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GuiXT Liquid UI for iOS

DESIGN ASPECTS OF iOS DEVICES

Liquid UI extends GuiXT system efficiencies and capabilities from the desktop so that streamlined business processes can run on iOS devices. Understanding that mobile users have different needs, your simplified transaction screens can be created by aggregating screens, tabs, and transactions; converting input fields into single-press graphical buttons; F4 help availability for attribute names; table controls; camera integration for barcode scanning; email for Workflow integration; native support for sleds, all while leveraging iOS gestures such as flicks, swipes, and zoom.

MOBILIZING YOUR WORKFORCE

The mobile-centric architectures and UIs are on a multi-year shift from the current desktop-centric client/server model to the mobile world. Mobile devices, however, have certain characteristics that drive UI design in a different direction than desktop machines. Liquid UI for iOS extends SAP ERP to iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, providing role-specific dashboards and simplified transaction screens on these mobile device while integrating device capabilities such as the touch interface and device features (e.g., camera, email integration with Workflow capabilities, etc.). Liquid UI screens can be developed using our "record once, run everywhere" user-connectivity platform without Java, ABAP, or any mobile development experience. And because it affects the presentation layer only, all your security and authorizations remain intact.

For example, IW2X and IW3X (creation of notifications and work orders) can be simplified and deployed anywhere without your workforce needing access to the desktop. Sales orders can be placed quickly and efficiently with exact warehouse stock availability, prices, and sales conditions. Orders can be placed easily using the barcode scanner. Extending business processes and enterprise applications to your mobile field technicians improves workforce productivity, cuts costs by leveraging existing investments, creates ease of use, and collects data in real time.

For immediate SAP ERP usage, Liquid UI for iOS allows direct access to your SAP system with no development or middleware, extending any SAP transaction to iOS devices quickly. Companies can therefore extend their SAP systems to smart phones and tablets for those familiar with SAP GUI, or to novice users requiring new, streamlined business processes.

HIGHLIGHTS

• One iOS app provides access to all SAP ERP transactions

• Non-browser based solution

• No ABAP, Java, or mobile-development experience

• Create role-specific dashboards and transaction screens

• Connects to SAP ERP systems via native protocols — without web servers, SUP (Sybase Unwired Platform), or ITS (Internet Transaction Server)

• Patent-pending seamless connectivity and data persistence

• Supports all crucial SAP GUI keyboard features using touch screen

• SAP Workflow integration

• Centralized management

• Device features such as camera integrated for barcoding

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ONE iOS APP, MANY TRANSACTIONS

Not every mobile app for SAP ERP is the same. Most are single purpose and enable specific business tasks on smart phones and tablets. You need to download one app for Mobile Sales, another app for Payment Approvals, another app for Purchase Orders, etc. These single apps need to be customized through various development options and software infrastructure requirements. And each has its own edit-compile-debug development phases to slow you down.

Additionally, browser-based solutions can have poor connectivity, data-transmission latency, and general performance issues. HTTP functions as a request-response protocol in the client-server computing model, whereas native SAP ERP is connection-oriented. So if the connection drops, your session ends, and you have to re-enter the screen data.

Liquid UI is an iOS app that allows you to connect directly to your SAP system, or to the Liquid UI Platform on your network, and Synactive's patent-pending technologies virtualize intermittent connections into a robust, seamless session. Moreover, Liquid UI performs screen customizations without additional middleware, web servers, browsers, or needing to build from scratch. The Liquid UI Platform also provides unique benefits to optimize usage on iOS devices.

Direct connection to access native SAP transactions

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Benefits:All sorts of industries, such as retail, utilities, manufacturing, and distribution, are moving to the mobile world. Liquid UI for iOS focuses on enabling business processes, not just single tasks. Through the Liquid UI Platform built on the GuiXT Server that is already in use in hundreds of organizations today, standardization of solutions can be provided with an emphasis on mission-critical production systems, not prototypes or one-off solutions. Proven ROI obtained through process improvement at the employee and enterprise levels unlocks the value of SAP investments. Liquid UI for iOS provides the following key benefits to attain the next level of productivity gains:

• Immediately deploy verified transactions now. No need for development or custom single-use apps. Simplify and extend existing Dynpros by aggregating screens, tabs, and transactions quickly and easily by recording a normal transaction flow.

• All crucial SAP GUI features such as F4, F1, and multi sessions are supported natively.• Session persistence enables the usage of other iOS applications or even turning off your device without

having to restart your SAP session. Sessions are preserved, enabling continued use of transactions by resuming where it left off without losing any data.

• Virtual sessions allow you to start an SAP session on one iOS device and continue the session on another. So when Liquid UI connects to SAP again, you're presented with your saved session, creating a seamless experience between devices.

