Intro

The SAP Fiori elements object page template supports the features and settings for the object page header detailed below.

For design information, see the Object Page Floorplan guidelines and the links below.

Feature Availability

Behavior and Interaction

Collapsed/Expanded State

Display of Header Content

In display mode, the header content area displays all the header content.

In edit and create modes, when the header is:

• Editable
  • The first dynamic section in the content area, the header section, displays all the fields in the header that can be rendered in a form — both editable and uneditable fields.

The header section is only present in the edit and create modes.

• • The first temporary section will have a section title called “Header” if there is no Anchor Bar available.
  • UI elements in the header that cannot be rendered in a form, such as micro charts, are not shown.
• Not Editable, the header is hidden.

Note that, by default, the header is

• Editable with SAP Fiori elements for OData V4
• Not editable with SAP Fiori elements for OData V2

You can ask the application developers to change the default.

For more information, see Dynamic Page Header (Mandatory).

Header Content Visibility

By default, header content is visible.

You can set the following header components or selected content, fields, or actions in them to be displayed or hidden, according to the object’s state:

• Entire header facets
• Content, such as fields, in a header facet
• Content in quick views

With Fiori elements for OData V2, you can set:

• The header to be displayed in edit mode.
• Header facets to be visible in edit mode.

Header Field Editability

By default, in edit mode the header is:

• Not editable with SAP Fiori elements for OData V2
• Editable with SAP Fiori elements for OData V4

You can change the default.

Even when the header is editable, certain fields or facets in the header may not be editable, for example, micro chart facets or text fields marked as ReadOnly.

Highlighting Values Based on Criticality

You can assign colors and icons to text to indicate the criticality of a field value.

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, you can add a quick view to text that’s been set to display in a color to indicate the criticality of its value. The text is displayed underlined as a link so users know the quick view is available.

Components

Title

By default, with:

• SAP Fiori elements for OData V2, the title area is empty.
• SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, the title area displays the text: (Unnamed Object).

Menu for Saved Version / Draft

With this menu next to the object page title, users can navigate between the saved version of an object and the draft version that they’ve created. This is a default feature in applications with draft-handling,

Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs are displayed above the object title.

Object Marker

The object marker indicates the object is locked by another user in draft-enabled applications.

Image

The image is an avatar control. By default, it has a square shape.

You can set:

• An image to display instead of the avatar.
• The avatar to a have a circular shape.

When no image is set or found for the avatar, the avatar initials are displayed.

If those are not set or found either, an icon for the avatar is displayed:

• A square avatar for a product
• A circular avatar for a person.

For more information on the logic used for displaying an object, consult the development team and see Using Images, Initials, and Icons.

Paging Buttons

By default, with both SAP Fiori elements for OData V2 and V4, the paging buttons appear in the subobject page of applications that use the dynamic page layout in the following conditions:

• The user has navigated from a table in the object page to the subobject.
• The table in the object page contains at least two items.

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V2, you can:

• Enable the paging buttons to show on the first object page opened from a list report.
• Disable the default display of the paging buttons on the subobject page.

Toolbar Actions

Edit and Delete

By default, these actions are displayed when the data in the object page allows them.

You can:

• Set each enabled action to be displayed or hidden based on certain conditions in the back end. For example, you can hide the actions for a sales order that has already been paid.
• Disable the actions.

For more information, see:

• Object Handling (Create, Edit, Delete)
• Edit

Copy

You can place a copy action button in the header to let the user to create a new object with the same data as the current object with SAP Fiori elements for OData V2.

You set the label for the button according to your use case. Otherwise, the default label is Copy.

In the object page, the Copy button is displayed after the Delete button.

Related Apps Menu Button

You can enable the Related Apps menu button. It displays the actions available on the same object in different applications. Users select the action to open the same object in another application.

You can also:

• Hide specific actions in the menu.
• Change the button name to Open In… with SAP Fiori elements for OData V4.

Generic Actions

By default, the Share button is displayed for saved objects and hidden for drafts.

