Transcript GuiXT - Synactive

GuiXT
Simplify and optimize
©
the SAP ERP user interface
What users complain about…
„The screens contain so many fields. I
have problems finding the entry fields I
have to fill in.“
„I need to handle too many screens and
tabs in order to finalize each business
case. It takes too much time.“
How can we simplify and optimize the user interface without
modifying SAP programs and dynpros
?
• If we change SAP programs we first need to understand the
program logic
• There is a risk that we end up writing wrong data into the
database
• We have to merge our own changes with each SAP correction
Too risky
GuiXT technology
GuiXT works exclusively on the
presentation level. No SAP
programs or dynpros are
changed.
You can develop the enhanced user interface on a
single PC, without affecting other users. For
productive use the GuiXT scripts can be stored and
maintained centrally. All scripting logic can be rolespecific.
GuiXT components
GuiXT is provided free, bundled with SAP GUI. There are three optional add-on
components: Designer, InputAssistant and Viewer; these require license keys which you
can purchase from Synactive.
InputAssistant
Scripting of user input and user actions, connected to GuiXT elements such as butttons
and entry fields.
Designer
The wysiwyg tool for designing the screen layout with GuiXT.
Viewer
Displays html and rtf files within SAP GUI screens. Interaction of HTML and SAP GUI
screens.
Example: Display material (Standard)
Usability problems encountered in installation:
• Lots of unnecessary fields
• Superfluous searchhelp icon hides part of
material text
GuiXT Script
Display material
(simplified with GuiXT)
Standard
GuiXT
Example: MRP Run (Standard)
Usability problem:
Many parameters with coded input
where you need to use the search
help for each entry field
MRP run
(optimized with GuiXT)
Standard
GuiXT
Example: XD01 „Create Customer“ (Standard)
Usability problem:
Too many tabs have to be processed to
create a normal customer
XD01 „Create Customer“ (with GuiXT)
All relevant fields
on a single
screen, for easy
creation of a new
customer.
(The image shows the
version of a German
customer)
Example: VA01 „Additionals“
(Standard)
The user selects an item
and then uses the menu
path
Goto->Item->More
functions->Additionals
Usability problem:
If „Additionals“ regularly
have to be added to an
order item this three level
menu navigation becomes
tedious
VA01 „Additionals“ (with GuiXT)
With GuiXT and
InputAssistant we add a
pushbutton column that,
when clicked, immediately
opens the „Additionals“
screen for the selected item
// GuiXT Script
Column "Add" size=5 position=6 pushbutton label="@E8@“
process=“addit.txt“
// InputScript
Set cell[All items,0,&V[_tabrow]]
"X"
Enter "=PADD"
Example: Logon screen (Standard)
Logon screen (with GuiXT)
Example: Dynamic internet information with GuiXT
Viewer
We have embed an internet page (shipping state) into the SAP GUI window. The shipment
number is taken from the SAP system or can be entered manually.
Box (2,0) (17,84) "Display Shipping
State"
InputField (3,1) "Tracking Number"
(3,20) size=20 name="TrackingNumber"
if V[TrackingNumber]
View (5,1) (16,82)
"http://www.us.chronopost.com/web/en/
tracking/suivi_inter.jsp
?listeNumeros=&V[TrackingNumber]"
endif
Example: Customer contacts
(with GuiXT Viewer)
In transaction VAP1 (add a customer‘s contact) existing contact persons are not displayed.
With GuiXT Viewer we can display a list of all contacts and enable their phone numbers to
be updated.
Customer feedback
Since 1998, when SAP first integrated GuiXT into SAP GUI, more than 800 customers have
optimized the user interface of their SAP system with GuiXT and the Synactive add-ons.
Two typical testimonials:
"If we had implemented GuiXT in 1998, it would have saved us millions in training.“
- John LeBas
Shell Exploration & Production Company
“The GuiXT solution presented REXAM with a tremendous opportunity to easily customize and
simplify SAP processes without changing ABAP programs. Through the vision of Rexam’s
functional team and GuiXT’s flexibility, Rexam was able to deploy SAP at the plant floor level with
very little user training.
The following table shows a time sample collected for benchmarking purposes. The process in
question is creation of Emergency work order.
Standard
Our GuiXT solution
Number of screens
11
4
Time taken to complete
„
3 min.
-Steve Foster
REXAM BEVERAGE CAN AMERICAS
40 sec