• Secure connections provide a completely safe channel for data being transmitted wirelessly.• Robust connections maintain screen data even if the network signal drops intermittently. Network connectivity

can be unreliable, especially over long distances or through obstacles like doors and walls. A robust connection is required to maintain the connection to the server while the client goes in and out of connectivity.


• Managed Access provides IT the ability to centrally manage your connection through user profiles and management of shared keys.

• Integration with native iOS device capabilities such as camera for barcode scanning, integrated sled support, gestures, and touch-centric user interactions vs. keyboard/mouse interactions.

• Mobile Workflow extends SAP Workflow to email for quick approvals on the road, allowing you to complete critical business processes from your iOS device.

• GuiXT is compatible with all the R/3 and ERP versions and can be leveraged in all environments including SAP GUI, web GUI, NetWeaver Portals, and NetWeaver Business Client.

• GuiXTisbundledwithSAP,certifiedbySAP,andlicensedbySAP.

A COMPREHENSIVE USER-CONNECTIVITY PLATFORM FOR EXTENDING SAP ERP TO MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS

If you need your application to target multiple touch points, you could use a siloed approach in which you build a native application on a device using specific SDKs from various phone vendors, then use a different tool to create desktop applications, and need yet another tool to create an Excel or PDF document. A major downside of this approach is that you must build and maintain multiple codebases for the same application. Because each version of the application is built with a different language, different programming model, and different toolset, it is difficult for the same team to build and maintain all versions, and often a separate team is needed to build each version. For many IT organizations, this multiple-codebase and multiple-team approach is not a sustainable model.


To truly make your organization efficient and quicker to respond than its competitors, you not only need to be process-focused, you also must understand the needs of the business. Liquid UI helps you do all this by supporting the entire life cycle of front-end screen modifications from development to execution to centralized management.

• Start With SAP And Build On It – Using GuiXT technology that has shipped with SAP since 1998, Liquid UI enables front-end changes without touching the backend. Instead of starting from scratch or developing new applications from BAPIs or RFCs, start from any SAP transaction and "liquefy" it to your needs. Liquid UI works across all modules of SAP and, because it resides at the presentation layer, all your security and authorizations are intact.

• Record Once, Run Across All Touch Points – From there you can morph the UI from SAP GUI to iOS using recording technology in the GuiXT Developer Toolkit to record a user’s process once, then deploy across desktop and mobile environments. The Liquid UI provides the ability to liquefy the UI to optimize business processes for smaller screens. Synactive's recording and WYSIWYG tools empower business analysts, functional analysts, and web developers familiar with scripting languages to consolidate and simplify SAP screens, tabs, and transactions to create dashboards and simplified business processes.


• Automate/Extend – Liquid UI is a proven, enterprise-grade user-connectivity deployment platform for desktop and mobile environments that provides a common UI strategy across all touch points, whether you are using SAP GUI, NetWeaver Business Client, browsers, portals, or mobile devices. The Liquid UI Platform includes the GuiXT Server, which automates scripts and extends your SAP system to not only Liquid UI for iOS, but also Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile/CE, as well as desktop OSes, desktop browsers, and even PDF or Excel front-ends. Any existing GuiXT desktop or previously developed mobile scripts are compatible with the new platform, enabling existing applications to fully support iOS devices. GuiXT is compatible with all the R/3 and ERP versions and can be leveraged in all environments including SAP GUI, WebGUI, NetWeaver Portals, and NetWeaver Business Client.

• Manage – In addition to the iOS specific enterprise benefits list above, the Liquid UI platform supports provisioning for mass deployment and centralized application management, sending updates without having to manage client PCs or individual mobile devices. Load balancing is provided to maximize the load distribution among peer servers. Also, pools of SAP ERP servers can be accessed through load-balanced groups. Deployed in full x64 bit mode, you can scale your servers to support thousands of users concurrently. The platform is also completely compatible with virtual machines, enabling the server to be deployed in VMs.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Client• iPad, iPhone 3GS or later, and iPod touch 3rd generation or later • iOS 5.1 or later• 20 MB free space

Liquid UI PlatformSynactive recommends having a minimum of 1 GB of RAM in addition to the Microsoft requirements.

• Windows 2003 Server• CPU: Intel Pentium/AMD K6 133MHz or greater (550MHz or above recommended)• RAM: at least 128 MB (256 MB recommended)• HDD: at least 3 GB• SAP GUI: 3.0 or later

• Windows Server 2008 R2• CPU: 1.4GHz (x64) single-core or 1.3GHz dual-core processor• RAM: at least 512 MB (256 MB recommended)• HDD: at least 32 GB• SAP GUI: 3.0 or later

Liquid UI CustomizationThe following product is required for developing Liquid UI customizations:

• GuiXT Developer Kit For more information about Liquid UI for iOS, please contact your account manager or visit our website at: www.guixt.com/liquidui

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