap-fiori-apps-a-valuable-addition-to-the-bi-landscape-of-hospitals-and-nursing-homes\/"},"modified":"2023-12-24T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T18:30:05","slug":"sap-fiori-apps-a-valuable-addition-to-the-bi-landscape-of-hospitals-and-nursing-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubeserv.com\/en\/sap-fiori-apps-a-valuable-addition-to-the-bi-landscape-of-hospitals-and-nursing-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Fiori Apps: A valuable addition to the BI landscape of hospitals and nursing homes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
The turn of the year is approaching and several annual changeover tasks are pending in your BI landscape. Many tasks can be automated, but there is one unpopular task that most people are not spared: requesting, creating, and importing various flat files into the BI systems. The work is as time-consuming as it is error-prone: errors creep in every year for work that only needs to be done infrequently, especially if the files to be created are extensive and complex. If the files contain errors, a game of ping-pong begins between IT and the specialist department.<\/p>\n
Files are often created manually because the information is not available in a system that could be connected to SAP BW as a source.<\/p>\n
How can the process be improved here?<\/strong><\/p>\n One proposed solution for recurring, extensive work is the creation of an SAP Fiori app<\/strong>. This could be used to enter the data in a S\/4HANA or BW system. These can be created using templates (Fiori Elements) and standard components and adhering to the Fiori design specifications via an SAP UI5 framework. However, SAP Fiori apps can be used for more than just data collection. Once you have gained initial experience with the apps, you quickly realize that there are a large number of application scenarios: The mapping of complex processes or the visually appealing display of the results of SAP BW queries.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t SAP UI5 apps are applications that support companies in their processes and represent customized and adaptable solutions. They are usually part of a broad business solution.<\/p>\n If these apps comply with SAP’s Fiori guidelines and therefore have a standardized and user-friendly user interface, they are referred to as SAP Fiori apps.<\/strong><\/p>\n SAP UI5 apps use ODATA services as interfaces between the SAP system and apps. ODATA (Open Data Protocol) is an HTTP-based protocol for data access between software systems. There is a strict separation between business logic (front end) and data provision (back end).<\/p>\n While SAP Fiori apps are an integral part of an SAP ERP solution, they are rarely used in the analytics environment. This is despite the fact that technical expertise in the development framework is often available within the company. SAP Fiori apps offer the advantage of a consistent user experience and adapt to different screen sizes – including mobile devices – thanks to their responsive design.<\/p>\n A distinction is made between the following types of apps:<\/p>\n Here you can find types of SAP Fiori apps and database requirements in the SAP documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t In this blog, I would like to present developments that we have discussed or implemented with customers from the healthcare environment. These customers all operate a ‘traditional’ data warehouse system from SAP (BW on HANA), to which a large number of different source systems are connected. Analytics applications\/evaluations are made available via the FIORI Launchpad, among other things.<\/p>\n Initial situation:<\/strong> Pain Points:<\/strong> Solution:<\/strong> As this form of master data entry is an application, the user is guided through the process. The user interface is simple and intuitive to use. There are value help and checks for data to be entered (e.g. checks for overlapping periods). An upload function can be implemented so that initial data can be transferred from existing files.<\/p>\n If the data is saved in an SAP BW system, the start of a process chain can also be triggered to reload the data that has just been entered.<\/p>\n Application examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n Initial situation:<\/strong> Pain Points:<\/strong> Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n Creation of several SAP UI5 apps that guide you through the collection of the necessary master data and transaction data. This harmonizes the recorded data right from the start. Data that is relevant for comprehensive evaluations is entered as mandatory fields in the application. An authorization and blocking concept can also be integrated for more extensive apps. It is also possible to link to other systems so that information available there can be viewed.<\/p>\n If the data is stored in an SAP BW system, the recorded data can also be processed and evaluated immediately via process chains.<\/p>\n Application example:<\/strong> The data on the studies can be recorded in a standardized and clear manner. Harmonized master data, e.g. for persons and organizations, is a central component.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The data for the studies is entered via a multi-part data entry mask:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Further information can be found under CubeServ Study Management App – CubeServ<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Initial situation:<\/strong> Pain Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n Solution:<\/strong> Application example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Initial situation:<\/strong> Pain Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n Solution:<\/strong> BW queries or CDS (Core Data Services) views can be easily connected as the basis for SAP Fiori apps, thus enabling the efficient and customized development of the apps. The necessary OData services can be generated from a BW query\/CDS view, which significantly reduces the effort required to create the interface between the SAP Fiori app and the database.