Product Launch Icons
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Intro
Product launch icons help communicate the purpose of the SAP Business Suite experience, enabling users to instantly identify products on the suite’s home page and in the product switch.
Designed to complement the Horizon visual language, these icons align with the SAP mobile product icons and app icons to convey a unified brand identity. The balance between individual icon metaphors, characteristic shapes, and coherent visual design embraces the SAP design style.
When to Use
Product launch icons are reserved exclusively for launching products within SAP Business Suite and must not be used for other purposes. They are used on the home page (SAP Start) and in the product switch in the shell bar. Per SAP Brand guidelines, product launch icons may be permitted in board-level keynote presentations in exceptional circumstances. Each icon must always be accompanied by its corresponding text label.
Appearance
Unlike logos, product launch icons are optimized for clarity at small sizes and designed to work consistently across the suite, ensuring intuitive navigation and a cohesive user experience.
To maintain a recognizable identity across web and mobile platforms, icons must retain core visual features and use our standard design variables. This ensures the SVGs automatically support all system themes, including Horizon, Quartz, Belize, and High-Contrast modes.
Left to right, top to bottom: Horizon, High-Contrast White, High-Contrast Black, Belize, Quartz Light, Quartz Dark
Current Collection
Analytics Cloud
Build
Business Data Cloud
Cloud ERP
Commerce Cloud
Concur
Customer Experience
Datasphere
Fieldglass
Finance
HANA Cloud
Industries
Integration Suite
Procurement
Sales Cloud
SAP Start
Service Cloud
Signavio
SuccessFactors
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
Approach
For product launch icons, we use SAP Fiori icons as a foundation. The best way to start creating product launch icons is to choose an SAP Fiori icon that best represents your app metaphorically, then apply the style. While it's not required to use an icon as a base, product launch icons should follow the same style.
Product launch icon metamorphosis
Anatomy
The product launch icon is composed of three layers, representing the three-tier architecture.
- Database layer
- Logic layer
- UI layer
The first level is the database layer, which is the base shape of the app icon. The second layer represents the logic layer. The UI layer is the third layer of the product launch icon. For some icons, it is also possible to use a highlight layer, if needed.
Specification
Background layer
Second layer
First layer
Third layer
Product Icon Creation
To streamline icon creation for new products in SAP Business Suite, refer to the Figma file featuring a usage guide and a product launch icon template with the color variables. To request a new product launch icon or to request access to an existing one, there will be a central request process.
Related Links
Product Launch Icons request (coming soon)
Request a new product launch icon or request access to existing ones. Requests are granted on an as-needed basis.
Mobile Horizon App Icon Guidelines
View the Mobile Horizon Liquid Glass App icon guidelines for iOS.
Mobile Horizon Product Icon Guidelines
View the Mobile Product Icon guidelines for Android.