Introduction to BOL Programming

(Soon) not just for CRM developers… Roel van den Berge

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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

IL

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GenIL Component

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Root Object

Object

Object

ObjectObject

Object

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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BOL Programming API

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Starting the BOL Core

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Static Searches / Simple Searches

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Advanced Searches / Dynamic Searches

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Get and Set Properties of an entity

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Create a BP entity using BOL programming

DEMO

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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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Demo Custom GenIL objects: Project Twibap in CRM

DEMO

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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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Q & A

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Thank you!

Roel van den Berge

Senior SAP NetWeaver Consultant

CIBER Nederland BV

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5600 AV Eindhoven

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E : roel.van.den.berge@ciber.nl

T : @roelvdberge

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