<\/p>\n Application example:<\/strong> The background is to recognize the additional burden on employees\/patients\/processes due to ongoing projects. The projects are divided into 4 phases: Preparation Phase, Hot Phase, Go Live, and Aftercare.<\/p>\n Authorization-dependent links have also been placed behind display fields in the data entry, so that individual users can jump to master data processing, for example.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The phases for the individual projects should be displayed graphically in a GANTT diagram in order to have a chronological overview of the projects as soon as they are recorded.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t A dashboard, which was also created using SAP Fiori Apps, is offered for evaluating the projects. The different projects\/project phases are displayed in bar charts and on a map at a key point in time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t SAP Fiori apps are a valuable addition to the BI landscape in the analytics environment – and not just in the hospital environment. They are particularly interesting when there is no ready-made solution on the market for data collection and analysis requirements and an application needs to be created specifically for the customer.<\/p>\n The advantages are:<\/p>\n The examples of SAP Fiori apps shown are called up from the SAP Fiori Launchpad as the central entry point. There are several extensions for this SAP tool that have been developed by CubeServ. You can find more information on this under CubeServ Fiori Launchpad Extensions – CubeServ<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How SAP Fiori Apps reduce manual work for healthcare analytics The turn of the year is approaching and several annual changeover tasks are pending in your BI landscape. Many tasks can be automated, but there is one unpopular task that most people are not spared: requesting, creating, and importing various flat files into the BI … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":50621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[508,547,543],"tags":[465,646,628],"class_list":["post-51969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-analytics","category-healthcare","category-sap-fiori","tag-krankenhaus","tag-pflegeheim","tag-sap-fiori"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSAP Fiori apps - what do they do?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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1. SAP Fiori app for entering missing master data<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\nMany different files are created and imported because they are missing as a basis for evaluations in the source systems of a data warehouse.<\/p>\n
\nThe solution (file import) can be implemented quickly, but is very time-consuming to operate:<\/p>\n\n
\nSAP Fiori apps can be created for data entry, which store data either in an SAP ERP system or directly in the data warehouse system.<\/p>\n\n
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2. SAP Fiori apps for mapping complex processes<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\nWhen analyzing an evaluation request, you discover that the required data for an object<\/p>\n\n
\nThe basic data for an object must be created and harmonized in time-consuming, manual steps.
\nThe effort is particularly high if individual information on an object is not recorded in a source system and is therefore not available. Either the data can be supplemented to a reasonable quality through queries or the data cannot be evaluated comprehensively.<\/p>\n
\nStudy management app: recording\/evaluation of clinical studies and scientific work
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3. SAP Fiori apps for monitoring and starting process chains <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\nThe process chains are monitored by people who generally do not work in the backend of the data warehouse system and are therefore not permanently logged in there. In addition, the status of the most important loads should also be clearly displayed on large screens in the IT area.<\/p>\n\n
\nCreation of SAP Fiori apps (tiles in the SAP Fiori Launchpad), each of which shows the status of a process chain. By clicking on a tile, you can see details of the process chain run. To display this data, OData services were set up on the log tables of the process chains.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
4. SAP Fiori app as front end for evaluations<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\nFor data that is processed in a BW data model and then made available via BW queries, there is no visually appealing display in the front end. The basic data for this BW data model should also be recorded via an app and displayed graphically.<\/p>\n\n
\nCreation of an SAP Fiori app that is future-proof, as it can also be made available in parallel to SAC evaluations, for example, due to its similar ‘look and feel’.<\/p>\n
\nOverview of ongoing IT projects in the individual locations of a hospital network. This project was implemented with the Lower Austrian State Health Agency (N\u00d6 LGA).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\nSAP Fiori Elements | SAP Fiori for Web Design Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\nCubeServ Fiori Launchpad Extensions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t