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.
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.
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.
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.