Apps usage report for SAP Fiori launchpad (Monitoring SAP Fiori applications)

[GregMalewski]

Latest updates:

• March 2024: Release 1909 is no longer available. We now offer release 2020 free of charge for a limited number of customers willing to let us use their company name as Fiori App Usage customers. see the details at https://help.fioriappsusage.org/
• October 2023: Release 1909 is still free and available for download with support from the community on Discord. Dedicated support and the latest release are offered as paid. Note 2586237 (Metrics about SAP Fiori Launchpad) is now archived. SAP consolidated all KBAs regarding Fiori Metrics into KBA 3203036.

There is currently no way in SAP standard to report usage of SAP Fiori applications (see SAP notes below) meaning, users can’t run the report and have the list of most popular SAP Fiori applications. Many people have been looking for this since the beginning of the SAP Fiori offering. So we (at Nype) have prepared the solution based on the SAP Fiori launchpad plugin and the catalog of all the apps in the scope, so you have a clear view of all started application details and their link to the SAP Fiori library id. The report runs in the central system (you can choose SAP Solution Manager for that) that collects data separately for each of your systems in your system landscape.



Here is how the report looks:



You can install the “Apps usage report for SAP Fiori launchpad” by downloading the transport from GitHub:

http://get.fioritracker.org/

and following those two install guides:

https://help.fioritracker.org/1909SPS06/#/installation/basis-steps

https://help.fioritracker.org/1909SPS06/#/installation/plugin

The report was priceless during the implementation when testing. It was also a huge help when deciding on the priority of adjusting the apps after the upgrade. As well as deciding on the business impact when users reported issues with specific apps. We also called it to detect scope creep - this is especially important when the number of custom and extended apps grew, and the project was not tracking who is responsible for maintaining new apps.

SAP notes on usage reports in SAP standard:

• 2586237 – Metrics about SAP Fiori Launchpad (is now archived. SAP consolidated all KBAs regarding Fiori Metrics into KBA 3203036.)

• 2444406 – Google Analytics Integration with SAP Fiori

• 2506498 – Monitoring SAP Fiori Application Usage

• 2469965 – Tracking usage of mobile applications with SAP Fiori

The report is free and will stay free. We develop and share it for exposure only.
I’m curious to hear your opinions on the Fiori Apps Usage tool – feel free to comment or contact me on Linkedin or Fiori Tracker Suite Discord.

See also blog posts on Why do you need a tool for Fiori launchpad documentation, and Practical project roles in SAP Fiori application handling.

[former_member219903]

Is this solution only for S4HANA systems? can i install it on a standalone Gateway system?

[GregMalewski]

Hi,

Yes, you can install it on a standalone Gateway system and it will work.

It works on any SAP Gateway.

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Greg

[former_member114165]

Hi,

The following inks are not working !!!

 

https://help.fioritracker.org/1909SPS06/#/installation-guide/basis-steps

https://help.fioritracker.org/1909SPS06/#/installation-guide/plugin

 

 

 

 

[former_member114165]

Hello,

 

Can you please help to fix the links..

[GregMalewski]

Hi,

Links were updated when we reorganized help to make it more clear. Sorry about that.

They are now updated in the post as well.

https://help.fioritracker.org/1909SPS06/#/installation/basis-steps

https://help.fioritracker.org/1909SPS06/#/installation/plugin

br Greg

 

[GregMalewski]

The links are fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[hakeem_khan2]

Is this only for S4 or will it work on ECC 6.0 EHP 7 also>>>

[-Ralph]

Can this be used with S/4HANA Public Cloud?

[GregMalewski]

The minimal requirement is the presence of SAP Gateway.

https://help.fioritracker.org/1909SPS08/#/installation/minimal

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Greg

[GregMalewski]

Hi, Not yet. We are preparing for SAP Cloud version and are open to anyone who would like to help to test it on its installation. br Greg

[former_member425577]

we use function module SWNC_COLLECTOR_GET_AGGREGATES on our S4 system, this has an output table called FE, which seems to have all the info we need.

[GregMalewski]

Thanks for the comment. The main challenge we wanted to tackle was apps identification. How are the apps identified in your case? Would you mind sharing your sample report?

[former_member425577]

we use data services to do a daily extract of the FM results into our data warehouse then created a Lumira dashboard to look at user counts. some of the app names are fairly straight forward, but some required some testing to determine what app they were.

Lumira Dashboard

[GregMalewski]

Thanks. Our report users usually cover 1000 or more SAP Fiori launchpad enabled apps of different types. The set includes custom and SAP Fiori standard exented apps. This is why we did not consider investigating and extracting relevant records from standard transaction ST03 records manually. Also, we wanted to record the apps that are launched but not recorded as part of the scope (In Fiori Tracker called ”To-be”).

Anyway, if this approach would work at scale, it would be great to use a standard source. How many app-specific rules do you need to keep? What is the most complex and simplest rule you use?

[joel_john1]

grzegorz.malewski  The website for Fiori Tracker now mentions that this is a commercial product and not free anymore.

[GregMalewski]

Hi Joel, Yes, that is correct. The release 1909 described in this blog still is and will remain free, but the one we just released (2020) is paid. br Greg

[joel_john1]

Can you please let me know how to get the source code for this plug-in? The source zip file contains only a readme file.

