Download - Introduction to BOL programming
Introduction to BOL Programming
(Soon) not just for CRM developers… Roel van den Berge
10 april 2023
Agenda
Web Client UI Framework
BOL Programming
BOL programming examples
Demo Custom GenIL objects: Project Twibap in CRM
Tips, Tricks & useful reads
Q & A
Web Client UI Framework
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BSP
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DesignLayerUI Components
View Controller CRMUIF
ModelContext Design Layer
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CoreBuffer
Entities & Lookups R
BO
L Business Object Layer
Gen
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GenIL Component
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Root Object
Object
Object
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Generic Interaction Layer
Business Partner API
Business Transaction API
… API
RRR
Application Programming Interface
Business Data
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Log
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BOL advantages
• Uniform and easy-to-use API
• Built-in buffer that speeds up applications
• No hinder from changes in underlying business logic
• Currently optimized to work with the CRM WebUI
• Possibility to model and implement custom business logic
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Demo case
• Goal: get tweets of CiberCRM in a table in the WebUI• API: #Twibap• GenIL/BOL:
– Simple Object ZTwitter– Create necessary structures– Implement GenIL class
• Presentation Layer: – Create custom component– Create ZTwitter context nodes in the various parts of the component– Initialize context nodes (read the tweets)– Create view with a table to display tweets
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Code Exchange: Project Twibap
• ABAP OO Twitter API• OAuth• JSON parser• Singleton Instance• Designed to call all available API methods of Twitter• Created by Uwe Fetzer (SE38 consulting)• Extendable by the SDN community
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Useful transactions
• CRMC_UI_PROFILE – Defining Business Roles• SM34: CRMVC_GIL_SO_DEF – Custom GenIL objects• BSP_WD_CMPWB – BSP component workbench• SE80 BSP applications – Custom components• GENIL_MODEL_BROWSER – GenIL relations and attr• GENIL_BOL_BROWSER – Browse BOL entities• SAAB – Checkpoint groups BOL* & GENIL*
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Useful reads
• SAP CRM Web Client – Customizing and Development– SAP Press – Michael Füchsle & Matthias E. Zierke
• BOL Programming & How To BOL– To be found in SAP Marketplace (advanced search -> BOL)
• SCN Wiki: CRM Web Client UI Framework• CRM Web Client UI Framework is available in ERP 6.0
and NetWeaver ABAP– SDN blog by Thorsten Franz
• Twitter! Follow @thorstenster, @wolf_gregor, @thomas_jung, @se38
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Thank you!
Roel van den Berge
Senior SAP NetWeaver Consultant
CIBER Nederland BV
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