Customize the Layout of the Interaction Center Context Area in SAP CRM 7.0

by John Burton, Director Product Management, SAP CRM Interaction Center, and Marius Meissner, Application Developer, SAP CRM Development (August 2009)

Learn how to easily change the default branding (brand logo and message) and layout of the context area in the Interaction Center with SAP CRM 7.0 using simple configuration — without any code modification.

Categories: CRM, CRM WebClient UI, SAP CRM 7.0

In every SAP CRM release after SAP CRM 2005, starting with SAP CRM 2006s and SAP CRM 2007, it is possible for you to control the overall look and feel of SAP CRM through the use of user interface (UI) skins (also known as themes) and other UI personalization options. The theme controls various visual elements of the user interface, including color scheme, icon appeances, and font style. SAP delivers various themes, including options such as Default, High Contrast, Serenity, New Hope, and SAP Signature Design. Additionally, you are even free to design and upload your own UI skins using industry-standard Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) technology.

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You can refer to the article “CRM 2006s: Where to Start?” by Katrina Burke, posted to the CRM Expert knowledgebase in December 2007, for more details about the new UI features of the CRM WebClient, including various UI personalization options.

While the ability to choose different UI skins certainly provided SAP CRM customers with a great deal of flexibility and control over the look and feel of the application for most SAP CRM business roles, one key customization capability was still missing for the Interaction Center (IC) application: the ability to easily change the default SAP branding logo and text and to add, remove, resize, or reposition the individual components of the IC context area.

However, with SAP CRM 7.0, SAP introduced the power to easily change the default branding and component layout of the context area in the IC using simple configuration — without any code modifications. Needless to say, it is always desirable to avoid actual code modifications whenever possible and instead use more flexible options, such as standard configuration or the SAP enhancement framework concept, to avoid potential source-code conflicts when upgrading SAP CRM releases or applying SAP Notes or Support Packages within a particular release.

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