Need of Floorplan Manager

[JanarthananE]

Hi,

I have been working on Webdynpro for sometime, now I am introduced to FPM for webdynpro abap. WDA is a web based application, FPM also web based application. Then Why FPM is better then WDA. Can anyone suggest Why we need FPM and Why FPM is better than WDA.

Thanks in advance

Jana

[hendrik_brandes · Accepted solution]

Hello Jana,

with FPM you will get some features, you will miss within WD4A:

CodeFree UI: You can create WDA-Application without programming one line of code within your UI. You can configure your UIs but just on top of the metadata which you will provide with your feeder-classes.

Event-based processing: You are encapsulated from the classical WD4A-Event cycle and get special events on your feeders ( e.g. SAVE, CANCEL ... ). Furthermore, FPM handles all main actions like closing your application, ask for changes etc...

The feeder concept gives you the possibility to move all UI-coding in a layer beyond the UI and so you can have more control about what you want to show in the UI.

Some more "small" features: Configuration and no modifiication of existing applications, CI-guideline compliant, one single user-experience. And some more cool features. Starting with EhP3 you will get a powerful UI-Designer called FLUID, which let you customize your UIs like WYSIWYG.

If you want some information about architectural structure, look here: http://scn.sap.com/community/web-dynpro-abap/floorplan-manager/blog/2011/11/28/using-floorplan-manag... and http://scn.sap.com/community/web-dynpro-abap/floorplan-manager/blog/2011/12/16/create-a-clear-struct....

One hot topic, I forget: By using FPM, you can save time: I estimate, that a FPM-Application will cost 30%-50% less comparing with a classical WD4A-Application.

Kind regards,

Hendrik