Subject: SAP-Fiori-Design-Guidelines
Field: SAP UX / UI Design and Development
The SAP Fiori Design System is the foundation for crafting user experiences across the SAP ecosystem. While the standard SAP Fiori guidelines focus on consistency, responsiveness, and ease of use, the Advanced SAP Fiori Design System introduces enhanced principles, tools, and frameworks to meet the growing complexity of enterprise applications. It allows developers and designers to go beyond the basics, leveraging scalable UI architectures, adaptive layouts, intelligent UX patterns, and harmonized design elements.
This article explores the core components and strategic benefits of the Advanced SAP Fiori Design System and how it aligns with modern enterprise demands.
SAP Fiori began as a simple design language aimed at reimagining SAP’s user experience. With SAP Fiori 3 and the advent of the Intelligent Enterprise, the design system evolved to support:
The Advanced Fiori Design System builds upon this by enabling more flexible, intelligent, and extensible UX design.
Advanced Fiori design encourages the use of Fiori Elements, which allow for metadata-driven UIs. These templates reduce the need for custom coding and ensure consistency.
Key benefits:
With flexibility services, end-users and key users can adapt the UI without developer intervention. This is critical in dynamic business environments.
Use cases:
Modern Fiori applications are expected to run on any device. The advanced design system introduces layout controls like Dynamic Page Layout, Flexible Column Layout, and Object Page Layout to handle complex use cases.
Advantages:
AI and machine learning are embedded into the UX through SAP CoPilot, situation handling, and conversational UI components.
Examples:
Advanced theming enables deep customization to align SAP applications with organizational branding using tools like the UI Theme Designer and SAP Horizon theme.
Features:
Advanced SAP Fiori still adheres to core UX principles: Role-based, Responsive, Simple, Coherent, and Delightful. However, it extends them with:
The Advanced SAP Fiori Design System is deeply integrated with SAP BTP, enabling:
The Advanced SAP Fiori Design System is a forward-thinking approach to enterprise UI/UX. It provides the flexibility, scalability, and intelligence needed to support the next generation of SAP applications. By embracing these advanced design guidelines, businesses can deliver consistent, efficient, and user-friendly solutions that align with SAP’s vision of the Intelligent Enterprise.