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Workforce Performance Builder

Document Version: 1.0 – 2016-10-15

SAP Workforce Performance Builder 9.5

System Requirements
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 4

2 SAP Workforce Performance Builder Producer (author workplace) ....................................................... 5

3 SAP Workforce Performance Builder Manager ..........................................................................................6

4 SAP Workforce Performance Builder Instant Producer (author workplace) ......................................... 7

5 SAP Workforce Performance Builder Navigator (learner workplace) .....................................................8

6 SAP Workforce Performance Builder SLC Player (learner workplace) ...................................................9

7 Functionality library, trainer & book reader (learner workplace) .......................................................... 10

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1 Introduction

This document gives an overview of the minimum system requirements for the SAP Workforce Performance
Builder, in order to successfully install and use the SAP products.

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Producer (author workplace)

Type Specifications

Operating system 64 & 32 bit version of

 Microsoft Windows 7
 Microsoft Windows 8 (without tile mode)
 Microsoft Windows 10 (without tile mode)

Processor Pentium IV, at least 1 GHz

Memory A minimum of 4 GB

Hard drive 200 MB of free space

Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft Edge 25

Soundcard Any soundcard

For production of audio projects and book pages

Microphone Any microphone

For recording of audio

Scenario Requirement

SAP Business Suite SAP GUI Scripting activated

(server-sided and role-specific)

Java Applications Java Access Bridge installed

Documentation Generation Microsoft Office (Word and PowerPoint) 2007 – 2016

PDF Generation Microsoft Office 2007 and Plug-In Microsoft Save as PDF
Microsoft Office 2010 - 2016

Aris import Symbio 4.2

(license required)

ViFlow ViFlow 5.0

HPQC HPQC 11

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Manager

Type Specifications

Operating system  Microsoft Windows Server 2008

 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
 Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
 Microsoft Windows 7
 Microsoft Windows 8 (without tile mode)
 Microsoft Windows 10 (without tile mode)

Processor Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor or equivalent with at least

2,2 GHz or higher

Memory  Microsoft Edition

At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)
 Oracle Edition
At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)

Hard drive  Microsoft Edition

At least 10 GB free
 Oracle Edition
At least 15 GB free

Browser  Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0

(Client interface)  Microsoft Edge 25
 Firefox 36.0 – 43.0

Software dependencies  Apache Tomcat Version 7 (7.0.29 min,), Version 8

(8.0.37 max.)
o Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7
Update 11 or higher
 Microsoft Edition
o Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / 2008 R2 / 2012 /
2012 R2 / 2014
 Oracle Edition
o Oracle Database 11g (11.2)

Note
Using an OSGi tomcat server, consider the missing support for instance names containing periods.
Rename server installation file before starting the deployment.

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Instant Producer (author workplace)

Type Specifications

Operating system 64 & 32 bit version of

 Microsoft Windows 7
 Microsoft Windows 8 (without tile mode)
 Microsoft Windows 10 (without tile mode)

Processor Pentium IV, at least 1 GHz

Memory A minimum of 1 GB

Hard drive 200 MB of free space

Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft Edge 25

Scenario Requirement

SAP Business Suite SAP GUI Scripting activated

(server-sided and role-specific)

Java Applications Java Access Bridge installed

Documentation Generation Microsoft Office (Word) 2007 – 2016

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Navigator (learner workplace)

The SAP Workforce Performance Builder Navigator is essential for the playback of navigations.

Type Specifications

Operating system 64 & 32 bit version of

 Microsoft Windows 7
 Microsoft Windows 8 (without tile mode)
 Microsoft Windows 10 (without tile mode)

Memory A minimum of 1 GB

Hard drive 10 MB of free space

Browser Internet Explorer 11

Scenario Requirement

SAP Business Suite SAP GUI Scripting activated

(server-sided and role-specific)

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Player (learner workplace)

The SAP Workforce Performance Builder SLC Player is essential for the playback of offline learning content
packages in file format *.slc. See chapter Functionality library, trainer & book reader (learner workplace) for
additional playback requirements.

Type Specifications

Operating system 64 & 32 bit version of

 Microsoft Windows 7
 Microsoft Windows 8 (without tile mode)
 Microsoft Windows 10 (without tile mode)

Memory A minimum of 1 GB

Hard drive 2 MB of free space

Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft Edge 25

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(learner workplace)

The following requirements need to be complied with to ensure that the library, the trainer and the book reader
can be used without any problem and that simulations can be successfully played back. There is neither a plug-in
nor a runtime environment or another proprietary client-installation needed.

Browser Version Operating system

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11  Microsoft Windows 7

 Microsoft Windows 8
 Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Edge 25  Microsoft Windows 10

Mozilla Firefox 36.0 – 43.0  Microsoft Windows 7

 Microsoft Windows 8
 Microsoft Windows 10
 Mac OS X 10.5.x

Safari 4.0 – 5.1  Microsoft Windows 7

 Microsoft Windows 8
 Microsoft Windows 10
 Mac OS X 10.5.x

Google Chrome 40  Microsoft Windows 7

 Microsoft Windows 8
 Microsoft Windows 10

Supported mobile platforms

Content playback will also run in the default browsers of the following mobile device platforms.

Platform OS Version Browser

Apple iOS 7, 8 Safari Mobile

Google Android 4.1.2 Stock Browser (AOSP)

(with deactivated Desktop View)

Windows Mobile 8 Internet Explorer 11

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- A connection to the internet is required for the playback of content.
- The playback on mobile devices is supported for tablets only.

Common browser settings

Independent from your browser platform this browser settings are required for flawless display and playback.

Requirement Why?

Enabled JavaScript All functions are based on the use of JavaScript. You must enable
JavaScript.

Deactivated pop-up blocker No matter which pop-up blocker you use, you must disable the blocking
of Pop-ups for the location you are loading your contents from. Read
the chapters on specific browsers for instructions on how to disable
built-in pop-up blocker functions.

Activated cookies The attributes and settings for displaying and executing library, trainer
and book reader are stored in cookies. You should therefore activate
cookies in your browser to ensure that these functions run correctly.

Recommendation
In some cases, Flash contents are displayed incorrectly. If this problem occurs, uninstall and reinstall the
Flash plugin (do not simply update).

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