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SAP Labs China

B1DE and B1TE IntroductionTHE EFFICIENT WAY TO DEVELOP AND TEST YOUR ADD-ONS

Nick He

Solution Architect SAP Labs China

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Agenda

Add-on Dev with B1DE (Demo)

Add-on Installer Package with B1DE (Demo)

B1TE and Add-on Certification Basic Introduction

B1DE Introduction

Add-on Testing and Certification Process with B1TE (Demo)

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B1DE Introduction


B1DE Introduction

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B1DE Introduction -- Content

This session will present a set of development tools that eases and speeds-up the B1 solution development process

These tools are:based on B1 SDK integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003: the most useddevelopment environment for B1 solutionsavailable for free in the SDN Business One home page: source code and setup

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B1DE Introduction -- SDN

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B1DE Introduction – Why B1DE?

B1 SDK is a powerful kit giving access to the objects of B1business objectsUI objects

It comes with a set of documented guidelines to ensure:correct and legal usage of APIsperformancescompatibilityadd-on inter-working etc

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B1DE Introduction – Why B1DE?

B1DE packages these best practices in coding solutions integrated with SAP B1

leave the plumbing phase to the toolsensure that the plumbing code is according the guidelinesconcentrate on the business side

B1DE is composed of these tools:B1 Code Generator WizardB1 Simple Installer WizardB1 Professional Installer WizardB1 UDO Form GeneratorB1 DB Browser

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B1DE Introduction – What’s B1DE?

B1 Code Generator Wizarda set of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET wizards and add-insto generate .NET B1 solutions: VB.NET and C#

B1 Simple Installer Wizarda Microsoft Visual Studio .NET wizardto generate the setup code to install and register an add-on with B1

B1 Professional Installer Wizarda Microsoft Visual Studio .NET wizardto generate the .NET setup code to install and register an add-on with B1

B1 UDO Form Generatora Windows tool (also integrated with B1 Code Generator Wizard)to generate an XML form starting from an UDO

B1 DB Browsera Windows tool (also integrated with B1 Code Generator Wizard)to visualize the current status of a SAP Business One database in terms of the tables, columns, types, default values, database constraints and links

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B1DE Introduction – B1 Code Generator Wizard 1

B1 Code Generator Wizard generate solution, code and dataVisual Studio .NET solution and projectsXML forms and menusVB.NET or C# codefollowing the B1 SDK guidelines

This code manages:UI and DI connectionsmetadata creation

user tables, user fields, UDOmenu, item and application events

listener-based interfaceevent registrationevent filtering

menu actionscreation, deletion, updateattach a form to a menu

form generation

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Concrete Add On:Main + concrete classes

UIWizard

GUICodeGen

Reflection

CodeDOM

Generic Add On Abstract Classes

B1Wizard.dllXMLDOM

B1 SDK

COM.NETVisual Studio

AddOn

Model

XMLGen Menus and UDO Forms XMLs

Metadata

UIAdd-Ins

GUI

Visual Studio

Concrete Project

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Concrete Add On:Main + concrete classes

Generic Add On Abstract Classes

B1Wizard.dll

Reflection B1 SDKMetadata

B1AddOn B1ActionB1Menu

B1Form

B1Item

B1DbB1DbTable

B1DbColumnB1DbUdo

B1ListenerB1ListenerAttribute

B1Connections

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B1DE Introduction



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Add-on Dev with B1DE (Demo) – Requirement 1

Requirem

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Business Partner Master Data Update

1. Integrated Solution with SAP Business One, part of Business Partner module.

B1D

E Wizard

B1D

E Wizard

Coding

Coding

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Add-on Dev with B1DE (Demo) – Requirement 2

Requirem

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2. Update CreditLimit, Total Discount and Interest on Arrears for several selected Business Partner Data simultaneously.

B1D

E Wizard

B1D

E Wizard

Coding

Coding

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Add-on Dev with B1DE (Demo) – B1DE Wizard

Requirem

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equirement

B1D

E Wizard

B1D

E Wizard

Coding

Coding

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Add-on Dev with B1DE (Demo) -- Coding

Requirem

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equirement

Insert code to all the slots that created by B1DE for your Add-on solution.

