Situation Handling – Guideline Overview
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Intro
Situation Handling ensures smooth business operations by automatically notifying relevant users about critical issues, such as consumed contracts, delivery discrepancies, and impending deadlines.
Situation Handling Guidelines
The following guidelines are available for designing the Situation Handling experience.
<div> <div>Guideline</div> <div>Topics Covered</div> </div> <div> <div><a href="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sap.com%2Fdesign-system%2Ffiori-design-web%2Fdiscover%2Fsap-products%2Fsap-s4hana-only%2Fsituation-handling%2Fsituation-handling">Situation Handling - Overview</a></div> <div> <ul> <li>Overview of the Situation Handling framework</li> <li>When to use Situation Handling</li> <li>Progressive disclosure pattern for Situation Handling</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <div><a href="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sap.com%2Fdesign-system%2Ffiori-design-web%2Fdiscover%2Fsap-products%2Fsap-s4hana-only%2Fsituation-handling%2Fsituation-handling-controls">Situation Handling Controls</a></div> <div> <p>Describes the UI components used for the different progressive disclosure levels. With each level, the amount of detail increases.</p> <ul> <li>Situation indicator (XS): The smallest control for flagging an issue</li> <li>Situation description (S): Summary of the exceptional circumstance</li> <li>Situation preview (M): Information about the situation and an action</li> <li>Situation detail view (L): Contains all the information users need to solve a situation</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <div><a href="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sap.com%2Fdesign-system%2Ffiori-design-web%2Fdiscover%2Fsap-products%2Fsap-s4hana-only%2Fsituation-handling%2Fsituation-detail-view">Situation Detail View</a></div> <div> <p>In-depth description of the situation detail view. This can be:</p> <ul> <li>A situation page in the <em>My Situations</em> app</li> <li>A situation section in a business app</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <div><a href="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sap.com%2Fdesign-system%2Ffiori-design-web%2Fdiscover%2Fsap-products%2Fsap-s4hana-only%2Fsituation-handling%2Foverview-in-a-situations-app">Overview in a Situations App</a></div> <div>Describes the <em>My Situations</em> app that allows users to view and manage all the situations they are responsible for.</div> </div> <div> <div><a href="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sap.com%2Fdesign-system%2Ffiori-design-web%2Ffoundations%2Fwriting-and-wording%2Fux-writing%2Fsituation-handling-framework-ui-text-guidelines">Situation Handling Framework – UI Text Guidelines</a></div> <div>UX writing guidelines for configuration texts and end user texts.</div> </div>