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EHP6: Side Panels

General Information
FAQs for the Side Panel:
Collaboration Chips (SAP JAM chips)
Feeds Chip
Groups Chip
Help Chip (third-party)
HTML 5-based Chart Chip (EHP7)
Shared Services Center Chip (CRM)
Visual Business Chips (Map Chips)
Visual Enterprise Chips ("CAD" Chips)
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EHP5: Page Builder

EHP6: Side Panels

Disambiguation:

This document refers to the side panel for a SAP GUI tx, released in EHP6, loosely coupled (has its own session),

not the Business Context Viewer side panels - released in EHP5, they are a side panel for a WD application, tightly coupled (in same s

More info: https://uxexplorer.hana.ondemand.com/_item.html?id=75#!/overview (https://uxexplorer.hana.ondemand.c

id=75#!/overview)https://uxexplorer.hana.ondemand.com/_item.html?id=75#!/overview (https://uxexplorer.hana.onde
id=75#!/overview)

General Information
Context-sensitive side panels work only with NWBC for Desktop (version 3.5 or later). Side Panels enhance tradition
context-sensitive information. To date, SAP has shipped side panels for over 1600 SAP GUI transactions in ECC 6.0

For an example of a side panel in action, see : SAP Visual Enterprise Viewer (https://mediashare.wdf.sap.corp/publi
.

For more details, see the SAP Library documentation

(http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70ehp3/helpdata/en/20/361af8255f4a33a2e8441956cc8f63/frameset.htm).

For details about each Chip, including tags and prerequisites, there is documentation available in the Chip_Catalog.
(http://service.sap.com/sap/support/sapnotes/public/services/attachment.htm?
iv_key=012003146900000267192012&iv_version=0001&alt=2BCE4CB10DF674B172F4F3F7B32A284F4933B1343
1730D4BB64C4EC9F0482DCD4E77298AF271293649350E0D700BF6A9F2F1F52BF7F031D3750C09514BCECFC
3F57771F571F6F70B01B25D83D4120B0A722092A599504EB16D715E3E00&iv_guid=0E2A56B86A49E54882AB4

For a video with voice-over of some chips, including the new UI5-based chart chips for EHP7, see Multiple Integratio
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fkMewvf-Lg&feature=youtu.be) by Sandra Thimme.

UPDATE 29th April, 2014: The following enablement kit contains a complete list of all side panels available:

Enablement Kit for SAP NetWeaver Business Client – SAP Help Portal Page (http://help.sap.com/bp-ekit)

Navigate to your language, eg English. On the yellow strip that appears, choose the 2nd point - Concepts, then choo

Experts from the Business Suite have also written this three-part blog:

Side panel for SAP Business Suite - Overview (http://scn.sap.com/community/erp/blog/2013/02/25/side-panel-for-sa

Side panel for SAP Business Suite (2) - Adapting SAP’s Side Panel content and creating new content
(http://scn.sap.com/community/erp/blog/2013/03/18/side-panel-for-sap-business-suite-2--adapting-sap-s-side-panel-

Side panel for SAP Business Suite (3) - How to build a master data and a chart-based CHIP? (http://scn.sap.com/co
panel-for-sap-business-suite-3--how-to-build-a-master-data-and-a-chart-based-chip)

FAQs for the Side Panel:

How do I find out which business functions to activate for each side panel?

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At present, the business functions you need to activate are documented in the Chip Catalog itself (separately fo
the process of creating an XLSX with all side panel chips, their availability (by SP), plus the business functions they

Where can I find a list of chips?

