An introduction to CRM BOL Programming (SAP CRM 7.0).

1. Introduction to BOL Programming
(Soon) not just for CRM developers… Roel van den Berge
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2. Agenda
Web Client UI Framework
BOL Programming
BOL programming examples
Demo Custom GenIL objects: Project Twibap in CRM
Tips, Tricks & useful reads
Q & A

3. Web Client UI Framework
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BSP
Presentation
Layer
Design
Layer
UI Components
View Controller CRMUIF
Model
Context Design Layer
R
R
CoreBuffer
Entities & Lookups
BOL
Business Object
Layer
GenIL
Componentset
GenIL Component
R
Root Object
Object
Object
Object
Object
Object
Generic
Interaction Layer
Business Partner
API
Business
Transaction API
…
API
RRR
Application
Programming
Interface
Business Data
Business
Logic

4. 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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5. BOL Programming API
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6. Starting the BOL Core
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7. Static Searches / Simple Searches
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8. Advanced Searches / Dynamic Searches
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9. Get and Set Properties of an entity
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10. Create a BP entity using BOL programming
DEMO
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11. 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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12. 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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13. Demo Custom GenIL objects: Project Twibap in CRM
DEMO
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14. 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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15. 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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16. Q & A
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17. Thank you!
Roel van den Berge
Senior SAP NetWeaver Consultant
CIBER Nederland BV
Meerkollaan 15
Postbus 843
5600 AV Eindhoven
M : +31 (0)6 52 65 99 21
O : +31 (0)40 232 90 90
F : +31 (0)40 232 90 91
I : www.ciber.nl
E : roel.van.den.berge@ciber.nl
T : @roelvdberge
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