SAP Fiori: Searching by App-ID

[Former Member]

Hey,

I'm a beginner with a simple question: Is it possible in Fiori to search an App by its ID (for example "F1868")? I've got a huge list with apps I need to group and it would be easier if I could just search by their App ID.

Thank you in advance!

Marcus

[Gabriel_Gomez · Accepted solution]

Hi Markus,

Probably you found the answer for this question, but I was having the same question and I did it in this way:

• Go to: https://fioriappslibrary.hana.ondemand.com/sap/fix/externalViewer/index.html#
• Click on "search all apps"
• Enter the "ID" number and found it:

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You can also find this blog very helpful:

https://blogs.sap.com/2020/07/28/how-to-find-fiori-app-from-fiori-app-library-by-transaction-code/

Hope this helps.

[JulianoRomanato · Accepted solution]

Hello hoppenstedt.

How are you? I have accepted gabrielgomez_'s answer for this question as it has been already 7 days since she provided the answer. If you do not agree, you can open again this question.

Regards.

Juliano Romanato.

[milan_10 · Accepted solution]

Hi Gabriel,

now do this in the Fiori Launchpad on your SAP System and there this search is not working.

The question is, when or If this will be wokring in Fiori-Launchpad directly on SAP System you are working with. Based on my understanding you are able to search just based on name: Manage payment media and this is language specific, means you are by mistage logged on using another language and you will find nothing 😉

BR,

Milan

[Gabriel_Gomez · Accepted solution]

Hi Milan,

Within the "search bar" this is not possible yet, but could you please open a request within the Customer Influence Portal to have this new functionality?

I understand your question and everything about changing language and so no, but the way that I can see right now is to use Spaces and Pages, that´s the vision and probably now the best way to find Apps within your day to day activities.

Now, if you are a power user/administrator, you can find by Fiori ID within the App: IAM Information System.

Gabriel

[kammaje_cis]

Once you open a Fiori App, you can find out the APP ID by clicking on User Icon -> More -> About.

But the ID itself is not searchable. Why don't you search by the Application Name itself?

[saurabh_vakil]

Are you talking about searching for Fiori apps using their App ID (Fxxxx) in the enterprise search option in the Fiori Launchpad header? If yes, then by default I don't think it will support searching for the app using the corresponding App ID. You can, however use the Keywords property within the tile properties to tag the app tile with the App ID, so that whenever users search using the app ID the search will be able to retrieve this tile as a search result.

If you have a large number of tiles where you want this functionality, I'm not aware of an easier way than what I have mentioned. Maybe someone else has a better/faster way of adding the app id to the Keywords property for multiple tiles.

[211637724]

Dear SAP colleagues,

is there meanwhile a possibility to enable search for Fiori apps using their App ID (Fxxxx) in the enterprise search option in the Fiori Launchpad header? We are facing this requirement and having a huge number of apps and managing this by manually updating Keywords property is not an option.

In our case, searching by name is sometime confusing as there are soo many apps partially with similar names. There is a risk of confusion, when teams start to test the apps - therefore search by a unique identifier would really help.

Appreciate your help .

Brigitte

[milan_10]

Exactly, why there is this Fiori App ID and we are not able to search this app based on it in Fiori Launchpad...

The App ID is language independent so you could be logged in any language and be able to find desired app.

[FAD78]

While its not possible to search an App by its ID directly in Fiori Launchpad there is way around via the SAP-GUI: 
In GUI you can simply enter the App-ID in the transaction search bar and you will be redirected to the launchpad in your browser 👍

[GregMalewski]

My approach is cataloging apps outside of the SAP Fiori launchpad. This way, you create a robust registry that aligns with your project's needs (including grouping from hoppenstedt question). This approach not only simplifies app identification but also supports seamless development, testing (as in your question 211637724, @milan_konecny_ntt ), and support cycles, irrespective of the Fiori launchpad's user-centric design.

In your registry, you need to maintain the semantic object and action to align the registry AppID with the corresponding application in the system. In addition, you implement dedicated test users that significantly reduce the app pool, enabling project members to easily identify and interact with relevant apps without the clutter.

For the registry, I'm using the free tool Fiori Tracker that I have co-developed, but a spreadsheet or Confluence page could also work.

For more details, please see my blog post Reasons to document Fiori Launchpad applications externally.

Hope this helps
Greg Malewski