In today’s evolving IT environments, many organizations operate hybrid landscapes—a combination of traditional SAP ERP systems running on-premise alongside cloud-based solutions such as SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP SuccessFactors, or SAP Customer Experience. Managing user interfaces consistently across these diverse platforms is a challenge that impacts user adoption, productivity, and business agility.
SAP Screen Personas provides an effective solution by enabling tailored, simplified, and harmonized SAP GUI screens across hybrid SAP landscapes. This article explores how to implement SAP Screen Personas effectively in hybrid environments, ensuring seamless user experiences while leveraging the strengths of both on-premise and cloud systems.
A hybrid SAP landscape integrates legacy SAP ERP systems with newer cloud applications to enable flexible business processes. Examples include:
Each system has distinct user interfaces—traditional SAP GUI for on-premise and Fiori or cloud UIs for cloud applications—creating a fragmented user experience.
SAP Screen Personas offers several advantages for hybrid environments:
Map typical cross-system business processes to identify where users switch between SAP GUI and cloud apps. Focus on pain points caused by inconsistent screens or complex legacy interfaces.
Create SAP Screen Personas flavors customized for key user roles that interact with on-premise SAP systems. These flavors should:
Collaborate with SAP Fiori or cloud UI teams to harmonize terminology, color schemes, and workflows. This creates a consistent user experience even when switching between systems.
Leverage backend APIs and BAPIs to synchronize data between SAP GUI and cloud systems. Personas scripts can call these services to pre-fill data or validate inputs, bridging hybrid gaps.
Use SAP Screen Personas management tools to control flavor versions and deployments across multiple systems and users. This ensures consistent updates and governance.
A purchasing agent uses SAP Screen Personas to navigate a simplified SAP GUI interface on-premise for purchase requisitions, then transitions to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Fiori apps for approvals and analytics.
Implementing SAP Screen Personas in hybrid SAP landscapes bridges the usability gap between legacy SAP ERP systems and modern cloud solutions. By creating tailored, consistent, and efficient SAP GUI screens, organizations can enhance user productivity, reduce training costs, and facilitate smoother transitions across diverse SAP environments.
As hybrid landscapes become the norm, SAP Screen Personas stands out as a key enabler for seamless and agile user experiences across the entire SAP ecosystem.