For NetWeaver Chips: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73ehp1/helpdata/en/62/88224213424de5aeb2cef68a7d

frameset=/en/a9/db5099ff304335b7db73a244950cda/frameset.htm
(http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73ehp1/helpdata/en/62/88224213424de5aeb2cef68a7d7d00/content.htm?
frameset=/en/a9/db5099ff304335b7db73a244950cda/frameset.htm)

For Business Suite Chips: Chip_Catalog.pdf (http://service.sap.com/sap/support/sapnotes/public/services/atta

iv_key=012003146900000267192012&iv_version=0001&alt=2BCE4CB10DF674B172F4F3F7B32A284F4933B1343
1730D4BB64C4EC9F0482DCD4E77298AF271293649350E0D700BF6A9F2F1F52BF7F031D3750C09514BCECFC
3F57771F571F6F70B01B25D83D4120B0A722092A599504EB16D715E3E00&iv_guid=0E2A56B86A49E54882AB4
1718873 (http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1718873) - scroll down to the "Attachments". (Note: This list cov
for EHP6, SP01. That is, there are now approximately 30 more Chips available, which are not included in this note. D
available by selecting them directly in the Chip Catalog. However, this SAP Note provides a useful introduction).

Where are the chips for the side panel or a list of applications that use the chips?

In your development system, Call transaction BSSP_CONTENT. (This is a support transaction for administrator
EHP6 SP05.)

Here you can find information about roles, side panels, and the transactions in which they are used.

Use the generic search (for example, SAP_ for roles and BSSP_SP* for side panels).

Collaboration Chips (SAP JAM chips)

These Chips allow you to display information from your SAP JAM server alongside an ABAP transaction. There are
and Groups. Since some of you have asked about how to configure these, I have reproduced the documentation be

As a prerequisite, you need to configure your SAP JAM server as described in this Configuration Guide (https://scn.s

For general information on SAP JAM, see this Press Release (http://scn.sap.com/community/socialsoftware/blog/20
social-collaboration-where-you-work). : SAP JAM - Secure Social Collaboration Where You Work.

Feeds Chip
Description
In the Feeds CHIP, you can view feeds, create feed entries, or reply to them.

Tags
/BSSP/:BORTYPE (BOR Object Type) and Tags for all Key Fields of the BOR Object Type

Prerequisites
The business function BC_SRV_STW_03 must be activated in the side panel system. Furthermore make the necess
Customizing for SAP NetWeaver under "Application Server/Basis Services/Collaboration".

Groups Chip

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Description
In the Groups CHIP, you can create or change groups, or mark them as completed.

Tags
/BSSP/:BORTYPE (BOR Object Type) and Tags for all Key Fields of the BOR Object Type

Prerequisites
The business function BC_SRV_STW_03 must be activated in the side panel system. Furthermore make the necess
Customizing for SAP NetWeaver under "Application Server/Basis Services/Collaboration".

This documentation is also available in the Chip Catalog.

Help Chip (third-party)

If you are interested in configuring your own side panel, have a look at this tutorial from John Moy:

Context sensitive help in NWBC using side panels (http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver-business-client/blog/20

nwbc-using-side-panels)

HTML 5-based Chart Chip (EHP7)

NWBC Side Panel Demo combining a SAP GUI Transaction with an HTML5-based FPM Chart GUIBB (http://scn.sa
business-client/blog/2013/11/20/nwbc-side-panel-demo-combining-a-sap-gui-transaction-with-an-html5-based-fpm-c

Shared Services Center Chip (CRM)

Shared Services Center Home - Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC) - SCN Wiki
(http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SSC/Shared+Services+Center+Home)

SAP Library - SAP CRM: Business Scenario and Business Process Configuration
(http://help.sap.com/SCENARIOS_BUS2010/helpdata/EN/56/afc4bff070411eb97617611413e3fb/frameset.htm)

Visual Business Chips (Map Chips)

Side Panels: SAP Visual Business - Map Based Applications (http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver-business-cli
else-can-be-integrated)

Visual Enterprise Chips ("CAD" Chips)

Side Panels: SAP Visual Enterprise Viewer ("CAD Viewer") (http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver-business-clien
visual-enterprise-viewer-cad-viewer)

SAP Visual Enterprise Viewer (https://mediashare.wdf.sap.corp/public/media/Motorbike/0_8fs8ir2a) (video)

EHP5: Page Builder

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Creating mashups to design home pages that enable users to access their main tasks and that provide the option to
adding CHIPs to it in which their favorite Web pages are embedded.

