Invoice Traffic Manager

Invoice Traffic Manager

An Invoice Approval App

based on Sybase Hybrid Web Container

14.9.2013 Mark Teichmann

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Invoice Approval (Classical way)

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Invoice Approval (ITM Style)

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Goals Goals

• Easy to use

• Prioritization of Approvals

• Adding Comments to Approvals

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Application Design

Integration in Standard SAP Business Workflow

Data model on Sybase Unwired Platform

Mobile Application on different Platforms

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Data Flow

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SAP Business Workflow

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Customization of Approval Workflow

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Push Messages via WF-DCN

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MBO data via RFC

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Complete WI via RFC

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Goodie: Tracing in SAP

Log-Points for tracing RFC-Calls

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Which Sybase Unwired Platform SDK?

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SUP Coding

Approval Form and Attachment built with Hybrid App Designer

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Customization of native Container

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Customization Touch Points

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Sorting

Default: by Date Custom: by Due Date

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Sorting Customization in XCode

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Branding

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Pain Points in HWC Development

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Customization on all Platforms needed

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Mixture of Screen Design and Coded Design

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jQuery Problems…

Collapsible does not Toggle on Android 4.2

$('div[data-role="footer"]') not at bottom

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Debugging very difficult

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Capabilities of ITM

Invoice Approval Online and Offline, Mobile or SAP Gui

Prioritization by Traffic Lights

Push Enabled

Easy provisioning (Private and Corporate Devices)

Secure and encrypted Data and Communication

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Lessons learned

Using HWC you get a running app very quickly

Most of the effort goes for the tiny details

Try to stay in Standard

Coordination of Developers of SAP, SMP and HWC is crucial

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Live Demo

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Acknowledgements

ITM was realised in cooperation with

SAAB Picture by http://www.flickr.com/photos/faceme/

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Thanks for your attention

Mark TeichmannSenior ConsultantSAP Technical Consultingmark.teichmann@qsc.de

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Questions?