SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA – Basic Configuration with help of Task Lists

 UPDATE – Relevant for S/4HANA 1809, 1709, 1610, 1511

NOTE – You may still use these task lists for basic configurations in 1809 or lower, however, rapid activation method is preferred as described in note 2704570, following the architecture best practice for embedded S/4HANA deployments

If you have been working with Fiori technology for some time you will notice that currently it is easier to configure it than in earlier releases.

This is due to the implementation of configuration task lists in transaction STC01 which help perform all necessary configurations in an easy and simple manner and avoid as many errors as possible.

This blog will explain details around the usage of those task lists and on which server they should be executed.

When attempting to configure Fiori you first need to realize that there are different technologies involved, including:

• SAP Netweaver Gateway (which enables Odata protocol communication called up from the Fiori UI to access the back-end logic)
• SAPUI5 (HTML5 with SAP extensions, used in the Fiori Launchpad and Fiori apps) and
• Enterprise Search (for enabling search capabilities).

Fortunately, you can easily perform all the required configurations using task lists.

Configuration of the SAP Fiori Infrastructure

Following is a table including the necessary task lists and where to execute them in order to perform the basic configurations to get the Fiori infrastructure up and running:

Task	Task List in STC01	Execute On	Description
SAP Gateway – Basic Configuration	SAP_GATEWAY_BASIC_CONFIG	Front-end Server	Performs basic configuration steps for SAP Gateway
SAP Fiori Launchpad Initial Setup	SAP_FIORI_LAUNCHPAD_INIT_SETUP	Front-end Server	Activate Launchpad OData and HTTP services on an SAP Gateway system
Create Trusted Connection from SAP System to SAP Gateway	SAP_SAP2GATEWAY_TRUSTED_CONFIG	Back-end Server	Creates a trusted connection from an SAP back-end system to  the SAP Front-end Server (based on NW Gateway)
Enable Embedded Search	SAP_ESH_INITIAL_SETUP_000_CLIENT	Back-end Server	You use this task list for the automatic initial setup of Embedded Search in client 000
SAP Gateway – Add Backend System	SAP_GATEWAY_ADD_SYSTEM	Front-end Server	The task list creates or uses an existing trusted remote function call (RFC) destination, checks the single sign-on (SSO) profile parameters, configures the SSO ticket and creates a system alias.
SAP Gateway – Maintain System Alias	SAP_GATEWAY_ADD_SYSTEM_ALIAS	Front-end Server	Creates a system alias for an existing remote function call destination. Configure the remote function call destination as trusted.
Enable Embedded Search on working clients	SAP_ESH_INITIAL_SETUP_WRK_CLIENT	Back-endServer	Automatic initial setup of Embedded Search in working clients. This can take a long time, so start the task list in the background

For detailed information on how to run these task lists refer to the Best Practices Guide MAA or the UI Technology Guides:

Documentations	Links
UITECH OP1709UI Technology Guide for SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1709	UITECH OP1709
UITECH OP1610UI Technology Guide for SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1610	UITECH OP1610
UITECH OP1511 FPS02UI Technology Guide for SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511	UITECH OP1511 FPS02

UPDATE – Running task list “SAP_ESH_INITIAL_SETUP_000_CLIENT” in S4HANA 1610 and 1709 is no longer required, you only need to run “SAP_ESH_INITIAL_SETUP_WRK_CLIENT”

App Implementation

Following is a table including the necessary task lists and where to execute them in order to perform the app implementation. Notice that each application will also require specific functional configuration steps which should also be reviewed.

Task	Task List in STC01	Execute On	Description
SAP Basis – Activate HTTP Services (SICF)	SAP_BASIS_ACTIVATE_ICF_NODES	Front-end Server	Activate HTTP services (SICF) according to transaction SICF
SAP Gateway – Activate OData Services	SAP_GATEWAY_ACTIVATE_ODATA_SERV	Front-endServer	Activates OData Services

For detailed information on how to run these task lists refer to the Best Practices Guide MAD or the UI Technology Guides.You can find additional information about the functional configurations required per app in the Fiori Apps Reference Library, however the high-level steps to configure the app are shown in the following table which you can also find in the Best Practices Guide MAD:

We also recommend reviewing the SAP Fiori for S/4HANA-10 Lessons Learned in S/4HANA 1511 projects blog.