TM Transport/Trip Cockpit in Fiori

[RaminS]

We are starting a TM implementation in Fiori 2020, and since SAP hasn't converted their Web Dynpro TM tcodes (such as Transport Cockpit) to Fiori, I was wondering what people do with these Web Dynpro program?

1. Should we build our own UI5 version of the Cockpit? or;

2. Customize the Web Dynpro SAP app?

Option 2 seems easier at first, but then our project would turn into a Web Dynpro enhancement project, and we'd deliver a solution to the client which is already on obsolete platform.

Have others had to make this decision?

The Transport Cockpit is a beast, it's a huge Web Dynpro app with many many business logic embedded in the Web Dynpro framework. It's not easy to extract the logic and trigger it from Fiori.

Would appreciate any useful suggestions?

[melinda_miskolczi]

Hello Ramin,

Can you please share what do you mean under 'Wen Dynpro is not converted in Fiori'? Does it mean you cannot reach TM menu from Fiori?

If you have S/4HANA, Transportation Management is available with Basic Shipping Licence. If you have Advanced Shipping Licence, Transportation Cockpit should be available too.

If you cannot see the TM Menu, it can be that TM roles are missing. The following KBA can help:

2708480 - SAP TM embedded in S/4HANA - PFCG role concept

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2708480

Best regards,

Melinda

[RaminS]

Hi Melinda,

I can see TM from Fiori Launchpad fine, but it's not a Fiori app, it just renders the old Web Dynpro pages in the browser with Fiori theme applied to them. SAP has not converted TM programs to UI5, so they are not really Fiori, the launchpad just renders them in Fiori theme.

This means if we have customization to do (which we do, a lot), we'd have to do programming and extensions the Web Dynpro programs.

As you know, Web Dynpro and SAPGUI are obsolete technologies, and SAP does not recommend making any changes or writing any new customization in those platforms anymore.

So a big decision is should we write our own UI5 versions of TM pages? or just customize SAP's Web Dynpro programs?

Does it even make sense to recommend this version of SAP TM to a client, when we know it's built on obsolete technology.

Thanks