Subject: SAP-Fiori-Elements
Field: SAP
SAP Fiori Elements revolutionizes SAP UI development by enabling developers to build consistent, efficient, and scalable enterprise applications with minimal custom UI coding. At the core of this capability lies the SAP Fiori Elements UI Components Library, a rich collection of pre-built, standardized UI elements specifically designed for SAP Fiori applications.
This article dives into how you can leverage the SAP Fiori Elements UI Components Library to accelerate development, ensure UX consistency, and deliver user-friendly enterprise applications aligned with SAP’s design guidelines.
The SAP Fiori Elements UI Components Library consists of ready-to-use UI components, templates, and controls built on SAPUI5 technology. These components are tightly integrated with Fiori Elements and CDS annotations to automatically generate sophisticated user interfaces.
By using these components, developers can focus on business logic and data modeling while relying on the library to render UI elements such as tables, forms, charts, filters, and navigation components according to SAP Fiori design principles.
Use CDS views enriched with appropriate annotations to define your data structure and UI metadata.
Enable @OData.publish: true in your CDS view to generate OData services consumed by Fiori Elements.
Choose a Fiori Elements template (e.g., List Report, Object Page) that internally leverages the UI Components Library to render the UI.
Fine-tune UI behavior and appearance by adding or modifying annotations or extending components through defined extension mechanisms.
Consider a sales order overview app:
Both components react dynamically to backend data changes and user interactions without requiring explicit UI code.
The SAP Fiori Elements UI Components Library is a powerful enabler for rapid and consistent SAP Fiori application development. By leveraging this library, developers benefit from standardized, reusable UI components that integrate deeply with backend metadata, drastically reducing development effort while delivering exceptional user experiences.
Mastering this library empowers SAP professionals to create scalable, maintainable, and user-centric Fiori apps that align perfectly with SAP’s UX vision.