SAP NetWeaver Business Client for Desktop Release 4.0
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Table of Contents SAP NetWeaver Business Client ........................................................................................... 6 What's New ....................................................................................................................... 7 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 11 Installation ....................................................................................................................... 12 Administration and Configuration ..................................................................................... 13 Starting NWBC ................................................................................................................ 14 System Connections ........................................................................................................ 17 Personalization ................................................................................................................ 21 Navigation ....................................................................................................................... 23 Concepts ...................................................................................................................... 24 Navigation Panel....................................................................................................... 25 Side Panel ................................................................................................................ 26 Overview Pages........................................................................................................ 28 Index Page ............................................................................................................ 29 New Tab Page ...................................................................................................... 30 Quick Launch............................................................................................................ 31 Search Types ........................................................................................................ 32 Search Provider Configuration ............................................................................... 33 Dropdown Menu of the Quick Launch .................................................................... 35 Direct Actions ........................................................................................................ 37 Search Result Page .............................................................................................. 38 How to Search Using Quick Launch....................................................................... 39 Favorites................................................................................................................... 40 Taskbar .................................................................................................................... 41 Jump List .................................................................................................................. 42 Keyboard Shortcuts .................................................................................................. 43 Navigating Content ....................................................................................................... 45 Navigating from the Index Page ................................................................................ 46 Navigating from the New Tab Page ........................................................................... 47 Navigating from the Navigation Panel........................................................................ 48 Logging Off ...................................................................................................................... 49
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SAP NetWeaver Business Client SAP NetWeaver® Business Client (NWBC) is a user interface that presents a single entry point to different SAP business applications and technologies. It is a high-fidelity shell that integrates various UI technologies and design generations aimed at a more efficient, intuitive, and complete user experience over different UI technologies. Within the SAP NetWeaver Business Client, users can move seamlessly between Web Dynpro and SAP GUI transactions. The SAP NetWeaver Business Client enables direct connectivity to the ABAP back-end system and PFCG role repository centrally holding SAP GUI, Web Dynpro and various Web content applications. NWBC provides role-based access to applications either using the portal or directly using PFCG roles.
This documentation is relevant only for the Microsoft-Windows-based version of NWBC, the SAP NetWeaver Business Client for Desktop 4.0.
The graphics in the following documentation are examples of prototypes only. The design of NWBC is constantly developing. For this reason, the UIs may vary for different versions of SAP NetWeaver Business Client.
More Information The security and configuration settings that are described in the documentation for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 are also relevant for SAP NetWeaver Business Client version 4.0. We highly recommend that you read the documentation for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5.
For security aspects, you must read the documentation for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5. For more information about SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5, see SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver Platform SAP NetWeaver 7.31 Application Help SAP NetWeaver Library: Function-Oriented View Application Server Application Server ABAP UI Technologies in ABAP SAP NetWeaver Business Client . For the FAQ, see SAP Note 900000. For release restrictions, see SAP Note 1754946 (NWBC for Desktop).
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What's New This is an overview of the new features and functions that are available with SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) 4.0. It includes Release Notes that describe what is new or enhanced, and what has been changed or deleted since the last release. Shell (Enhanced) As of NWBC 4.0 the shell design has been optimized to give maximum space to the application and content (by delegating client functionality to the content area). The shell layout consists of the header area, the tab bar, the toolbar, and the integrated search and quick navigation function. Users can open the menu from the (Menu) icon in the top left corner of the header area. For more information, see Overview [Page 11]. Theme (Enhanced) As of NWBC 4.0 the desktop client version is by default rendered in the Corbu design, which is a theme with a light, neutral design and enlarged resolution for better readability. Users can customize the appearance of the shell by switching the theme in the personal settings. Users can select either a dark or light flavor, which only affects the header area. For more information, see Overview [Page 11]. Tabbed Browsing (New) As of NWBC 4.0 a tab-based navigation model (tabbed browsing), known from modern browsers, replaces the multi-window paradigm of previous versions. Users can open multiple tabs to work on them in parallel. It is easy to switch between tabs without terminating a session. In conjunction with this, the navigation area has been redesigned and new navigation options are available. The navigation area hosts the tab bar, a navigation panel by the side of the content area used for detailed navigation, and the integrated search and quick navigation function. For more information, see Navigation [Page 23]. Tab Bar with Tab List (New) As of NWBC 4.0 users can add as many tabs as needed using the tab bar at the top of the shell. They can easily switch between tabs by selecting the tab they want to work on in the tab bar. Users can pin tabs to the tab bar (right mouse click the tab title) so they are available the next time they log on to the system. The (Tab List) displays all the tab titles if more tabs are open than can be displayed in the tab bar. For more information, see Overview [Page 11]. Taskbar with Jump List (New) As of NWBC 4.0 NWBC uses tabbed windows and provides support for tabbed thumbnails in the taskbar. The (NWBC) taskbar icon displays a stacked symbol if you have several tabs open. If you hover the mouse over the taskbar, the tabs appear as thumbnail windows. For more information, see Taskbar [Page 41] and Jump List [Page 42].
