Object Page – Content Area

Intro

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

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

Feature Availability

Content Area

Availability

Navigation Bar: Anchor Bar
Default, you can turn it off when you only have one section.
Navigation Bar: Tab Bar
Available
Sections and Subsections
Available
Reuse Components as Sections
Available

Subsections

Availability

Link

Available

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V2, the default link shows the text and ID. You can remove the text or the ID.

Smart Link Contact
Available, SAP Fiori elements for OData V2 only
Tables
Available
Smart Charts
Available
Variant Management for Tables and Charts
Available
Address
Available
Forms
Available
Growing Text Control

With SAP Fiori elements V4, the default length of the text entry area allows for four lines of text.

You can enable growing mode and set the maximum number of lines to display with this mode.

File Upload
With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, users can upload a file to an object page property and delete it.
Dynamic Side Content
Available with an extension

Subsection Behavior

Availability

Subsection Starts Loading After the Object Page Elements Are Loaded
Default, you can change the behavior.
Adjustment of the Width for Content Display in a Subsection
Available

Content Visibility

Availability

Visible Sections, Subsections, Quickviews, and Tables
Default
Hiding Section, Subsection, Quickview and Table Content
Available
User Control of Visibility with See More/See Less Links

Available:

  • With SAP Fiori elements for OData V2, the links are See More/See Less.
  • With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, the links are Show More/Show Less.
Visible Smart Form Fields
Default, you can hide them in certain conditions.

Content Area

By default, the anchor bar is generated when the object page has at least one section.

It lets users navigate to the individual content area sections.

You can:

With extensions, you can replace the buttons with another type of control.

For more information, see:

Sections and Subsections

You can add sections and subsections to the content area.

Sections contain only subsections. You build the subsection content with tables, charts, and forms.

For more information, see: Sections and Subsections.

Reuse Components as Sections

You can embed a reuse component as a section in the object page.

A reuse component that is used in an SAP Fiori elements-based application cannot be used in a freestyle application.

Consult the development team on the requirements for the reuse component.

Subsections

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V2, you can include one or more smart link contacts in the subsections.

The smart link contact can include a contact list and a quickview of the contact details.

For more information, see:

Tables

You can include a table in a subsection.

For more information on SAP Fiori elements capabilities for tables, see the articles under SAP Fiori Elements: Table, starting with Table Types.

Smart Charts

You can include a single smart chart facet in a subsection.

In a smart chart, you can:

For more information, see Smart Chart.

Variant Management for Tables and Charts

You can turn variant management on for:

  • All the tables and charts on the page
  • Individual tables and charts

For more information, see Variant Management.

Address

You can add one or more address fields:

For more information, see:

Forms

You can add action buttons to the toolbar for a form contained in a subsection.

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, you can also add an action next to the form header.

The action types can be:

Conditional Enablement of Navigation Buttons

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 V4. To achieve this with SAP Fiori elements for OData V2 requires extensions.

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

Implement this feature only when the way to enable the button is obvious to end users.

Groups in a Form

You can group fields in a form and assign a name to the group.

Note that the group name is displayed only when a group contains fields.

Text Control

By default, with SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, in edit mode, the default length of the text control allows for the entry of four lines of text.

You can:

In display mode, the text is truncated to 100 characters and a More link allows the user to display the full text. Alternatively, you can set the full text to display in a popover when the the user clicks More.

File Upload

With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, users can upload a file to an object page property and delete the file.

For example, the sales order object can have a property for a contract and users can upload the contract file to the property.

Dynamic Side Content

You can display additional content to the right of an object page subsection. Consult with the development team on doing this with a standard extension.

With this feature, the subsection toolbar contains a Show Details/Hide Details action for users to control the display of the dynamic side content. By default, the side content is hidden. You can show it instead. You can also rename the action to make it meaningful to the end user.

  • Do not use tables in the side content panel.
  • Do not add content that may introduce a horizontal scroll bar to the dynamic side content.
  • For the best view of the dynamic side content, set it to display in 50% of the screen.

For more information, see:

Subsection Behavior

Subsection Loading Behavior

By default, the subsection starts loading after the main object page elements are loaded.

You can change the loading behavior to load the subsection after the header data is loaded.

Example

When the subsection contains a table or chart and you want to allow the user to filter in the header before subsection data loads.

Width for Content Display in a Subsection

When you mix content — such as forms and tables — in one subsection, you can adjust the width allotted to each content type to display a table next to a form.

Content Visibility

Sections, Subsections, Quickviews, and Tables

By default, the object page displays these components.

You can set the entire components or selected content in the components to be displayed or hidden in the content area, according to the object’s state. For example, you can hide the Delivery section in a Sales Order until the order has a status where the delivery is planned.

User Control of Visibility

You can turn on these links to allow users to control the display of subsections with the:

  • See More/See Less link with SAP Fiori elements for OData V2.
  • Show More/Show Less link with SAP Fiori elements for OData V4.

The links display in the bottom right corner of the section:

  • When the subsection is hidden, the See More or Show More link is displayed.
  • When the subsection shows, the See Less or Show Less link is displayed.

Visibility of Smart Form Fields

By default, all smart form fields have the high importance setting and show on all screen sizes.

You can lower the level of importance for the fields to hide them on smaller screens.

According to the importance assigned to the field, it is displayed as follows:

For more information, see Responsiveness.