Generic iViews

Collaborative iViews | Commerce iViews | Communicative iViews | Helper iViews | News, External Information iView | Personal iView | Search iView | Self Service iView | Travel iView | iViews accessing other ERP Systems | Partner Program iViews

While most iViews are tailored to the needs of a certain role, generic iViews may be useful for many roles, or even any user. Typically, users can extend their role-specific set or sets of iViews through such generic iViews.

Below we present a classification of generic iViews.

Collaborative iViews

  • Collaboration Scenarios, Team Rooms
  • Chat and Shared Applications
  • Forum and Discussion Boards
  • Instant Messanger

Commerce iViews

  • Internet Store

Communicative iViews

  • Lotus mail inbox, calendar, addressbook, contacts, etc.
  • Outlook mail inbox, calendar, addressbook, contacts (no desktop installation necessary) - Web Client, SSO, Outlook Today
  • E-Mail: Yahoo, Hotmail, ...
  • Bulletin Board
  • Telephone Book (Web Service: US, Germany, ...)
  • SMS, support of mobile devices

Figure 1: A Communicative iView (Workflow inbox)

Helper iViews / Productivity Tools

  • Calculator (specific calculator)
  • Files (my documents, virtual storage on the internet)
  • Information (notification, web content tracker, package locator)
  • Language (orthography check, translation)
  • Tools (display graphics from clipboard)
  • Navigation (launch collection)
  • System Control (macrorecorder, frequently used apps)
  • Tasks (my tasks, my projects, Outlook / Lotus tasks)
  • Text (PostIts)
  • Time (timer clock)

Figure 2: Dictionary / Thesaurus iView.

News, External Information iView

  • Analyst News, Market News
  • Competitor News, Company News, Enterprise Information
  • Stock Charts, Stock Portfolio
  • Access to specific external information (FASB and GAAP information, accounting standards, international trade, ...)
  • Industry News, General News

Personal iView

  • Fun
  • Games

Search iViews

  • Specialized Search Engines
  • Address Search, ZIP Code Search
  • Company Information Search

Figure 3: A Search iView.

Self Service iViews

  • Who's Who

Travel iViews

  • Weather
  • Route Planner
  • Travel Planning: Flight, Hotel, Car
  • Traffic Information
  • Regional Information, City Information

Figure 4: A Weather iView.

iViews accessing other ERP systems

  • Siebel
  • Oracle

Partner Program iViews

  • ICC Workplace Partner Program: Software Partners, Content Partners
  • New Content Partnership Program Types: Community Member, Approved Community Member

 

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Source:  SAP iView Guidelines for Java