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Overview Pages (New) As of NWBC 4.0 these pages provide users with an overview of the navigation options corresponding to their typical tasks. They serve as the central point of entry to a role-based navigation to any navigation target or work center. The following types of overview pages have been added with this product version: Index Page (New) As of NWBC 4.0 this page displays the entire navigation structure for a user. The Index page is the initial page that is displayed when a user logs on to a system for the first time. It is pinned by default but users can unpin and close it if they want to see a different page as their home page. New Tab Page (New) As of NWBC 4.0 users can add New Tab pages. Each New Tab page the user opens displays the last opened and most frequently used navigation targets specific to the user's roles. For more information, see Overview Pages [Page 28]. Navigation Panel (Changed) As of NWBC 4.0 the (Navigation Panel) pushbutton in the toolbar indicates the navigation panel used for detailed navigation. The panel opens to the side of the content area. For more information, see Navigation Panel [Page 25]. Favorites Panel (New) As of NWBC 4.0 users can organize their Favorites in the Favorites panel. The (Favorites) pushbutton in the toolbar indicates the Favorites panel that opens to the side of the content area. It gives access to a user's list of system Favorites and Easy Access favorites, which they define in SAP GUI. The Favorites panel allows users to add, display, rename, and delete their Favorites list. For more information, see Favorites [Page 40]. Quick Launch (Enhanced) As of NWBC 4.0 NWBC supports OpenSearch providers. Users can select their favorite search providers, disable search providers, and configure the order in which they appear in the dropdown menu of the quick launch. For more information, see Quick Launch [Page 31]. Menu (Changed) As of NWBC 4.0 the menu items have been rearranged. The (Menu) icon in the top left corner of the header area indicates the main menu. When users click the menu icon, the menu expands and provides access to the view options, settings, and the help menu. Personalization Menu (Enhanced) As of NWBC 4.0 the personalization settings dialog has been enhanced as follows: Theme: You can select the standard theme in a light and dark flavor. Other: You can display tab previews in the taskbar. For more information, see Personalization [Page 21].
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Favorites Menu in Menu (Obsolete) In previous versions of NWBC users accessed favorites from the Favorites menu located at the top of the screen. As of NWBC 4.0 this menu is obsolete. For more information, see Favorites [Page 40]. Personalization (Enhanced) As of NWBC 4.0 users can personalize the appearance of the desktop client in the following ways: Setting
Description
Tab Order (New)
You can change the order of tabs in the tab bar by using the context menu for this tab, or keyboard shortcuts.
Branding (Changed)
The branding image moved from the navigation panel to the Index and New Tab pages.
Welcome Message (New)
The parameter WELCOME_MESSAGE in table NWBC_CFG replaces the welcome message on the Index Page. Administrators can change keyboard shortcuts using the admin configuration file to clearly distinguish them from custom ABAP transaction shortcuts. For more information about the XML-based admin configuration file, search for 3.5 Administrator Configuration in SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com. The following shortcuts related to using side panels are available: CTRL + R Refresh Side Panel
Keyboard shortcuts (New)
The side panel applications are informed about changes in the application. This happens automatically, except in special cases, when selecting table lines in SAP List Viewer (ALV) tables, for example. CTRL + D Disconnect Side Panel The side panel application does not react to changes within the current application. It is frozen and it remains unchanged even if other applications are started that do not have this side panel application assigned. CTRL + T Connect Side Panel The side panel applications are informed about changes in the application and react to them. For more information, see Keyboard Shortcuts [Page 43].
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SAP GUI Scripting on Client PC (Changed) As of NWBC 3.5 patch level 6 or NWBC 4.0 and SAPGUI 7.20 patch level 13 or 7.30 final release, it is no longer necessary to enable SAP GUI scripting on the client PC, except if you are using the Property Collector. This means it is no longer necessary to enable front-end scripting using a registry key (HKLM and HKCU) for using side panels in NWBC. However, it is still necessary to install SAP GUI scripting and to enable it for the server (at least readonly). For more information, search for 6.7 Integrating the Context-Sensitive Side Panel in SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com. Caching of at Least One SAPGUI Session per Host/Client (New) Through caching, SET/GET parameters are still available upon closing the last SAP GUI session. Selection of NWBC Version (New) When users start NWBC from an sap-nwbc:// URL and multiple NWBC versions are installed in parallel, a version selection dialog is displayed and you can select a release. Version and System Information (Changed) As of NWBC 4.0 users can only display the version and system by choosing About NetWeaver Business Client .
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Overview The desktop version of SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) 4.0 has a modern, neutral, and simple look and feel, and implements an easy to use, browser-like navigation model (tabbed browsing). The desktop version allows you to adjust the appearance and settings of the business client to meet your personal and technical requirements, for example by selecting your theme or branding options. The shell is a neutral, reduced frame that aims at reducing the space consumed by the client in favor of applications running in the content area where users do their actual work. Users can open the menu from the (Menu) icon in the header area and make system settings, customize view and personalization options, and access the help and support functions, including the product documentation. The presentation of the menu as a dropdown list also helps to save screen space at the top of the shell. The shell design is intentionally neutral to frame content from diverse applications and technologies, be it Web Dynpro or SAP GUI transactions. The shell for the desktop client is rendered in the Corbu design by default. This is a theme with a light, neutral design, and enlarged resolution for better readability. The user can customize the appearance of the shell and content area by switching the theme in the personal settings. It is possible to select either a dark or light flavor, which only affects the header area. The high contrast theme is also available, which triggers a theme change in the client, Web Dynpro, and SAP GUI pages. All content except for content embedded as Web URL is displayed with the high contrast theme. With introducing a tab-based navigation model (tabbed browsing), this version of NWBC offers a modern, web-browser-like user experience coupled with easy navigation and a focus on content. To perform their day-to-day work, users need to be able to work on multiple tabs in parallel. They can load any content into the tab rather than into a new window. Users can switch between the tabs easily without terminating the sessions; each new tab hosts a new session. If users are working with many applications in one window at the same time, they can get an overview of all the tabs in the tab bar by displaying the tab list or with the help of the tab previews in the task bar. The tab list displays all the tab titles if more tabs are open than can be displayed in the tab bar. Users can display the complete list of open tabs and quickly navigate to a selected tab by choosing the
(Tab List) pushbutton in the tab bar.
