Accelerating SAP Transactions with SharePoint and InfoPath

T16- Data entry into SAP can in many cases lead to complex business processes taking up unnecessary time and resources throughout the organization. Enterprises can achieve significant cost-savings by providing alternative interfaces that simplifies data entry and increases user adoption.

Considering SharePoint's popularity amongst business users, it provides an immense opportunity for delivering SAP transactions to the broader user base. As an integrated part of the SharePoint platform, InfoPath is a tool for creating electronic forms which can be utilized by business users to rapidly create fit-for-purpose user interfaces for SAP.

In this session, you will learn what it takes to surface SAP transactions in SharePoint solutions following an approach that is entirely driven by business users. In particular you will see specific examples of how a business user can utilize SharePoint and InfoPath to build alternative user interfaces for SAP, with no programming involved.

Key Learning Points • Usability improvements are not about esthetics but about accelerating business processes and increasing ROI. • A large number of use cases are best served by solutions which are built entirely by business users. • SharePoint and InfoPath provide design tools, without programming, for building alternative interfaces to standard SAP.