Many Page Builder entry pages and work centers are role-specific, which means that they work only with NWBC (ve
see the SAP Library documentation (http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70ehp3/helpdata/en/20/361af8255f4a33a2e844

Roughly 10 roles come out of the box with their own entry page:

SAP_EP_RW_FDMN = AC - FI - Customers
SAP_EP_RW_FKMN = AC - FI - Vendors
SAP_EP_RW_FSCM-CR = AC - FSCM - Credit Management
SAP_EP_RW_CO_KAMN = FI - CO - Internal Orders
SAP_EP_RW_CO_KSMN = FI CO - Cost Center Accounting
SAP_EP_RW_CO_CK00 = FI - CO - Product Cost Planning
SAP_EP_RW_CO_KKPM = FI - CO - Product Costs by Period
SAP_EP_RW_CO_KEMN = FI - CO - Profitability Analysis
SAP_EP_RW_IM´= AC - Investment Management

Tags: sap_nwbc, sap_gui_for_windows, web_dynpro, pl3, sidepanel-localfile, nwbc_4, ui, streamwork, configuration, sap_gui_for_
web_dynpro_abap, page_builder, floorplan_manager, sidepanel, sap_netweaver_business_client, chip, ui_technologies, nwbc, netwea

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December 16, 2015 at 12:52 PM
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16 replies

Former Member replied April 01, 2014 at 20:30 PM

Gr8 work Julie

Thanks for sharing.. keep posting more such kind of docs

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Cheers

Pradyp

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Julie Plummer (https://people.sap.com/julie.plummer)replied April 01, 2014 at 21:49 PM

Hi Pradyp, Thanks for. all your lovely comments. welcome to our Space!

Former Member replied April 02, 2014 at 19:37 PM

Hey Julie

It's really my pleasure to get interacted with u & share a space in your thread. I really
appreciate your work and I await for more docs on NWBC from ur side in near future.

Cheers

Pradyp

Former Member replied April 03, 2014 at 14:31 PM

Hi Julie,

We are on EHP6 SP02. I have been trying to configure a few roles for NWBC that uses
sidepanels and CHIPs. However, after creating application config, when i try to add a
CHIP to it, the CHIP catalog appears empty. I have no clue why is that. Based on your

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post, i have checked and Business Functions seems to be activated.

Any idea would be of great help!

Thanks,

Anupama

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Julie Plummer (https://people.sap.com/julie.plummer)replied April 30, 2014 at 20:56 PM

HI Anupama,

THis should NOT be happening. Please open an OSS message under BC-WD-ABA-PB.

BEst wishes,

JUlie.

Former Member replied October 27, 2014 at 19:54 PM

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Hello Julie;

Thank for sharing this information.

I need to know how can I change the Index page at NWBC content with an Initial
Dashboard or Overview? Have you any examples?

Best regards,

Mariano

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Damean-BF Chen (https://people.sap.com/damean-bf.chen)replied October 29, 2014 at 20:31 PM

Mariano

Don't think you could change the Index Page; but you could create a page of your own
(e.g. Using Page Builder) and insert your Dashboard there. Then use the "Pin" \ "UnPin"
function to load your that page on startup.

Cheers

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Julie Plummer (https://people.sap.com/julie.plummer)replied October 29, 2014 at 21:09 PM

HI Mariano, Yes, Damean is quite right. best bet is orobably create a Page Builder entry
page; you can include a dashboard, and, for example, include a list of common
transactions using a PFCG link List or PFCG favorites chip.

BR julie

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Christian Punz (https://people.sap.com/christian.punz)replied

June 22, 2015 at 11:15 AM

hi Julie,

we try to utilize the side-panes as often as possible, since our

customers tend to favor "good old" SAPGUI-transactions - even
inside the NWBC.

