Some Questions

[Former Member]

I have  few questions about Cloud Portal.

• Will SAP deliver a tool for themes? It is not easy deleting and adding css file with same name and changing it again and again. Overwrite feature must be.
• I have created a simple custom application. Should I add this application with Url widget or something else? I couldn’t find documentation about this.
• I couldn’t find some classes in downloaded css file. So I added them with !important tag in css file. Is it normal? (e.g. user-name class)
• Now Cloud portal is based on English. Will SAP deliver another language packs?

[VitalyV · Accepted solution]

Hi Erhan, thanks for the questions.

I'll answer one by one.

"Will SAP deliver a tool for themes? It is not easy deleting and adding css file with same name and changing it again and again. Overwrite feature must be."

We'll be happy to discuss the requirements for themes tool with you. This is definitely on our radar. I'll follow up by email.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Vitaly!

I will be waiting for your email!

[VitalyV]

"Now Cloud portal is based on English. Will SAP deliver another language packs?"

Cloud Portal is already delivered in the following languages:

DE: German

EN: English

ES: Spanish

FR: French

JA: Japanese

PT: Portuguese

RU: Russian

ZH: Simplified Chinese

NL: Dutch

DA: Danish

Just change your client locale and experience another language. We're open to more translations based on business opportunities.

[Former Member]

I always use English. So I didnt get other languages. But as an option user data could have language data. And may be another option users can select language as ABAP application logon screen?

And Turkish language option?

Message was edited by: Erhan Keseli

[VitalyV]

Client settings usually specifies what language user prefers rather than someone else sets for him. Thus, as you mentioned, you always prefer English.

Selecting language as part of login screen doesn't help in SSO scenario, which IT and users prefer. Anyway, we are open for ideas if there is a real productivity issue behind it.

If the topic is testing then I think it is quite easy to change the prefered language in the browser.

Additional languages, including Turkish, will be added based on customers feedback and particular business opportunities.

[Former Member]

I say again users can change their language without changing browser settings It can be discussed.

Testing language is a easy, I will give it a try.

[VitalyV]

Looking forward to have in depth discussion

[VitalyV]

"I couldn’t find some classes in downloaded css file. So I added them with !important tag in css file. Is it normal? (e.g. user-name class)"

You right, some classes are missing in the theme CSS file. Basically, we split CSS file to a "theme", which you can consider kind of public API and private part. What does it mean?

Theme contain classes that we'll do our best to maintain as backward compatible for our future versions that are coming every month. Thus if you created a theme, you can safely assume it will be compatible with future versions or we may introduce automatic conversion if required or in the worst case we'll notify you on particular incompatibilities and explain how it affects your theme and how it could be fixed.

If you use classes, which are not part of the theme, but used in the Cloud Portal framework then they could be removed or altered any time w/o notification. It is basically kind of non-documented APIs and we may even decide to block this completely.

What we expect from you is to provide feedback that you need additional classes in the theme and we'll try to help you.

[Former Member]

I think this problem can be solved by implementing a theme tool? So no need to check it is compatible with older versions.

[VitalyV]

Tool doesn't solve API issues, neither backward compatibility.

[Former Member]

I didnt't get. Could you give more info please

[VitalyV]

Sure, we'll set a discussion.

[VitalyV]

"I have created a simple custom application. Should I add this application with Url widget or something else? I couldn’t find documentation about this."

If the application is an Open Social widget (preferable situation) then add OpenSocial widget (details are in the SAP NetWeaver Cloud Portal Administration Guide pages 4-5) and specify URL to Open Social descriptor.

If the application is not Open Social then add URL widget (see same document) and specify URL to the web application itself. You can also add icon and organize widget under multiple categories.

[Former Member]

Thanks for information!

But I want to say something about this. I think it will be so nice adding an application widget by selecting from list. I think this list can be populated from customers applications.

[VitalyV]

Fully agree that we need better integration process with NetWeaver Cloud apps, however there are alternatives: What is more valuable: some kind of selection of apps from Cloud portal administration (pull) or making you app available in cloud portal from within the IDE (push)?

[Former Member]

Pulling applications is more valuable I think.

Applications may be public for use. Of course selecting it from IDE or somewhere else. May be an app store!

[VitalyV]

Public apps is a different story, I don't think it is neccessary to follow the same  UX pattern in public and your own apps. You are welcome to open a separate discussion on this topic, could be great discussion.

[Former Member]

Hi,

  I have tried the same way adding a widget with the above xml or any url like google.com, but i get the error 'Could not add the widget' can any got this error.

Can you please get me through ... want to create test scenario.

thank you in advance

Sateesh

[VitalyV]

Hi Sateesh,

Can you create separate discussion thread, please, otherwise it is to hard to manage.

Please add more details of what are the details of widget you add and screenshot of error if possible.

Thanks,

Vitaly