Designer. The wysiwyg tool for designing the screen layout with GuiXT. Viewer. Displays html and rtf files within SAP GU
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.“
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How can we simplify and optimize the user interface without modifying SAP programs and dynpros
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• If we change SAP programs we first need to understand the program logic • There is a risk that we end up writing wrong =PADD"
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Example: Logon screen (Standard)
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Logon screen (with GuiXT)
// GuiXT script title "Logon to SAP“ pos pos pos pos …
[User] (2,22) [Password] (3,22) [Client] (4,22) [Language] (5,22)
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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
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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.
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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.
40 sec
-Steve Foster REXAM BEVERAGE CAN AMERICAS
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