Show TOC

FND, Visual Business Locate this document in the navigation structure

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

FND_VISUAL_BUSINESS

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available As Of

SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0

Technical Usage

Any Stack including SAP_BS_FND 702

Application Component

CA-GTF-VBZ

Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition

Not relevant

You can use this business function to take advantage of SAP Visual Business applications that visualize data from SAP and external data sources on a single screen. Visual Business applications not only combine different types of content, but also include interactive graphics that visualize and combine enterprise data with geographical or three-dimensional real-world scenes. SAP applications integrate Visual Business applications to depict their business processes visually.

You can use the business function to configure Visual Business applications. Once the applications are configured, they can be executed within the integrating applications.

Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

Type of Component

Component

Is Needed Only for the Following Features

Software Component

SAP_BS_FND 702

3rd Party Framework

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Front-End Component

SAP Visual Business 1.1

To use this business function, you have to activate it.

Features

After you activated the business function, Customizing for configuring Visual Business applications becomes available. Make the corresponding settings in Customizing for Cross-Application Components under Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications → Visual Business:

  • Maintain Default Proxy Settings

  • Assign Map Products to Visual Business Applications

Note that the Visual Business applications can be executed within the integrating applications only if they are configured.

More Information

  • For general information about SAP Visual Business see:

    SAP Library at http://help.sap.com → SAP Business Suite → Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications (CA-EPT) → SAP Visual Business

  • For information about the features realized in a particular integrating application, see the corresponding documentation in SAP Library.