SAP Fiori represents the future of user experience in the SAP ecosystem, focusing on simplicity, responsiveness, and role-based design. To develop, customize, and maintain SAP Fiori applications efficiently, SAP provides a comprehensive suite of tools that streamline the design-to-deployment process.
This article offers an overview of the essential SAP Fiori tools that support designers, developers, and administrators in delivering high-quality SAP Fiori applications aligned with SAP Fiori Design Guidelines.
SAP Fiori Tools are a set of modern, integrated development and design tools that facilitate the entire lifecycle of SAP Fiori apps—from prototyping and design to development, testing, and deployment. These tools enhance productivity by providing templates, best practices, and automated workflows that adhere to SAP’s design principles.
SAP Business Application Studio is a powerful cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) optimized for SAP Fiori app development. It provides a rich set of features, including:
BAS accelerates app development by providing a streamlined, SAP-centric environment in the cloud.
SAP Fiori Elements is a framework that allows developers to create SAP Fiori apps using predefined templates and metadata-driven development. This approach minimizes manual coding by generating standard UIs based on OData service annotations, ensuring:
Common templates include List Report, Object Page, Overview Page, and Worklist.
For developers who prefer Visual Studio Code (VS Code), SAP provides a set of Fiori Tools extensions that enhance the coding experience:
These extensions bring SAP Fiori development capabilities to the popular lightweight VS Code environment.
SAP provides comprehensive Fiori Design Guidelines, a living document that offers detailed UX and UI principles, patterns, and best practices. Supporting these guidelines, SAPUI5 and UI5 Web Components provide the technical foundation for building responsive and consistent UIs.
Developers use these frameworks and components to create custom or freestyle SAP Fiori apps that follow SAP’s design language.
While not a development tool per se, the SAP Fiori Launchpad is the central entry point for SAP Fiori applications. Administrators and developers use configuration tools within the Launchpad service to:
It ensures a coherent, role-based user experience in production.
SAP Fiori Tools form the backbone of efficient and consistent SAP Fiori application development. By leveraging SAP Business Application Studio, SAP Fiori Elements, VS Code extensions, and supporting design guidelines, organizations can accelerate delivery, maintain high UX standards, and provide delightful, role-based user experiences.
For SAP professionals working in SAP Fiori design and development, mastering these tools is essential to harness the full potential of the SAP Fiori design paradigm.