It is possible to personalize a user's navigation structure by adding pages for frequently used transactions or applications to the favorites or by pinning tabs so they are available when the users logs on to a system the next time. Users have many different options to find and launch applications. This includes navigating from an overview page, from the quick launch, or from the navigation panel. The overview pages such as the Index page and the New Tab page serve as the central point of entry to a role-based navigation. The powerful search and quick launch capabilities of the desktop client are combined in a single type-ahead field. Users can either start a search using a configured search provider, for example, the Desktop Search, or they can directly start transactions or Web Dynpro applications. Search results are grouped into different search categories, for example, by results in Favorites and Recent Items, or by results for Desktop Search and Transactions and Applications.
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Installation The table shows the installation details for a desktop installation: Installation Microsoft .Net 3.5 SP1 For Microsoft Windows XP SP2: Hotfix 919477 Prerequisites For WTS Installation: Hotfix 955692 SAP GUI for Windows 7.30 Installation Path for Desktop Installation
C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\NWBC40 (on 64–bit OS)
WTS Installation
Yes
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Administration and Configuration The administration and configuration settings that are described in the documentation for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 are also relevant for SAP NetWeaver Business Client version 4.0.
We highly recommend that you read the documentation for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5, and in particular, the chapters mentioned here. For more information, see SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver Platform SAP NetWeaver 7.31 Application Help SAP NetWeaver Library: FunctionOriented View Application Server Application Server ABAP UI Technologies in ABAP SAP NetWeaver Business Client .
Features Read the following sections in the SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5: 3 Installation and Client Configuration 4 Server Configuration 5 Role Maintenance in PFCG 6 Programming Aspects 7 Security Aspects 8 Performance Aspects 9 How-To Guides 10 Troubleshooting The table lists configuration information specific to NWBC for Desktop 4.0: Configuration Back-End Role Repository
ABAP system (PFCG) Portal (PCD)
Customization
Table NWBC_CFG (and NWBC_CFG_SAP)
SICF Path
/sap/bc/nwbc with runtime handler CL_NWBC_HTTP and subnodes
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Back end (HTTP_WHITELIST)
Administrator Configuration
For more information, search for 3.5 Administrator Configuration in SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.
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Starting NWBC To log on to NWBC, you need to have an NWBC shortcut on your desktop. Once your system administrator has installed the business client on your machine, you can make your own settings and start performing your daily tasks. You also need to change your password the first time you log on and at regular intervals thereafter. To start NWBC, double-click the shortcut icon on your desktop:
(Shortcut) NWBC is started. One of the following options apply: A logon dialog is displayed. If you have already configured a system connection and have selected the Hide System Selector on Start-Up checkbox in the Personalize dialog, the logon screen is displayed the first time you open NWBC or NWBC opens directly with the roles configured for your user.
If you have selected the Hide System Selector on Start-Up checkbox, NWBC uses the last active system connection that you have defined in your system configuration. For more information, see sections Personalization [Page 21] and Configuring System Connections [Page 17].
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Example of Logon Dialog Enter your user name and password into this logon screen, and choose the Log On pushbutton. NWBC opens. A system selection dialog is displayed. If you have deselected the Hide System Selector on Startup checkbox, the system selection dialog is displayed.
Example of System Selection Dialog In this system selection dialog, the last active connection is highlighted. To access a system connection, select the corresponding entry in the list and choose Log On. You also have the following options:
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To create a new system connection, click the (New) icon. The usual system connection dialog is displayed where you can make your entries for a new system connection. For more information, see Configuring System Connections [Page 17].
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To change an existing system connection, select the corresponding connection and choose the (Edit) icon. The usual system connection dialog is displayed where you can change the entries for a given system connection.
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To delete an existing system connection, select the corresponding connection and click the (Delete) icon. A confirmation popup is displayed. If you choose Delete, the system connection is deleted both from the system selection dialog and from the system configuration dialog.
An application is started directly.
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System Connections In NWBC you can have one or more connections to different servers. A connection contains all relevant data required to instruct a server to retrieve all the relevant roles for a user. Since NWBC, as the shell, uses HTTP connections for its server communications, the connection data is also defined as an URL. Although you can define several connections, you can only have one connection active at a time. If a new connection to a different system is started, NWBC is restarted to clear all cookies that are stored in process. Prior to NWBC 3.0, patch level 8, NWBC considered only the setting in SAP Logon for all SAP GUI transactions that were started in NWBC. Even for remote servers, the setting from SAP Logon was used. As of NWBC 3.0, patch level 8, you can configure SAP Logon systems for each server and client. You have to create a system connection for each server-client combination that you need. The connection data is usually provided by the system administrator and must be configured. Configuring a System 1. Click the 2. Choose
(Menu) icon. Settings
Connections
Systems...
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3. The configuration dialog box opens:
4. Configure the systems NWBC connects to. If you need to define specific SAP GUI settings, for example, SAProuter, you specify these in the SAP Logon. 5. Configure an NWBC connection for all clients on all servers that are accessed with remote roles. The following table explains the settings for configuring a system in the configuration dialog box: Setting
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Setting Name (mandatory)
Description The connection name. All connections must have unique names. The HTTP URL that is needed to connect to the server. The server name must include a fully qualified domain part as well. The complete syntax for the URL is: http(s)://..:/
URL (mandatory)
The protocol is either http:// or https://. You must provide the complete domain and extension for the server name. For example, for a server at SAP, the complete string would be theServer.sap.com. Optionally, a port can be defined if default ports 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS are not used. The path is usually either /sap/bc/nwbc for an ABAP-based connection, or /irj/portal for a portal-based connection.
