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You use the SAP Fiori launchpad designer to manage catalogs, groups, and tiles.

Before you can run the launchpad designer, you need to make several prerequisite configurations. See Initial Setup of the Launchpad Designer.

The launchpad designer is the standard tool for:

  • Configuring the tiles for static app launchers, dynamic app launchers, and target mapping.
  • Creating pre-configured groups and catalogs for the home page.
  • Transporting the configurations via correction requests / packages or customizing workbench.

The launchpad designer is designed to optimally work on desktop. This application can be launched in any of the following browsers:

  • Internet Explorer 9 and above
  • Safari
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Chrome

The following icons are used in the launchpad designer:

Table 1: Icons Used in launchpad designer
Icon Name Description
SettingsFLD Settings

You use this to display the Transport Request Information dialog box.

AddFLD Add Icon You use this icon to add a tile to a group or catalog and create a catalog or group.
Delete FLD Trash Icon You use this icon to delete a catalog, group, or delete tiles from a catalog or group.
Add Tile FLD Add Tile You use this icon to add tiles to a catalog or group.
Tile Already Added Tile already added You use this to indicate that the tile was already added to the group.
Back FLD Back Navigate to the home page.
Catalogs FLD Catalogs You use this icon to display the list of available catalogs.
Groups FLD Groups You use this icon to display the list of available groups.
Add Tile Template FLD Add Tile Template You use this to add the tile template to the group.
Edit Title for Group and Catalog Edit Title You use this to edit the title of the existing catalog and group.
Outdated Outdated You use this to indicate that changes have been made in the Configuration mode and the Customization mode is outdated for catalog or group. This serves as an alert for the user to delete the catalog or group in the customization mode and then, refresh the page to get the latest changes made in the Configuration mode for the group or catalogs in the Customization mode.
Information FLD Information You use this to display the additional information for the selected tile in the group. You get the following information:
  • Tile Instance ID
  • Catalog ID
  • Tile ID
CopyFLD Copy You use this to copy a catalog.
DropZoneFLD Drop Zone You use this to drag and drop the catalog in the Catalog Collection section.
SearchFLD Search You use this to search a catalog or a group.
UnpinFLD Unpin You use this to unpin the catalog in the Catalog Collection section.
PinFLD Pin You use this to pin the catalog in the Catalog Collection section.
DisplayMoreFLD Display More You use this to display all tiles of the selected catalog in the Catalog Collection.
DisplayCatalogsFLD Display Associated Catalogs You use to display associated catalogs for an app launcher and target mapping for an intent.
IntentStatusConfirmFLD Intent Confirm You use this to display the status of an intent.
IntentAlertFLD Intent Alert You use this to display the status of an intent.
Tick - Available Accept You use this to indicate that a particular configuration parameter in the target mapping table is true.
Fiori - Target Mapping Target Mappings You use this icon to indicate a target mapping tab on the screen.
Alert Alert You use this to indicate outdated applications in the target mapping table.
Tick - Unavailable Decline You use this to indicate that a particular configuration parameter in the target mapping table is false.
Fiori - Tiles Tiles You use this icon to indicate a tiles tab on the screen.
Fiori - Tiles - List View

Tiles

You use this icon to indicate a tiles tab on the screen (list view).

Fiori - Original

Original

You use this icon to navigate from a reference item to the original tile or target mapping.

Flow of Usage

The flow of usage for launchpad designer is mentioned below:
  • Ensure that the apps that you want to configure have valid roles and are registered correctly in LPD_CUST entries.
  • Administrators would first use the launchpad designer to configure tiles, catalogs, groups, and transport them to target systems.
  • Administrators would then communicate the various tile instances, catalog names, and group name to the PFCG administrator so that the tiles, catalogs, and groups can be assigned to roles.
  • The administrator can then test the actual rendering of the groups in the launchpad runtime.