Hi,
It is very possible that I have just missed this setting somewhere, but I just can't see it anywhere this morning!
Is it possible to have the side panel open by default? My concern is that the side panel icon is rather small and easily missed by users, I would like to make sure that for certain transactions that the side panel is automatically opened for the user.
I may also add an improvement request to make the side panel icon a bit more visible :-)
Thanks,
Simon
Dear All,
This is the first time i ever have an opportunity to work on NWBC. My company wants to implement SSO using NWBC for HTML and not interested in using any AS JAVA components or SAP Netweaver SSO product.
Requirement/Background:
We are going live with HR/PAYROLL and ESS/MSS. The requirement is that users will use NWBC for HTML to login into backend system(ECC 6.0 EHP5 on Windows /SQL 2008) and print their payslip and do all allowed activities in ESS/MSS functionality.
( I realised from EHP5 we do not require Portal to implement ESS/MSS)
AIM:
Company wants to implement single sign on using NWBC for HTML to achieve the above requirement.At the moment users have to change their password every 30 days in production system.Since most of the users logs in only once in a month to print their payslips ,there is always a chance for them to forget their password or system will prompt to change the password due to 30 day password change restriction, therefore we will get thousands of calls related to password reset every month end. To avoid this we want to implement SSO.
Note: If we can achieve SSO then we can disable or make changes to the password expiry parameter
My Thoughts:
Based on the requirement all i can think of is to authenticate the users at desktop level (AD) and then by clicking on the NWBC link they should be able to login into the backend system automatically, based on the roles assigned to them , they will be able to perform their activities.We can apply the password restrictions at AD level and users only have to remember one password.
I would really appreciate if any one can guide me through in achieving this. We are open for any suggestions.
Thank You
Raj
By reading the help documentation for NWBC (note this is a big step for a man 
) I understand that there are basically two server runtime versions available which the NWBC can use:
In the documentation SAP recommends using the newer UI Services runtime - so that's what I did.
I recently tried to upgrade the server runtime to the latest patch level (35) as per this note. I then went to test and make sure that the runtime version had been updated by using the /sap/bc/ui2/nwbc/~api/GetSystemInfo URL to get the system info, but it still said patch 32:
??? I then tried the older runtime (by removing the UI2 segment from the URL) and noticed that it was patched up to patch 35:
So I am now a bit confused 
... I want to use the new runtime as recommended, but for some reason the new runtime still tells me it is on patch 32, while the old runtime has been patched to 35. Is there some other way I need to upgrade the new UI Services runtime?
If anyone can help I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Simon
Hi Experts
I am trying to use the side panel in NWBC for tx Me23n. But i cannot see the graph's in reporting side panel. Side panel for master data information is working fine.
Although i have activated the reqiured business function, also activated the data source in RSA5.
Business Function i activated
When i open the reporting side panel i don't see any graph but when when go to the details session of any reporting side panel i can see the data avaiable in details area. But information is not displayed in graphical format for end users.
Could you please let me know if i have to perform any additional activity to display the graph ?
Regards
Kishore
Hi,
I just did a remote client copy from PRD300 to QAS198 and after that if I open my NWBC it shows me the index homepage, not the Work Centers icons.
Example: when I access the NWBC it bring me automatically to this index page:
Not this one presented below. How can I do to activate this image below as the default homepage for the users?
Regards,
Carlos
We are implementing SAP SRM 7.0 Enh2. We would like to avoid implementation of SAP NW Portal to access SRM application in the Self Service Procurement Scenarios. The alternative is to use SAP NWBC for HTML.
However, we saw in the SAP Netweaver 7.03 PAM (on which SAP SRM 7.02 is based) that SAP NWBC for HTML access through Firefox and Safari is not supported on MacOS and Linux client platforms (only on Windows client platforms).
In note 1620576, it is not stated clearly that SAP NWBC for HTML is not supported on MacOS and Linux.
Is there an official statement from SAP about the support of Firefox on MacOs and Linux client platforms for SAP NWBC 3.5 for HTML?
Thanks for your support
Regards
Hi Experts
I am trying to use the side panel in NWBC for tx Me23n. But i cannot see the graph's in reporting side panel. Side panel for master data information is working fine.
Although i have activated the reqiured business function, also activated the data source in RSA5.
Business Function i activated
When i open the reporting side panel i don't see any graph but when when go to the details session of any reporting side panel i can see the data avaiable in details area. But information is not displayed in graphical format for end users.
Could you please let me know if i have to perform any additional activity to display the graph ?