Type
You can connect with NWBC either directly to a single ABAP server (connection type Application Server ABAP) or to a portal server (connection type Portal).
Client (only visible for a connection to an ABAP system)
3–digit client for the connection, for example, 000
Language (only visible for a connection to an ABAP system)
UI language of NWBC
The system description as defined in SAP Logon. Note that this must correspond exactly to what is specified in SAP Logon. The value of this entry must be identical to the name used in SAP Logon. Otherwise settings cannot be found and used by NWBC.
SAP GUI Logon Description (only visible for a connection to an ABAP system)
Configure and test this system description by double-clicking it in SAP Logon. For this to work in NWBC, it must also work in SAP Logon.
If you have an entry SYS [PUBLIC] in SAP Logon, and if you configure this entry as described above, the corresponding SAP Logon settings are used for NWBC connections. This setting causes all SAP GUI sessions to be processed with the configured SAP Logon settings, such as SAProuter, group selection, and so on. For more information about SAP Logon configuration, press F1 on the SAP Logon window to display the documentation.
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Setting
Description Therefore, features such as group selection (load balancing) or SAProuter are also possible. For more information about load balancing, search for 3 Installation and Client Configuration in SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com and read the Using NWBC with a Load Balancer section. All the SAP Logon settings work for NWBC with the exception of Secure Network Settings.
If you have specified the NWBC connection using the SAP Logon entry XYZ [PUBLIC] and this entry XYZ [PUBLIC] is configured to work with SNC in SAP Logon, this setting forces SNC Logon instead of SSO2 Logon..
Comment
A user-defined comment that can contain any textual information. This is typically used to write short descriptions of about the system.
If NWBC starts a transaction on exactly this server and client that have been configured, it informs SAP GUI to consider the settings configured in the connection. The SAP Logon system specified in NWBC is used for all applications started on this server and this client. Before creating the entries in SAP Logon, you can test whether NWBC considers all systems in SAP Logon by starting applications in NWBC. If an SAP GUI error is shown indicating that the specified connection is not defined in SAP Logon, the connection has been found in NWBC and the name of the SAP Logon system has been handed over to SAP GUI correctly. 6. Configure all necessary systems in SAP Logon. You can use specific settings, for example, logon groups, SAProuter. 7. Test the navigation to all SAP GUI transactions: o
If a system configured in NWBC is not considered, check in which server and client your transaction is started in the SAP GUI status bar.
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Check whether a connection is configured in NWBC which matches the server URL and the client. Note that the server URL in the NWBC connection settings must be fully qualified (with domain name).
Connecting to Different Systems You can choose the system to which you want to connect if you have configured it beforehand.
If you need to connect to a different system, the current system connection is closed. To connect to a different system, proceed as follows: 1. Click the
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2. Choose
Settings
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Systems...
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3. The Systems dialog opens. Select the system you want to connect to and choose the Log On pushbutton. NWBC is restarted with the new system connection.
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Personalization You can make different settings that help you personalize the appearance of the desktop client using the personalization settings dialog. Theme: You can select the standard theme in a light and dark flavor. Other: You can display tab previews in the taskbar. Name
Description You can choose between the standard and the high contrast theme. For the standard theme, you can choose between different flavors: Light Dark
Theme
The High Contrast theme applies to the shell as well as to Web Dynpro applications, SAP GUI transactions, and service maps loaded in the content area. Content embedded as Web URL is not displayed with the High Contrast theme. If you change the theme for a SAP GUI transaction, you have to restart NWBC for the change to take effect. Font Size
Use the slider to increase or decrease the font size.
Accessibility
Use this option to enable the accessibility mode. Accessibility mode means that the rendered HTML pages contain additional HTML coding, which provides input for screen readers.
Easy Access Favorites in Favorites Menu
You can use this option to display the favorites that you have defined in the SAP Easy Access menu in SAP GUI. This option is only relevant for NWBC for Desktop. This option displays your SAP Easy Access favorites as a work center.
Easy Access Favorites as Work Center
This option is only relevant for NWBC for Desktop. You can use this option to display the SAP menu instead of the menu defined for your role in PFCG.
Use SAP Menu Instead of User Menu
This option is only relevant for NWBC for Desktop.
Show Transaction Codes
This option allows you to display the transaction codes (technical names) in addition to the transaction names in the left navigation panel. This option is only relevant for NWBC for Desktop.
Show Tab Previews in
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Name
Description
Taskbar
the taskbar. This provides you with an overview of all tabs that are currently open. This option is only relevant for NWBC for Desktop. This option is activated by default. If this checkbox is selected, NWBC automatically logs on to the last used/active system connection.
Hide System Selector on Start-Up
If you deselect this checkbox, NWBC displays a system selection screen, just like the normal logon screen, where you can choose between all systems that have been configured. In addition, on the system selection screen, you can change or delete existing connections or create new ones.
Activities Click the
(Menu) icon and choose
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Navigation You have many different options to find and launch applications and you can combine different navigation options according to your preferences. This includes navigating from an overview page, from the quick launch, or from the navigation panel. You can navigate the shell and content area using the different navigation options as required. This makes navigation within NWBC very flexible. To perform your day-to-day tasks, you can work on multiple tabs in parallel. With tabbed browsing, you have several options to select a tab. For example, you can select a tab from the tab bar, the tab list, and from the taskbar. You can personalize the navigation structure relevant for your user by adding pages to the favorites or by pinning tabs. The pinned pages are available the next time this user logs on to the system. You have the following options to find and launch applications: Navigation Panel For more information, see Navigation Panel [Page 25]. Overview Pages For more information, see Overview Pages [Page 28]. Quick Launch For more information, see Quick Launch [Page 31]. Favorites For more information, see Favorites [Page 40]. Taskbar For more information, see Taskbar [Page 41].
