Setting a Custom Theme via URL Parameter

To run applications with a custom theme, you can use the URL parameter sap-theme to reference the theme ID.

Prerequisites

The custom theme you want to set for your application was published to the server.

Context

The procedure below works for the following UI technologies:
  • Web Dynpro ABAP
  • FPM
  • SAPUI5 (only for local themes)

Procedure

  1. Start the Tool for Customer Themes Maintenance using transaction /UI5/THEME_TOOL.
  2. Select Info for your theme and choose Choose (F2).
    The value required for the URL parameter sap-theme is displayed.
  3. Enter the URL of your application in the address field of your browser.
  4. Add the parameter sap-theme including the value you retrieved using transaction /UI5/THEME_TOOL to this URL.
  5. Press Enter to launch the application with the specified theme.