B1D

E Wizard

B1D

E Wizard

Coding

Coding

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Agenda




B1DE Introduction



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Add-on Installer Package with B1DE

B1D

E Wizard

B1D

E Wizard

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B1DE Introduction



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Certified Partner Integrations

USAInventory PlannerValogix

USAIntegration & migrationGEMS

USAE-commerce Praxis

CountryProductPartner

CanadaPSATenrox

CanadaWMSRadio Beacon

CanadaManufacturingNware

GermanyE-commerce Epages

GermanyManufacturing Beas

Germany WMSSwisslog

Germany Professional ServicesMaringo

IsraelIntegration / workflowMagic Software

New Zealand Job CostingEnprise

UKDocument imagingINVU

UKCredit Card & EDICindercone

USARFIDIntermec

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SAP Integration and Certification Centers

EMEA

All countries in Europe, the

Middle East and Africa

Americas

All countries in North and South

America

APA

All countries in Asia and the

Pacific region

A partner’s integration must be certified in the SAP ICC responsible for the country in which the partner’s main agreement relating to

SAP Business One was executed.

ICC WalldorfPhone +49 6227 767600

[email protected]

ICC Bangalore Phone +91 80 51396044

[email protected]

ICC Palo AltoPhone +1 650 849 [email protected]

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Certification criteria

Certification RequirementsThe requirements for certification is categorized as;

Technical RequirementsFunctional RequirementsStability/Performance Requirements

Technical requirementsDefined by SAP

Based on the published guidelinesOutlined in the SAP B1 SDK Certification Test Plan

Functional and Stability/Performance requirementsMutually agreed between SAP and the ISVIncorporated into the B1 SDK Certification Test Plan

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SoftwareDevelopment Kit

(supplementary) SAP Add-Ons

Partner Add-On(s)

SAP Business One-based Solution

Solution

SAP Business One(“Core” Functionality)

… 2005

SAP Business One(“Core” Functionality)

… 2004

Customer‘s „CompleteSAP Business One-based

Solution“

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SAP Business One – “simple yet powerful”

easy to implement

easy to adapt

easy to learn and use

easy to maintain

…and…It is a platform for (branch) solutions

SAP Business One Context…

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Certification requirements to ensure that a Solution is:

easy to implementeasy to adapt

easy installation => documented; first step in the testuse SAP namespace => Avoid conflicts by design

easy to maintainusage of APIs mandatory

=> preserves DB consistency=> Prerequisite for universal validity of certificate across

SAP Business One versionsDB systemsand localizations

=> Allows easy upgrade of core product

Add-On Solution – Certification Requirements…

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…and:

easy to useDocumentation Standards=> same content allows to figure out whether or not a combination of add-ons might fit togetherCompliance with Screen Design Guidelines=> ONE SOLUTION look & feel for customer

General rule:Avoid using proprietary capabilities (objects) of Database System, Operating System etc. whenever possibleCertification can be performed on one system, but will be valid for any!

Add-On Solution – Certification Requirements…

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SAP Business One Test Environment

SAP Business One Test Environment – B1TEB1 .NET Profiler

Traces calls to SAP B1 and any other .NET objectsOnly for add-ons written in MS .NET

B1 DB Profiler Verifies calls to DI API Objects

MS SQL Profiler Verifies connections, and DB operations

B1 Bubble Checker Verifies the propagation of events within an Add-On

B1 Form Checker Verifies forms contained in add-on

Detailed documentation on B1TE is included with its installationB1TE together with its source code is available on SDN

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Agenda




B1DE Introduction

Add-on Testing and Certification Process with B1TE (Demo)Add-on Testing and Certification Process with B1TE (Demo)

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Add-on Testing with B1TE – Database Profiler

Database Profiler keeps track of all the changes in a SAP Business One Company database carried out by the correct use of the DI API.

In the certification phase, this tool is used to verify that an add-on accesses a SAP Business One database in a correct and supported way by using the DI API.

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Add-on Testing with B1TE – Form Checker

Form Checker is used to check an XML form or menu against a subset of the SAP Business One User Interface Standards and Guidelines.

In the certification phase, this tool is used to verify XML forms produced by an add-on against these guidelines.

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Add-on Testing with B1TE – .Net Profiler

.Net Profiler keeps track of all the DI API and UI API methods called from a .NET add-on. The tool produces information about the time spent, the exception raised, and possible compatibility problems.

In the certification phase, this tool is used to verify that an add-on follows the SAP Business One SDK development guidelines and that it does not break any compatibility rule.

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Conclusion

B1DE is free and open source code in SDN (www.sdn.sap.com), it benefit partner a lot of add-on development.

Partner Add-on certification information, focusing on technical side.

B1TE, the tool which is also free in SDN and helps partner to test the solution.

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