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Concepts This is an overview of the new and changed elements of the user interface with respect to the tabbed browsing navigation concept.
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Navigation Panel You can navigate from the navigation panel. This panel is displayed by the side of the content area for each tab and gives access to the navigation tree specific to the user's roles. It serves to structure a large number of navigation targets. In addition to the navigation structure exposed in the content area using the Index page, the navigation panel is used for detailed navigation. It is displayed by the side of the content area for each tab. The navigation panel is contextual to the content and also displays the link collections related to the current page. When you select an entry in the tree, the detailed navigation levels, for example, for a specific work center, are displayed both in the navigation panel and in the content area. The lower section of the detailed navigation, for example Create, contains a collection of typical tasks for a specific work center. Click any of these entries to start the task. Clicking an entry in the lower-left section opens a new window.
More Information Navigating from the Navigation Panel [Page 48]
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Side Panel You can use the side panel to display additional context-sensitive information that relates to the main application in a separate screen area (a container by the side of the content area of NWBC). The role definition determines which side panel application is to be shown for a certain application. In the following figure you can see the overall structure of the screen areas of NWBC for Desktop consisting of the shell, the content area with the main application, and the side panel applications:
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Side panel applications
You can open the side panel by clicking the (Expand Side Panel) icon. You can open the side panel also by clicking the (Menu) icon and choosing View . This menu option shows which side panel applications are available and which side panel application is currently displayed. The following types of side panel applications are available: Side panel applications defined by the administrator Side panel applications that are defined for your roles are content-sensitive. Therefore, only for the specific transaction a side panel application is available . Side panel applications defined by the end user You can also configure side panel applications yourself. For more information, search for 3 Installation and Client Configuration in SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com and read the Configuring the Side Panel section. The side panel applications that you have configured in NWBC are the same for all applications in your roles.
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You can configure side panel applications yourself only if the administrator has set the parameter ShowSidePanelMenu in the admin configuration file to True. For more information about the admin configuration file, search for 3 Installation and Client Configuration in SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com and read the Administrator Configuration section. You can switch between multiple side panel applications by clicking the selector) icon.
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If you choose the (Refresh) icon, the side panel applications are informed about changes in the application. Usually, this happens automatically, except in special cases, for example when selecting table lines in SAP List Viewer (ALV) tables. If you choose the (Pin) icon, the side panel application does not react to changes within the current main application. It is frozen and remains unchanged even if other main applications are started that do not have this side panel application assigned.
To close the side panel, click the (Collapse Side Panel) icon. You can close the side panel also by clicking the (Menu) icon and choosing View .
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Overview Pages These pages serve as the central point of entry for users from where they can navigate to their most relevant navigation targets specific to their roles. The following types of overview pages are available: Index Page This page displays the entire navigation structure for this user in a hierarchical form. The Index page is displayed as the initial tab when a user logs on to a system for the first time. It is pinned to the tab bar by default. Users can unpin and close it if they want to see a different page as their home page. New Tab Page The user can add New Tab pages that display their most useful navigation options. Each New Tab page the user opens displays the last opened and most frequently used navigation targets specific to the user's roles. From here, the user can access the Index page. Service Map This page displays the navigation targets of a work center or folder down to the third level. This allows the user to get a good overview of the business process represented by the folder (configured in PFCG). The service map is rendered whenever a folder does not provide a default page.
More Information Index Page [Page 29] New Tab Page [Page 30]
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Index Page This page displays the entire navigation structure for this user in a hierarchical form. The Index page is displayed as the initial tab when a user logs on to a system for the first time. It is pinned to the tab bar by default. It is possible to unpin but users can unpin and close it if they want to see a different page as their home page. The Index page provides an overview of the business content and tasks specific to a user's roles. On the entry level this content is organized in work centers. A work center comprises the navigation options to the applications this user needs to perform his or her typical tasks. In case the navigation structure is more complex and spans several navigation levels (up to three levels), the content for this work center can be organized in folders. This introduces an additional level of navigation. At the work center level, an overview page is available that opens in a new tab and displays the next level navigation entries. When a user starts to navigate inside a work center on the folder level, the navigation targets of this folder are exposed in a new column to the side of this folder, indicated by an (arrow). This way, users can navigate several levels of navigation entries for each work center like in an explorer. When the user selects an entry for an application or transaction, which appears as a link, the content opens in a new tab.
Users can choose the option to display their Easy Access Favorites as a work center on the Index page in their personalization settings.
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New Tab Page On this page users get an overview of their most useful navigation targets. This page shows each time the user adds a tab. From here users can access the Index page from a hyperlink, open their frequently used and last opened content, and open the work centers relevant to their typical tasks. Users can make a tab permanently available by pinning it to the tab bar, for example, if they want to use it in a way like their home page. This pinned tab is available the next time the user logs on to the system.
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Quick Launch You can use this search option to search for entries within the navigation tree and start ABAP transactions or Web Dynpro applications using a type-ahead field. In the following figure, you see where the quick launch is located.