[internal_only]The share menu includes the Chat in Microsoft Teams and Card in Microsoft Teams options when the required settings have been made by the system administrators of SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The Card in Microsoft Teams option is for internal communication only.

The options are part of collaborative ERP (enterprise resource planning), which integrates the best of SAP S/4HANA Cloud with Microsoft Teams. They’re not available for all users.

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[external_only]The share menu includes the Chat in Microsoft Teams option when the required settings have been made by the system administrators of SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

The option is part of collaborative ERP (enterprise resource planning), which integrates the best of SAP S/4HANA Cloud with Microsoft Teams. It’s not available for all users.

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For more information, see Share (Generic).

Application-Specific Actions

You can include the actions required for your use case.

The header toolbar displays application-specific actions to the left of the generic actions.

You can also define custom shortcuts for application-defined action buttons and navigation buttons.

Conditional Enablement of Navigation Buttons

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, you can enable buttons that navigate the user to another page or application based on the value of a specific field.

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V2, this feature requires extensions.

For example, you can enable the Generate Purchase Order button only for sales orders with the completed status.

Order of Toolbar Actions

The default order — left to right — for actions in the object page toolbar is below:

• Edit
• Delete
• Copy with SAP Fiori elements for OData V2
• Application-specific action buttons
• Related Apps menu button
• Share

You can rearrange the order, for example, by setting an application-specific action that’s the primary action to the leftmost position on the toolbar.

For more information, see:

• Action Placement
• Header Toolbar

Additional Content

Message Strip

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, you can add a message strip in the header to provide information related to the object as a whole, such as the object status.

The message strip is displayed under the object page title and optional subtitle. When the header is collapsed, the message strip remains visible.

When more than one message is relevant for the object as a whole, the message strip displays the text “The object contains errors / warnings / information.”

The user can find the individual messages via the message popover in the footer bar.

For more information, see:

• Message Strip
• Message Popover Button

Simple Header Facets

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V2:

• You can use a simple header facet to show simple data points that align horizontally across the header.
• When form fields contain no value, they display the empty state indicator (–).

Plain Text Facets

You can use the plain text facet to display a continuous text in the header.

For more information, see Plain Text Facet.

Contact Facets

You can enable a quick view for a contact.

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4:

• When a quick view detail contains no value, the empty state indicator (–) is displayed.
• You can add a quick view to text that’s been set to display in a color to indicate the criticality of its value. The text is displayed underlined as a link, so users know the quick view is available.

For more information, see Quick View.

Micro Chart Facets

You can display the following micro charts in the header:

• Area micro chart
• Bullet chart
• Radial chart
• Column chart
• Line micro chart
• Harvey ball chart
• Stacked bar chart

For more information, see Micro Charts.

Form Facets

You can add a quick view to the form facet.

For more information, see Form Facet (Dataset).

Address Facets

You can display an address such as a shipping address.

Header Field Groups

You can define fields to display together in a facet. For example, for the product object, in the General Information section, you can include the fields quantity, weight, and supplier.

Rating Indicator Facets

You can add a rating indicator to the header. It is read-only in both display and edit modes.

By default, the maximum rating is five stars.

You can:

• Change the maximum rating.
• Specify more descriptive text for the subtitle.

With extensions, you can make the rating editable.

Display Mode

The rating indicator shows with the:

• Title
• Subtitle with the total number of ratings
• Rating shown with stars: Both the aggregated and non-aggregated single rating types are supported.

Edit Mode

The rating indicator moves into the header facet and appears with only the title in edit mode.

For an aggregated rating, the number of ratings is shown in parentheses after the stars.

For more information, see:

• Rating Indicator Facet
• Rating Indicator

Progress Indicator Facets

You can add a progress indicator facet to the object header.

For more information, see:

• Progress Indicator Facet
• Progress Indicator

Key Value Facets

You can add a key value facet to highlight important data or KPIs.

For more information, see Key Value Facet.

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