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Developing Apps with Analysis Path Framework (APF) (deprecated)

Analysis Path Framework (APF) provides reuse components that allow you to build and enhance interactive analytical Web applications.

Caution:

Deprecated as of SAPUI5 version 1.140. Analysis Path Framework (APF) is still officially supported, but will receive no further improvements or new features, and we do not recommend using it any longer. Consider using SAP Smart Business to cover the charts, facet filters, smart filter, and APF modeler functionalities APF used to offer.We recommend switching to SAP Smart Business as soon as possible.

You can use APF-based applications to explore KPIs and their influencing factors by drilling down into multidimensional representations of data, such as charts or tables.

APF is available with:

  • SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA

  • SAP S/4HANA

Key Features

The key features of APF include the following:

  • APF-based applications:

    • SAP Fiori applications for a data driven, chart-based drill-down analysis targeted at business users

    • Step-by-step analysis of data by building analysis paths using a set of preconfigured analysis steps

    • Select data to filter the information provided in subsequent steps

    • Save, retrieve, and print analysis paths

    • Use of OData services to expose the data on the UI. Each step can have its own OData service so that you can define cross-scenarios that use data from different application areas or systems.

    • Supported data sources for the OData services:

      • Calculation views

      • ABAP CDS views

      • BW OData queries

  • APF Configuration Modeler:

    • Enables you to create your own APF-based applications in a very quick and easy way and to enhance shipped applications.

    • Configure an APF-based app without having to code:

      • Choose from predefined UI elements, such as chart types, tables, and filters. APF takes care of the interaction between these UI elements.

      • Assign OData services to analysis steps or filters, for example. APF then takes care of the OData request handling, such as when a request is triggered and how it is parameterized.

    • Execute APF-based applications directly from the APF Configuration Modeler using the generic runtime application provided by APF.

    • In SAP S/4HANA, the APF Configuration Modeler provides in-app help to get context-sensitive user assistance for individual entry fields.

  • Integration

    • Integration with SAP Fiori and SAP Smart Business, which allows you to launch APF-based applications from different tiles or other apps, handing over filters and parameters to the APF-based application.
    • Navigation from APF-based applications to other apps, for example, to view additional information or to take action in a transactional app, handing over filters and parameters of the APF-based application to the target application.

To learn more about APF-based apps and how to configure them, see the following sections:

If you need more technical background information, see the following sections:

Related Information

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/x/lCe7Gg