Example of Quick Launch Using the quick launch you have the following options: Start a transaction or application As soon as you enter the name of a transaction or an application, the dropdown menu of the quick launch automatically opens, which is divided into different categories. In this dropdown menu, you can directly start a transaction or an application. Search You can access your search providers and search for specific terms. As soon as you enter a search term, the dropdown menu of the quick launch automatically opens, which is divided into different categories. In this dropdown menu, you can choose between search suggestions of different search providers. You can see the results from Open Search providers displayed on a new tab and the results from Windows Desktop Search in a new window. Navigate to URLs If you enter a URL into the type-ahead field without adding http://, the system automatically adds https://, or file://, http://.
Features Search Types [Page 32] Search Provider Configuration [Page 33] Dropdown Menu of the Quick Launch [Page 35] Direct Actions [Page 37] Search Result Page [Page 38]
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Search Types To conduct a search using the type-ahead field, you can use different types of search providers. These can be built-in providers such as Windows Desktop Search or Transactions and Applications, search providers defined in the Role Maintenance (PFCG) transaction as well as search providers defined in the front end of the client.
Features Enterprise Search The integration of SAP Enterprise Search, if configured (available from SAP NetWeaver 7.03 onwards). All Enterprise Search connectors configured and active on the SAP NetWeaver Application Server are automatically offered as search providers when conducting a search in NWBC for Desktop. External Search NWBC has a built-in search functionality using search providers that have been configured in advance in one of the following ways: o
Centrally using the Role Maintenance (PFCG) transaction For more information, search for 5 Role Maintenance in PFCG in SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com and read the Menu section.
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Locally in the Search Provider settings (using NWBC’s Search Providers dialog)
A search provider is defined by a URL. There are two types of URLs: o
A direct search URL that contains a placeholder for the query string that results in an HTML page with search results. The URL can be any URL that contains a string “{0}” as the placeholder. This placeholder is replaced with the query the user enters and the URL directly navigates to the specified HTML search result page. Example: http://www.sap.com/search/index.epx?q1={0}
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An OpenSearch URL that points to an OpenSearch metadata description (see http://www.opensearch.org). The metadata is an XML file that can contain multiple search services in the following flavors: As HTML search result page As suggest providers whose result is a list of search suggestions that are displayed in the dropdown menu of the quick launch Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/opensearch_desc.php
Desktop search The Windows Desktop Search is an embedded standard Microsoft search option that is available as of Microsoft Vista and is an optional installation component of Microsoft XP with service pack 2.
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Search Provider Configuration Search Providers can be configured by the administrator in the Role Maintenance (PFCG) transaction under the @Search@ node using the local administrator configuration file, or on the front end by the user in the Search Providers configuration dialog. For more information about the admin configuration file, search for 3 Installation and Client Configuration in SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com and read the Administrator Configuration section.
Activities Configure a Search Provider To configure a search provider using the Search Providers configuration dialog, click the (Menu) icon and choose Settings Connections Search Providers . The Search Providers dialog box opens in which you can add and configure different search providers. You can also open the Search Providers dialog box by choosing Options in the lower part of the dropdown menu of the quick launch.
Search Providers Dialog Box Add a Search Provider To add a search provider, click the (New) icon. You can now enter the necessary configuration data into the entry screen of the Search Providers dialog box. For each search provider, you can define the start-up URL that is to be called with the search term. In the following table you can see an overview of the data that has to be entered to add a search provider. Name Name
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Description The URL that is used to conduct the search with the search provider. It must be the full URL as it would usually also be entered in a browser to conduct the search. Use the sequence {0} within the URL to mark the position where the search string should be placed.
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http://www.sap.com/search/index.epx?q1={0}.
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Optional shorthand symbol, for example, a letter that you can configure as mnenomic for a selected search provider, followed by the search string. The search is then carried out directly in the search provider configured for this letter.
Furthermore, you can change the order in which your search providers are displayed in the quick launch dropdown menu and its submenu by clicking the (Move Up) or the (Move Down) arrow. In addition, you can activate or deactivate the checkboxes in the dialog box to specify which search providers should be available when conducting a search. Delete a Search Provider To delete an existing search provider, click the
(Delete) icon.
You cannot locally delete search providers that were configured centrally in the PFCG (for example Desktop Search and ABAP Transactions). On the front end you can only delete locally configured search providers. For more information, see section Search Types [Page 32].
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Dropdown Menu of the Quick Launch As soon as you start typing into the type-ahead field, the dropdown menu of the quick launch automatically opens (see figure Example of a Search). This dropdown menu is divided into different categories, which gives you several options to conduct a search. You can either conduct a search with one of the search providers that have been configured, or start a transaction directly in the ABAP system or a Web Dynpro application available in the SAP NetWeaver Application Server.
If you add /n or /o as a prefix to your search term, the direct action Start Transaction 'ABC' is listed at the top in the dropdown menu as the default action. /n Ends the current transaction and replaces the current tab with a new tab, in which the new transaction is started /o Opens the transaction in a new window By default, NWBC loads a list of search providers from the server, if configured. However, you can also configure additional search providers locally, which can be used in exactly the same way as the other already integrated search providers such as Desktop Search. The search providers that are displayed in the dropdown menu must be configured in advance in the Search Providers settings for the client and in PFCG for the server.
Features The following table shows the different categories for “Direct Actions” that are displayed in the dropdown menu and the options for each of them: Direct Action
Options
Search for 'ABC' with 'xyz'
Conduct a search with the last used search provider
Start Transaction 'ABC'
Directly start a transaction or a Web Dynpro application available in the SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Navigate to Web Address
Navigate to a specified web address
The following table shows the different categories for search providers that are displayed in the dropdown menu and the options for each of them: Search Provider
Options
Favorites and Recent Items
Recently opened items and Favorites entries
My Work Area
Search results for ABAP transactions and Web Dynpro applications available in the SAP NetWeaver Application Server specific to the user's menu (PFCG role)
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Search Provider
Options
Desktop Search
Conduct a search with the search provider Desktop Search. In this category, you see search suggestions that are sorted and prioritized. To see all search results, choose Search for 'ABC' in... Desktop Search . All search results are then displayed in a new window.