One customer asked me to show up the sidepanels as soon as the

TCODE is started. I found the parameter WDSIDEPANELOPEN in
the documentation. But that seems to have no effect, since the
sidepanel stays hidden. Is there any possibility to open a sidepanel
automatically with the start of the transaction code?

any hints appreciated.

thx!

bye

chris

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Julie Plummer (https://people.sap.com/julie.plummer)replied June 22, 2015 at 11:43 AM

Hi Christian,

I would have thought your approach should work. However, normally you should also be
able to set this in the Personalization -> Settings... menu:

Does this work?

Best wishes,

Julie R Plummer.

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Christian Punz (https://people.sap.com/christian.punz)replied

June 22, 2015 at 12:14 PM

hi Julie,

thank you for your lightning-fast reply!

I switched ON the checkbox, the sidepanel shows up immediately

(as I requested).

BUT

no data to be shown

even if I press "refresh" or switch-off/switch-on-again the

sidepanel. There is no data (please scroll the picture to the right).

WITHOUT your suggested checkbox the sidepanel works fine

(from the perspective of "data to be displayed).

br

chris

p.s. currently we are on NWBC 5.0 PL 4 (due to a support ticket

where they requested PL 4). Do you have any hope that the new
PL 6 will solve the issue?

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Julie Plummer (https://people.sap.com/julie.plummer)replied July 14, 2015 at 11:04 AM

Hi Christian,

After that speedy start, I apologize for the delay. I have passed your problem to the
appropriate colleague and am awaiting his response.

Best wishes JUlie.

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Christian Punz (https://people.sap.com/christian.punz)replied

July 14, 2015 at 22:02 PM

hi Julie,

today I tried sidepanel of IW33 (with old-school-graphics) and FB60

(with HTML5-CVOM-graphics which we introduced according to the
example (http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver-business-
client/blog/2013/11/21/nwbc-side-panel-demo-combining-a-sap-gui-
transaction-with-an-html5-based-fpm-chart-guibb)) and both worked
well with NWBC 5.0 PL4 and SAPGUI 7.40 PL2 hotfix 2: The Side-
panels show up right from the start and react in synch with the
actions taken on SAPGUI-side-of-life.

Only TCODE SEPM_SO keeps complaining.

Then some further patching to NWBC 5.0 PL7 and SAPGUI 7.40

PL3 hotfix 1. IW33 and FB60 are still ok

SEPM_SO is not ok but I don't mind at the moment.

one remark: resizing the side-panel is a pain (even in NWBC

5.0 PL7). When I drag the vertical splitter line to the left it constantly
hops back to its original position. It needs some sort of luck to
finalize an attempt of resizing. At first I thought that the problem is
related with HTML5-CVOM-graphics but it's the same with old-
school-graphics-side-panels.

please take a look into it. Thx!

br

christian

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Julie Plummer (https://people.sap.com/julie.plummer)replied July 15, 2015 at 10:26 AM

Hi Christian,

In this case, I am sorry, but your best bet is to open an OSS message.

In the message, it may help to give: PL7, version of IE?, does this problem also occur with
non-graphical side panels, eg master data details?

If you give me the OSS number, I will keep track of it.

Best wishes, JUlie.

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Christian Punz (https://people.sap.com/christian.punz)replied

August 25, 2015 at 12:03 PM

Hi Julie,

due to other important stuff to be done I got a huge delay in

creating that oss message.

The message with the number 9100003172 should be on the

way from our SOLMAN to SAP.

You can find it with the following subject:

"Side-Panel resizing is flickering"

thx!

br

christian

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Julie Plummer (https://people.sap.com/julie.plummer)replied June 09, 2016 at 10:55 AM

Hi Christian,

I am very sorry, but August was very hectic for me. And then to be honest, this was
pusheddown my inbox.

Is the issue resolved with the latest patch?

Best wishes,
Julie.

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