Applet Overview

SAP xApp Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP xMII) graphical user interface components consist of a number of applets that provide a rich set of data display capabilities for a wide range of data sources. The applets are capable of a broad range of display modes, including a variety of business charts, an intelligent grid, indicator lights, a dynamic scoreboard, a real-time ticker, and intelligent tree/list box controls. An additional utility component provides a calendar applet that can be used to provide customized date selection within a Web page.

These applets provide a visual front-end to the wide-ranging server-side connector architecture that SAP xMII provides. Through a variety of techniques, the applets are "dynamically bound" to data streams from the SAP xMII connectors, providing current, historical, statistical, and other views of the broad range of plant and production data sources found in a typical manufacturing enterprise.

The following section provides a visual overview of the various applets provided with SAP xMII. By combining and linking these building blocks, incredibly powerful decision support applications that bridge a variety of disparate data sources can be quickly created and deployed on thin client platforms such as Web browser, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or other Web-aware mobile devices and internet appliances.

See the Applet General Reference for more information on the applets use.