[GregMalewski]

You will find the plugin transports in the file named 1909SPS08.zip shared at https://github.com/fioritracker/installation/releases/tag/1909SPS08

Please drop me an email at gm@nypesap.com I will connect you with the Fiori Tracker team on Slack to assist with all installation questions you might have.

[sambaturs]

Will release 1909 work for S/41709 FPS01?  Thanks for all the information.  It is very helpful!

[GregMalewski]

Yes, the minimal requirement is the presence of SAP Gateway.

https://help.fioritracker.org/1909SPS08/#/installation/minimal

[former_member730547]

Have downloaded fioritracker.github.io, could someone please explain how we can transport that to Fiori Gateway system as i see multiple folder and .md files inside.

How we have to perform transports with these files in Fiori Gateway system (NW 7.52) ?

folder content

[bradly1618]

Hi Greg,

 

Need your advice if this app able to track usage untill the user level?

 

Brgds

[GregMalewski]

Hi,

 

Yes, you get the list from the application point of view, and you can extract the report that shows all apps for the user.

 

Regards

Greg

 

[GregMalewski]

Hi Vatan,

To get the transports for the latest Fiori Tracker release please use the following link:

https://github.com/fioritracker/installation/releases/download/2020SPS03/FTCore-2020SPS03.zip

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Greg

[bradly1618]

Thanks Gred for  your respond, another things is there any where we can view in the log if the user view the apps using their mobile phone ?

[GregMalewski]

As long as the app is started from SAP Fiori launchpad the Fiori Apps' Usage report will capture it.

[karinhoefer]

Hello Greg,

 

how to get the activation key for fiori usage report?

Thank you and best regards

karin

[GregMalewski]

Hi Karin,

Please contact us using the link ("Get an offer") on the page: https://help.fioriappsusage.org/.

Best regards,

Greg

[karinhoefer]

Hi Greg,

Link Get an offer does not work unfortunately

Thank you and best regards

Karin

[GregMalewski]

Hi Karin,

The link is a "mail to" address tag and should start your mail client with the address to contact us. If it is not working please use the email from my profile: grzegorz.malewski#about

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Greg

[JaySchwendemann]

That tipp is gold 🙂 Thansk a lot

[phaniram_vulisi]

HI Greg,

We are currently having S4 HANA 2020 FPS2020 SP02 system in our landscape and we are not using separate gateway system for fiori, we are using embedded fiori in S4 HANA. Now my question is instead of using Solman as central system for Fiori tracker can we install the fiori tracker transports in the S4 HANA system and perform all the BASIS steps of central and managed in S4 HANA system and access fiori tracker directly from fiori launchpad configured in S4 HANA system

Regards,

Phani

[GregMalewski]

Hi Phani,

Yes, you can install Fiori Apps' Usage Report in the S/4HANA system. Both central and managed components will work on one system. In fact, this setup is the most popular among the Fior Apps' Usage users.

Fiori Apps' Usage Report works with any SAP Gateway including the SAP Gateway in embedded installation.

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Greg

 

[former_member819203]

Hi Greg

i would like to ask one question regarding fiori usage app

in 1909SPS06 version  export option for app use age is  missing when have installed components,

 

can you please let us know what could be the issue ?

 

[GregMalewski]

Hi Shashaka,

Export is not available in release 1909SPS06.

Best regards

Greg

 

[dharmdhwaj_singh]

Hi Greg,

Our gateway is on 7.4 with SAP_UI 750 SP11 . Can we still use this report ?

Thanks,

Dharm

[GregMalewski]

Hi Dharm,

Fiori App Usage Report needs at least SAP NetWeaver version 7.52, so you would need to upgrade before using it.

Best regards

Greg

 

[211637724]

Hi Greg, is that still the latest best option for Fiori app usage/ Fiori Launchpad usage - or are there any standard nice standard analytics apps available?

And my second question is - if user launch apps via a link directly, not going from the launchpad - is this usage also captured?

Thanks in advance

Brigitte

[GregMalewski]

Hi Brigitte-Anna,

Yes. It still is the best option to monitor SAP Fiori usage.

 

As for the second question: It depends on how the link is constructed. If it uses a semantic object and action, it still uses the SAP Fiori launchpad services and gets recorded. Can you show me an example of a "direct link" you have in mind?

Best regards

Greg

 

[211637724]

Hi Greg, thanks for your confirmation. Can you please check out the notes in your blog, as I got message about notes being removed. Thank you!

--> SAP Note/KBA 2586237 has been removed.

--> SAP Note/KBA 2586237 has been removed.

 

[GregMalewski]

Thanks for letting me know.

[former_member863857]

Hi, is this product free of cost?

[GregMalewski]

Please mail us at ft@nypesap.com for an offer.

 

[quanpt]

Hi grzegorz.malewski ,

 

Can you check download URL for import-example.csv in https://help.fioritracker.org/1909SPS06/#/importing/intro

 

Currently it's 404.

 

Thanks,

[GregMalewski]

Thanks. I have just fixed the link on the help page, which downloads the CSV import example file.

 

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Greg