EREC : Upgrading browser compatibility for SAP E-Recruiting

[Former Member]

Hi

We are currently using E-Recruiting 603 Sp 2 (Netweaver 7), does anyone knows how to upgrade browser compatibility. Currently we are only supporting Internet Explorer and Firefox up to version 7.0 and 3.5 respectively. Does anyone how to upgrade the browser compatibility to includes the newer version of IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.

Expert please help.

Regards

Ridzuan

[Former Member]

Hi,

but . . when you have changed your themes in the mime repos - you might have to update the customer specific themes as well . . . after upgrading your system with new SPs... check se38 --> wd_themes --> click on "version" . . .

It can be, that some of your changed "elements" will displayed like sap_tradshow in your FireFox / IE . . .

André

[george_credland]

Hi Ridzuan,

We have exactly the same problem as we currently run eRecruitment on EHP3 (Netweaver 7.00).

With EHP3, SAP officially support IE and Firefox only. This doesn't help external job applicants who can be

applying using any web browser. In particular Mac users tend to use Safari as its the default browser. Its not at all

good customer service to have to tell job applicants to download and install Firefox just to be able to fill in a job application.

When we originally implemented, eRecruitment worked fine in Safari, but currently all the drop down lists, date pickers

and pop-up dialogs fail to render making it unusable. This is caused by a security restriction in WebKit (used by Safari and

Chrome) blocking frame navigation.

SAP officially support Safari as of EHP5 (which runs on Netweaver 7.02). If running via the portal you'd need Netweaver 7.2 portal or above for Safari support for the portal.

I also found a SAP Note 1642778 " which includes "Unified rendering: Support for Safari, Chrome browser", which is

relevant to EHP4 (Netweaver 7.01). Upgrading to EHP4 and above isn't a small step if you've done any significant customisation on the BSP Recruiter pages as these are replaced with new ABAP WebDynpro pages.

To date I haven't seen the unified rendering corrections back ported to Netweaver 7.00 even though they were for 7.01

and this isn't officially supported (as per the PAM as mentioned by Andy).

See https://service.sap.com/pam

Then look at the link in the middle of the page:

"Browser information for: SAP NETWEAVER 7.0, SAP EHP1 FOR SAP NETWEAVER 7.0 and SAP EHP2 FOR SAP NETWEAVER 7.0 "

This opens a PDF showing official support dependencies between browser versions and SAP versions and patch levels.

EHP3=Netweaver 7.00

EHP4=Netweaver 7 EHP1 (a.k.a. 7.01)

EHP5=Netweaver 7 EHP2 (a.k.a 7.02)

To see what patch level you're running log into the SAP GUI on the eRecruitment system, then select System->Status...

from the menu. Click the detail (maginifying glass icon on the right next to Component Version). Then look at the patch

level of the SAP_BASIS component. Compare this to the patch levels in the browser support PDF to see which versions

to upgrade to e.g. SP24 or higher for IE9 support.

We're currently patching our EHP3 system up to SP25 to help with IE9. Firefox 8 is working (as is Firefox 9 beta).

Sadly Safari and Chrome still aren't working and this is the latest patch level. SP26 is mentioned but not out yet.

Also check the browser roadmap on p17 of the browser support PDF. It makes clear they intend to support Safari and Chrome

going forward but no timescale is given.

George

[NashT]

Hi George,

Just wondering if you found any solution around using 'chrome' for eRec ver 6 EHP3 (netweaver 7.0).

It is officially supported if we upgrade to netweaver 7.2, but as you know, upgrade is not something you can do overnight, so we were wondering if you were able to find an interim solution

Thanks

Nash

[Former Member]

check out the PAM (sap product availability matrix).

It describes with version of SAP support which browsers

Also check out SAP Note 1347768 - Web Dynpro and Microsoft Internet

Explorer Version 8.0