Regards
Kishore
We have 2 issues we are unsure how to resolve...any ideas?
here are 2 key Issues I have come across relative to both versions of NWBC (the thick client and the HTML thin client):
1. Need ability to auto-move focus (and cursor) to next input field on reaching the end of the input field. This is a setting a user can make in SAP GUI.
2. Need ability for system to auto-suggest the object to be acted on based on what happened immediately preceeding it. (For example, a Standard SAP feature today is that once a person performs a goods receipt transaction and the insp lot is auto-created, then when the same person navigates to QE01 for Results Recording upon entering the tcode, the insp lot is auto-filled.). I believe this is standard SAP and not a user-definable setting.
Hi all,
I am trying to implement sap goldreflection in UI theme designer for NWBC desktop 4.0 PL11 so my users can have this wonderful NWBC image background on their index pages and new page tab. After following the installation guide and deployed the UI addon successfully, when you add an image to the background image field in the UI theme designer the image doesn't show in the background of the preview tab of the UI theme designer. It doesn"t show in NWBC 4.0 either. However the background image shows if you add it UR control preview and UI5 control preview. also the Quick tab, expert tab and CSS tab are sometimes blank as soon as you select the NWBC application previews. please what can be wrong? i have followed the instruction in help.sap.com for configuring the theme designer but the UI theme designer still will not add the image to the NWBC application Preview. i run SAP Netweaver 7.31 with SAP basis SP10 and SAP Ecc 6 EHP6 in my environment
Regards,
Jide
Hi experts,
As per SAP it is possible to deploy the UI5 interface in NW731, But proper documentation is nowhere available in Google or marketplace.
Please share if you guys had any handy documentation available.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards
Sudhanshu.
Hi All
Can someone help me with steps to configure NWBC? If you have any screenshots that would be helpful. Please help.
Thanks
Sasidhar Gupta
Hello,
In the desktop client I can change the general size of the screen, for example smaller fonts. On the NWBC HTML the default size is too large (the buttons are enourmous) and the zoom functionality of IE doesn't scale (left with empty space on the right side of the screen).
Can I change the size in NWBC HTML like in the desktop version?
Thanks
I have not been able to find the syntax to disable "Desktop Search" using the NwbcOptions.xml file. I've reviewed the NwbcOptions.xml.template file and there are examples on how to add Search Providers, but no examples for disabling the Desktop Search.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Roy
Hello,
In the desktop client I can change the general size of the screen, for example smaller fonts. On the NWBC HTML the default size is too large (the buttons are enourmous) and the zoom functionality of IE doesn't scale (left with empty space on the right side of the screen).
Can I change the size in NWBC HTML like in the desktop version?
Thanks
Hi,
We are trying to use some GRC roles in NWBC for Desktop. The roles work fine but navigation from some of the WDA apps isn't working correctly. It uses a Web Dynpro ABAP application that uses a Launchpad (configured in LPD_CUST) - when I click on the links nothing happens. The trace in the NWBC Desktop looks like this:
15:17:47.169 [main] The ResolveEPCMDoNavigate information is loaded from SERVER with state=True 15:17:47.169 [main] ResolveEPCMDoNavigate Response: 15:17:47.169 [main] (XML below) 15:17:47.169 [main] Resolving response is OK and will be parsed. 15:17:47.169 [main] Parsing of resolving result is started ... 15:17:47.169 [main] E CsRuntime: Waw! No type for ABAP NODE 15:17:47.169 [main] E Navigation failed ================================================================ HHHHHH Exception HHHHHH ================================================================ NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at com.sap.nw.nwbc.csruntime.implementation.navigation.abap.AbapNavigationResolvingResult.Parse(String xml, Connection connection) at ABAPNavigationVirtualRoot.ResolveEPCMDoNavigate(NavTargetResolvingRequest requestData, String decodedNwbcContext, String windowTitle, String windowAttr, String postBody, String resumeUrl) at ABAPNavigationVirtualRoot.Resolve(NavigationContext& context, NavTargetResolvingRequest requestData) at ABAPNavigationVirtualRoot.ResolveAndNavigateToTarget(NavTargetResolvingRequest requestData)
This is the XML response it is parsing:
<asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml" version="1.0"><asx:values><EPCM_DO_NAVIGATE><MODE>3</MODE><WINDOWS_FEATURES>toolbar=no,resizable=yes</WINDOWS_FEATURES><WINDOWS_TITLE>Work Inbox</WINDOWS_TITLE><TARGET_URL> /sap/bc/webdynpro/SAP/GRFN_POWL_INBOX?sap-nwbc-context=03DA333037D633D333D03332708B0A08F2F78A770F728E7774F1F5F433303234313036D1333000CA198080B1AF8BBB81B1A125900900&sap-client=123&sap-language=EN</TARGET_URL><REPORT_TYPE>WDA</REPORT_TYPE><NAVIGATION_ENTRY><TARGET_SYSTEM>XYZCLNT123</TARGET_SYSTEM></NAVIGATION_ENTRY><ANSWER_CACHEABLE>X</ANSWER_CACHEABLE></EPCM_DO_NAVIGATE></asx:values></asx:abap>
Note the error: CsRuntime: Waw! No type for ABAP NODE 
It looks like this error is happening when it is parsing the XML response. I believe this is the cause of the problem but have no idea what it means.
