SAP Visual Composer – A new toy to try out
Hi all,
I was on a project a while back where we built a web interface that interfaced into SAP. Yes – using the SAP Portal. I was involved more on the SAP R3 end of it, while a contractor was using Visual Composer. At the time I saw some of the tool in action, but now I am keen to learn how to use it.
What is it? Well it is a tool that when you read up about it, is meant for Business Process Experts, who know a lot about the SAP system, business processes, but knows nothing about programming, java etc.
Now initially I thought it was an application that you would install on your laptop, but it isnt. Basically you need access to a portal system, the correct url, the correct permissions, and you log in to the tool.
Basically it is a tool that in simple terms allows you to drop in a BAPI, then hook forms, grid components buttons etc to the inputs and outputs of the BAPI. This allows you to build relatively complex applications without knowing any code. Thats the theory anyway.
So I will be giving it a go over the next few weeks. One thing I did learn in that it doesnt really work on Windows Vista. It requires the Adobe SVG Viewer to be installed on your computer, and I had no luck with Vista. So you need to be Windows XP. The SVG Viewer is not supported for Vista, and it looks like it wont be either, as Adobe are discontinuing this product.
So look out for some demos in the near future
Why the Adobe SVG Viewer? There are more options for helping SVG, plus anything but IE has SVG built-in, see http://wiki.svg.org/Viewer_Matrix for specifics
Hi Stelt,
When you go to the Story Board in Visual Composer it specifically gives an error message stating you need Adobe SVG Viewer. It is very IE specific as well as using Firefox doesnt work either.
Have looked around for solutions but so far no luck. One suggestion has been to install MS Virtual machine and run XP in that. But I have my old laptop that has XP on it.
Thanks for your comment and I will look at the wiki as well