Transactions and Applications
Search results for ABAP transactions and Web Dynpro applications available in the SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Search for 'ABC' in...
Conduct a search with a configured search provider (in general)
In the following figure, you can see an example of the dropdown menu of the quick launch:
Example of a Search
Depending on your search term, not all search providers mentioned in the table above are displayed in the dropdown menu.
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Direct Actions Direct actions are displayed at the top of the dropdown menu of the quick launch. The following actions are available: Search for 'ABC' with 'xyz' Start transaction 'ABC' Navigate to Web Address Search for 'ABC' with 'xyz' If the query starts with a mnemonic followed by a search term (separated by a blank), this action is displayed at the top in the dropdown menu as the default action. Start Transaction 'ABC' If you enter a search term into the type-ahead field that contains blanks (for example, if you type in multiple words), this action is disabled. The same occurs if the search term you enter contains two characters or less. Navigate to Web Address If the query contains a period (.) or starts with a URL protocol, this action is displayed at the top in the dropdown menu as the default action.
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Search Result Page Depending on whether you conduct a search with the Windows Desktop Search or an OpenSearch provider, the search result page opens in a new window or on a new tab. On the search result page you can see all the results of your search query. In the following figure, you can see an example of a search result page that is displayed after conducting a search with an OpenSearch provider:
Example of a Search Result Page
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How to Search Using Quick Launch To conduct a search using quick launch, follow the steps below.
Procedure 1. Type a search term into the type-ahead field. All matches in all roles are displayed in the dropdown menu of the quick launch. 2. To refine the search, select Search for 'xyz' in... in the dropdown menu of the quick launch. 3. The search is now conducted with the specified search provider.
If you enter the search term without specifying a search provider and press the Return key, the search is conducted with the search provider last used. The search results are now listed on the search result page on a new tab or in a new window (see figure Example of a Search Result Page in Search Result Page [Page 38]).
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Favorites Your Favorites allow you to start an application or a transaction without having to select it in the navigation tree. You can add applications and transactions that you use frequently to the Favorites list. This list is displayed in the Favorites panel by the side of the content area when you choose the (Favorites) pushbutton in the toolbar. You can use the Favorites panel to organize, add, display, rename, and delete your Favorites.
Features The Favorites panel is divided into sections and displays the following types of Favorites: Local Favorites: Applications or transaction codes saved by the user as Favorites Optional: Easy Access Favorites (read-only) defined by the user in the SAP Easy Access menu in the SAP GUI back end
This option is only relevant for NWBC for Desktop. You must select the Easy Access Favorites in Favorites Menu option under Settings Personalize . This merges them with your local Favorites in the Favorites panel, but they are displayed in a separate section at the bottom of the list in and they are displayed read-only mode. You cannot edit or delete them in the Favorites panel, but only in the SAP GUI back-end.
Activities You have the following options in the Favorites panel: Add to Favorites: To add a screen that is currently displayed in the content area to the Favorites list, go to the Favorites panel and choose the (Add to Favorites) pushbutton at the top of the Favorites panel. Open, Edit, Delete: You can display a favorite in new tab or window. You can rename or delete an item from your Favorites list. To open a favorite, edit, or delete it, rightclick it in your Favorites list and select the appropriate option from the context menu. For more information about the options in the personalization settings, see Personalization [Page 21].
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Taskbar NWBC implements a tab-based navigation model (tabbed browsing) and provides support for tabbed thumbnails in the taskbar. This provides you with an overview of all tabs that are currently open. You can easily switch between open tabs by selecting a tab from the tab bar, from the tab list or in the taskbar. The (NWBC) taskbar icon displays a stacked symbol if you have several tabs open. When you hover the mouse over the taskbar, the tabs appear as thumbnail windows with the same title and icon as the window tab. The Show Tab Previews in Taskbar option is activated by default. You can deselect it in your personalization settings by clicking the (Menu) icon and choosing Settings Personalize... . In the Personalize dialog, deselect the Show Tab Previews in Taskbar checkbox. The NWBC taskbar icon is now displayed in a normal state (not as a stacked symbol). When you hover over it, you see only one thumbnail of the whole window.
Features You can use the thumbnail preview in the taskbar to select, close, and preview tabs as follows: You can select a tab directly from the taskbar by hovering the mouse over the NWBC taskbar icon, pointing to the thumbnail and selecting it with a left mouse click. You can view a quick preview of the tabs that are currently open without navigating away from your active tab. You can pin tabs to make them available when you restart NWBC and connect to the same system. If you have pinned more than one tab, a thumbnail preview is displayed only for the first tab after starting NWBC. NWBC displays previews of the other pinned tabs only when you select these tabs. To pin a tab, right-click the tab title and choose the Pin Tab option. You can close a tab directly from the taskbar by hovering the mouse over the NWBC taskbar icon, pointing to the thumbnail and selecting the Close icon in the thumbnail window or the Close option from the context menu. You can use the NWBC jump list to quickly access important applications, recently used items, or some special functions of the current application process. For more information, see Jump List [Page 42].
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Jump List You can use the NWBC jump list to quickly access important applications, a list of your recently used navigation items, or some special functions of the current application process. To open the NWBC jump list, restart NWBC and log on to a system. The jump list, which looks like a context menu, is displayed when you right-click the NWBC taskbar icon. While NWBC is running, the jump list is also shown in the start menu.
