Setting up the SAP Fiori Launchpad for Asset Management

The following sections describe how to create and edit your own spaces, how to define specific pages for different user groups and how to edit existing pages. The following figure shows how the layout with spaces and pages looks and how the different elements work together.

Advantages of the launchpad spaces and pages

The spaces mode was developed to offer more flexibility to influence the launchpad layout for specific user groups. Pages are assigned to users via spaces that are assigned to business roles. The business role defines which users see a specific space. If you enable spaces for your users and define specific spaces and pages for them you can reach a better fit. By defining pages with meaningful sections you can define in which order the apps are sorted on the page. You can e.g. sort the most used apps in the top-level section and then create separate sections for apps that belong together. SAP delivers predefined spaces and pages that you can use to start

Switching from Groups to Spaces & Pages

For a quick overview of the new features you can check the below video. The five-minute-tour shows you how to create a space and page and to enable the spaces for your users.

Tools and Prerequisites for Managing Spaces and Pages

• Maintain Business Roles: Here you create a space and select the role the space belongs to. Maintain Business Roles
• The business catalog SAP_CORE_BC_UI_FLD is assigned to you. It contains the following apps
  • Manage Launchpad Spaces app: Here you create and manage spaces and you define the page assignment. You can also check to which business roles a space is assigned. This app has two main views: the spaces overview and the space details. See Manage Launchpad Spaces | SAP Help Portal for more information.
  • Manage Launchpad Pages app: Here you e.g. create new pages, define the page content and edit existing pages. This app has two main views: the pages overview and the page details. See Manage Launchpad Pages | SAP Help Portal for more information.
• The business role template SAP_BR_ADMINISTRATOR provides access to the catalog.
• The adaptation transport organizer (ATO) has to be configured and activated. When you create, copy or delete spaces or pages, the spaces or pages are transported using the ATO. For related information see the blog entryEssentials: Transportand Extensibility Scenarios
• When you want to translate your own pages and spaces, you can use the built-in translation option. See Translating a Space | SAP Help Portal and https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/4fc8d03390c342da8a60f8ee387bca1a/f3759a16a9cc41e3ac0a45ca12a1646d.html?locale=en-US&version=2508.500&state=PRODUCTION.

Collects, reviews, and prioritizes all maintenance requests from different sources and ensures that they contain all the relevant information required so that the problems can be solved quickly.

Carries out preliminary costing, work scheduling, material provisioning, resource planning, and if necessary, requests permits to ensure that maintenance activities can be performed most efficiently and safely.

• Creates maintenance orders

• Reports malfunctions

• Maintains maintenance strategies

Performs and confirms planned and unplanned maintenance work on machines, equipment, and facilities efficiently and safely.

• Releases maintenance orders

• Creates task lists for equipment

• Repairs malfunctions

• Creates maintenance plans

• Schedules maintenance plans

• Releases preventive maintenance orders

• Prints job cards

• Confirms maintenance orders

• Review costs on maintenance orders

• Completes maintenance orders technically

Defines which maintenance orders must be completed in what time frame, assigns the required resources, and if necessary, collaborates with other teams, such as production and operations, to ensure that maintenance activities can be performed.

Informs the maintenance department when a malfunction or exceptional situation occurs and describes the technical problem of the machine, piece of equipment, facility, or other asset.

The other roles that are required to execute the maintenance business processes are:

• Warehouse Clerk (SAP_BR_WAREHOUSE_CLERK)

  Executes daily warehouse operations, such as carrying out stock transfers, analyzing stock-out situations, and reverse material documents.

• Purchaser (SAP_BR_PURCHASER)

  Ensures that demands of materials and services are fulfilled by creating and monitoring purchase orders.

• Accounts Payable Accountant (SAP_BR_AP_ACCOUNTANT)

  Carries out the most important functions in accounts payable accounting with a special focus on creation and execution.

• Inventory Manager (SAP_BR_INVENTORY_MANAGER)

  Manages inventory regarding quantity and value.

• Project Manager Commercial Services (SAP_BR_PROJ_MANAGE_COMM)

  Manages execution of commercial projects ensuring scope, time, budget, and client satisfaction.