Name: Navigating SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA Using the Keyboard - Accessibility
Uploaded: 2021-12-14
Duration: 588 s
Description: This microlearning explains how to navigate SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA for those who need or prefer keyboard navigation.

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<div><div>This microlearning explains how to navigate SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA for those who need or prefer keyboard navigation. </div></div>

Navigating SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA Using the Keyboard - Accessibility

Welcome to this learning unit on navigating SAP Fiori For SAP S/4HANA using the keyboard My name is Simon Kemp and I'm a principal consultant at SAP Australia Focusing on user experience As part of my role I work with many of our customers to advise on And implement accessibility In this learning unit you will gain some insights into how to navigate the SAP S/4HANA system Using the keyboard only Firstly I will introduce you to our user Who predominantly prefers to use the keyboard Next I will describe some of the accessibility features that they will find useful After that we will jump into a demo, where I will put my mouse away And showcase these features to give you a feeling for how to navigate The SAP S/4HANA system using just the keyboard And finally we will wrap up with some key learnings There are a number of reasons why someone would use only the keyboard to navigate the system It may be that they do a lot of data entry And are just faster and more efficient using the keyboard Or they may a temporary or permanent motor disability that means they find it hard to use a mouse Of course they may also be blind Or have very low vision and use a screen reader which requires them to use the keyboard exclusively If you are interested to learn more about using a screen reader with SAP S/4HANA I highly recommend you watch our other Microlearning that covers this topic in detail Now I'd like to introduce you to our keyboard user This is Maggie. Maggie does a lot of data entry So she likes to be as efficient as possible and accelerate her working speed by using the keyboard Shortcuts and short navigation options She uses a number of SAP Fiori applications regularly And is happy that there are options available to assist her Some of the features that make the system more accessible for keyboard users are listed here Having a clearly defined focus is very important So that the user can quickly and easily see which screen element is currently accepting the keyboard input The screen element is usually shown with an outline around it And if it's an input field a flashing cursor helps to attract your eye Of course all interactive UI elements must support keyboard usage And additionally we provide many keyboard shortcuts which make navigation more efficient for everyone Many of the keyboard shortcuts we provide Follow well known conventions that have been around at an operating system level for decade For this demo I will use the G/L Accountant role as an example Because often our customers start with SAP S/4HANA finance Of course the features I show are common to many roles And many apps not just Finance In this demo I will show you some of the features that people who prefer to use the keyboard Such as Maggie can use to help them navigate and interact With SAP S/4HANA. I will put my mouse away And navigate the system using only the keyboard  It is important to be able quickly and easily see the current state of the application And determine which screen element currently receives input from the keyboard This is the so called Focus. In our system here You can see the current focus is highlighted by the dashed outline around the Home button Being able to access every feature of the system using only the keyboard is critical for accessibility As you can see I can TAB forward though the buttons in the Fiori Launchpad shell bar And use SHIFT+TAB to go backwards By pressing F6 I can skip forward to the next logical grouping of controls In this case I can quickly go from the Home button in the shell bar To the first tab in the navigation menu and then to the first tile In the Quick Starts section of the Overview page I can use the arrow keys LEFT and RIGHT to move through items, in this case tiles Just like with TAB and SHIFT+TAB I can use SHIFT+F6 to go backwards I can use UP and DOWN keys to navigate through the navigation menu And generally the SPACEBAR and ENTER keys can be used to select items The Fiori Launchpad also has some specific keyboard shortcuts which can be used For example you can quickly navigate to the App Finder using the key combination of ALT+A Or quickly set the focus to the search field using CTRL+SHIFT+F You can quickly navigate to the settings dialog box using CTRL+, You can find these and some other special key combination that can be used In the Fiori Launchpad by pressing CTRL+F1 Now I will navigate into an application and demonstrate how to navigate it using the keyboard only Let me select the Manage Journal Entries tile and go into that application See how the initial focus is set to the application title in the Launchpad header  Before I jump into the application I want to point out that at any time you can press the F1 key To open the built in help and the F1 key again to close it  I can use F6 again to jump into the filter bar And TAB to get to the Journal Entry filter field  I can now use F4 or ALT+DOWN ARROW To search for and select values for the Journal Entry type  In this case I want to see only journal entries of type G/L Account Document So I can search for that, I can type G/L and press enter Now using F6 again I can jump down to the items table and select the result I want Using the ARROW keys and the SPACEBAR to select Again using F6 I can jump quickly down to the Save button And select it using the ENTER key Back in the filter bar if I press ENTER The list of results will be updated taking my new filter criteria into account  I want to remove the Fiscal Year filter So I can TAB into it and use the BACKSPACE key to delete it Now I will tab down to the Posting Date filter field Here I can use either F4 or ALT+DOWN ARROW To open the date picker The Time Period field is a dropdown box. I can use the ALT+DOWN ARROW again to open it And the UP and DOWN arrow keys to navigate the selection options In this case I want to select a specific date range And show you how to use the keyboard with the date picker control This date input field is fully keyboard accessible By clicking OPTION+DOWN ARROW I can activate the date picker I can navigate around the calendar using the arrow keys And also change the month using PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Or the year using SHIFT+PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN In this case I want to select only postings made on August 31st So will set both the From and To fields to that date Also note that even after I have selected the date I can change it using the keyboard shortcuts PAGE UP / DOWN, SHIFT+PAGE UP or DOWN CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP or DOWN To change the day, month or year  There are also a special set of keyboard shortcuts that are available Inside of the table control, I will show you some of these next I can use F6 to jump down into the table control And TAB to get into the first cell I can then use the LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN arrow keys to navigate in the table cells In this case the Journal Entry number is a hyperlink So I can use the SPACE key to select it Which triggers the opening of a popup window By clicking on the ESC key I can close that window  When I am in the context of the table I can use the shortcut CTRL+A to select and deselect all rows I can also select individual rows using the SPACE key And even select a range of rows using SHIFT+UP or DOWN arrow keys  To quickly get to the table layout settings I can use the key combination CTRL+, I can also quickly trigger the table export using SHIFT+CTRL+E  To wrap up this demo I will navigate back to the homepage Using the shortcut key combination ALT+H To focus the SAP logo and ENTER to select it  In this learning unit you learned how someone who prefers to use the keyboard Can navigate SAP S/4HANA. In particular we saw How to navigate the SAP Fiori launchpad using the keyboard only What Fiori Launchpad shortcut keys are available and how to get a list of them How to navigate a Fiori application And interact with various UI controls such as the smart filter bar Input field with value help, selection box and date picker Finally we saw how to navigate in a table using the keyboard And what shortcuts are available in the table control Such as mass selection of rows And quick access to table settings and export functionality You can find out more about personalisation and accessibility In the SAP Fiori Launchpad User Guide in the SAP Help Portal Additionally list here are some SAP notes With more information on infrastructure requirements for accessibility How to create accessibility related support incidents And information on accessibility with other SAP UI technologies Thank you for taking the time to learn more about how SAP strives to provide solutions That are accessible to everyone Until next time Goodbye!