Features The NWBC jump list consists of the following sections: Frequent You can quickly open your recently used items, which are the same as in New Tab page. Tasks o
Open New Window Select this option to open a tab in a new window.
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Open New Tab Select this option to open a tab in the last used shell window.
If more than one window is open, a navigation target you select from the jump list opens in the last used window. The items at the bottom of the jump list are basic entries provided by the operation system. They exist for every application with a taskbar icon.
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Keyboard Shortcuts You can display the shortcuts and hotkeys available for NWBC for Desktop by clicking the (Menu) icon and choosing Help Show Shortcuts . The following shortcuts and hotkeys are relevant for NWBC for Desktop: Shortcut / Hotkey
Action
CTRL + ALT + L
Focus on Quick Launch
CTRL + W
Close Tab
CTRL + T
New Tab
CTRL + Left
Move Left
CTRL + Right
Move Right Refresh Content Area
F5
For Web content: refresh For SAP GUI transactions: as defined in the standard for function keys
CTRL + Shift + I
Favorites
CTRL + Shift + N
Navigation Panel
CTRL + Shift + P
Side Panel
CTRL + ALT + F11
Full Screen Focus on Next Area/ Focus on Previous Area
F6 / SHIFT + F6
For Web content: navigation between groups (that is, between menu, top level navigation, navigation panel, content area) For SAP GUI transactions: as defined in the standard for function keys
CTRL + ALT + M
Focus on Menu
ALT + 0
Focus on Tabs
ALT + 1
Focus on Navigation Panel
ALT + 2
Focus on Content Area
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Shortcut / Hotkey
Action
ALT + 3
Focus on Side Panel
CTRL + ALT + K
Show Shortcuts Refresh Side Panel
CTRL + R
The side panel applications are informed about changes in the application. This happens automatically, except in special cases, when selecting table lines in SAP List Viewer (ALV) tables, for example. Disconnect Side Panel
CTRL + D
The side panel application does not react to changes within the current application. It is frozen and it remains unchanged even if other applications are started that do not have this side panel application assigned. Connect Side Panel
CTRL + T
The side panel applications are informed about changes in the application and react to them.
Administrators can change keyboard shortcuts using the admin configuration XML file to clearly distinguish them from custom ABAP transaction shortcuts. For more information about the XML-based admin configuration file, search for 3.5 Administrator Configuration in SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.
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Navigating Content This section provides examples of how you can navigate to a business application to do some tasks here.
More Information Navigating from the Index Page [Page 46] Navigating from the New Tab Page [Page 47] Navigating from the Navigation Panel [Page 48]
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Navigating from the Index Page Using the Index page you can find and launch applications.
Procedure 1. Start SAP NetWeaver Business Client and log on to a system. NWBC opens and the Index page is displayed as the first tab.
The Index page is pinned to the tab bar by default. It can be unpinned and closed if the user wants to see a different page as the home page. 2. To start a navigation from the Index page, click a work center. The work center expands and shows the navigation entries on the first level for this work center. 3. Proceed as follows: o
Click the Overview Work Center link to go to an overview of the content for this work center. It opens in a new tab from where you can start any navigation target for this work center.
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To navigate to the content of a folder that is shown on the first level, click the (arrow) next to the folder name. A new column opens next to the folder name that shows the content of this folder.
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To launch an application or a transaction, click its name. The content opens in a new tab where you can view and edit it.
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Navigating from the New Tab Page You can add New Tab pages. From here you can quickly navigate to your most useful navigation targets and access the Index page.
Procedure 1. Start SAP NetWeaver Business Client and log on to a system. NWBC opens and the Index page is displayed as the first tab. The Index page is pinned to the tab bar by default. It can be unpinned and closed if the user wants to see a different page as the home page. 2. To add a New Tab page, choose the
(New Tab) pushbutton in the tab bar.
This adds a tab to the tab bar that displays the New Tab page. 3. To navigate from the New Tab page, select a navigation target. You have the following options: o
Select an entry from the list of your work centers.
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Select an entry from the list of your frequently used navigation targets.
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Select an entry from the list of your last used navigation targets.
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Go to the Index page.
When you navigate on the New Tab page, the target opens within the main window (in-place). For example, if users select an entry from the list of their frequently used navigation targets or navigate to the Index page, the content is displayed in the content area of this tab in the same window by default. 4. Optional: Add as many tabs as needed to perform your business tasks. 5. Optional: To view a list of all open tabs, choose the tab bar.
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Navigating from the Navigation Panel Use the navigation panel for detailed navigation in the navigation tree relevant for your role.
Procedure 1. Start SAP NetWeaver Business Client and log on to a system. NWBC opens and an overview page is displayed as the first tab. 2. Launch an application or a transaction. The content opens in a new tab. 3. Navigate to an application or a transaction. The content opens in a new tab where you can view and edit it. 4. To display the navigation panel, choose the toolbar at the top of the screen.
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Logging Off Activities When you have finished working with NWBC, log off by clicking the (Close) icon in the corner at the top of the screen or by clicking (Menu) icon and choosing Window Close All and Log Off . All sessions are terminated, and all active windows and applications are closed in NWBC.
Be careful to distinguish between authentication (which allows the browser to interact with the server) and a logoff sequence (which terminates all sessions on the server). Depending on the authentication method that is used within the browser, it is possible to log off from the server and consequently have all sessions terminated while having the authentication information available within the browser (for example, when using browser-supported basic authentication or when using digital certificates). For example, if digital certificates are used and the browser interacts with the server again, a new session is automatically started. Therefore, we highly recommend that you close the browser window after logoff.
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