Does anyone have any ideas? Seen this before?
Thanks,
Simon
Dear All,
This is the first time i ever have an opportunity to work on NWBC. My company wants to implement SSO using NWBC for HTML and not interested in using any AS JAVA components or SAP Netweaver SSO product.
Requirement/Background:
We are going live with HR/PAYROLL and ESS/MSS. The requirement is that users will use NWBC for HTML to login into backend system(ECC 6.0 EHP5 on Windows /SQL 2008) and print their payslip and do all allowed activities in ESS/MSS functionality.
( I realised from EHP5 we do not require Portal to implement ESS/MSS)
AIM:
Company wants to implement single sign on using NWBC for HTML to achieve the above requirement.At the moment users have to change their password every 30 days in production system.Since most of the users logs in only once in a month to print their payslips ,there is always a chance for them to forget their password or system will prompt to change the password due to 30 day password change restriction, therefore we will get thousands of calls related to password reset every month end. To avoid this we want to implement SSO.
Note: If we can achieve SSO then we can disable or make changes to the password expiry parameter
My Thoughts:
Based on the requirement all i can think of is to authenticate the users at desktop level (AD) and then by clicking on the NWBC link they should be able to login into the backend system automatically, based on the roles assigned to them , they will be able to perform their activities.We can apply the password restrictions at AD level and users only have to remember one password.
I would really appreciate if any one can guide me through in achieving this. We are open for any suggestions.
Thank You
Raj
Hello experts,
I saw in different presentations that with NWBC 4.0 we can show drawings (CAD) in the side panel while checking the material master.
Does somebody know how to do this ?
And could you please explain to me how to do it ?
Many thanks.
AAX
Dear All,
This is the first time i ever have an opportunity to work on NWBC. My company wants to implement SSO using NWBC for HTML and not interested in using any AS JAVA components or SAP Netweaver SSO product.
Requirement/Background:
We are going live with HR/PAYROLL and ESS/MSS. The requirement is that users will use NWBC for HTML to login into backend system(ECC 6.0 EHP5 on Windows /SQL 2008) and print their payslip and do all allowed activities in ESS/MSS functionality.
( I realised from EHP5 we do not require Portal to implement ESS/MSS)
AIM:
Company wants to implement single sign on using NWBC for HTML to achieve the above requirement.At the moment users have to change their password every 30 days in production system.Since most of the users logs in only once in a month to print their payslips ,there is always a chance for them to forget their password or system will prompt to change the password due to 30 day password change restriction, therefore we will get thousands of calls related to password reset every month end. To avoid this we want to implement SSO.
Note: If we can achieve SSO then we can disable or make changes to the password expiry parameter
My Thoughts:
Based on the requirement all i can think of is to authenticate the users at desktop level (AD) and then by clicking on the NWBC link they should be able to login into the backend system automatically, based on the roles assigned to them , they will be able to perform their activities.We can apply the password restrictions at AD level and users only have to remember one password.
I would really appreciate if any one can guide me through in achieving this. We are open for any suggestions.
Thank You
Raj
Hi All,
After we upgraded the SAP Netweaver from 701 to 731, and SRM 7.0 to 7.02 we see some changes in the NWBC portal.
NWBC version: 3.5
-> IE title bar text for home Work Center is displayed as 'Work Center or Work set Content' instead of 'Home' as in pervious version.
-> The Bread crumb which shows the navigation path as 'Home > Shopping Area' is missing.
Please help us on these.
Thanks, Prabhakar
Hi everybody,
we would like to use NWBC for HTML. Amongst our users are many nurses. About 10-15 nurses share a single workstation.
When they are in a hurry they will forget to logout.
Is it possible to automatically logout after e.g. 15 min of inactivity?
TIA,
Thomas