How to extend OpenText VIM with SAP Fiori apps

Extender OpenText VIM with SAP Fiori it's not “add one more app”: it's carry out critical Accounts Payable (AP) tasks to a user experience unified, mobile and contextual, reducing duplicate tasks and accelerating approvals.

Why SAP Fiori makes a difference in VIM (OpenText Vendor Invoice Management for SAP Solutions)

Traditional VIM implementations are usually supported by SAP GUI and approval flows by mail or Business Workplace.
With SAP Fiori, the financial teams, Procurement and approvers work from a modern, simple interface accessible from any device.

What SAP Fiori brings to VIM:

  • Task-focused work: worklists, filters, quick actions, and contextual navigation.
  • Enriched context: direct access to PO, GR, history, comments and traceability.
  • Mobile productivity: approve, delegate, comment or attach documents at any time.

Examples of high-impact SAP Fiori and VIM integrations

  • Approvals and exceptions: focus Mobile-first with accounting simulation and full financial context.
  • Discrepancy Management: difference in price, quantity, or taxes resolved through guided flows.
  • Operational monitors: Analysis of Aging, bottlenecks and compliance with SLAs.
  • Provider Self-Service: consulting the status of invoices and correcting data without manual intervention.

💡 Complement these views with VIM Central Reporting or VIM Analytics to measure efficiency indicators, approval times and root causes of exceptions.

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Recommended design and architecture patterns

  • In-stack and side-by-side extensions (ABAP Cloud and SAP BTP) according to flexibility and maintenance needs.
  • Role Authorization Model (SoD): approver, analyst, auditor, or external vendor.
  • VIM services and events: generate proactive notifications or integrations with Microsoft Teams and corporate email.

All this within a Clean Core approach, ensuring frictionless updates and maximum sustainability of the solution.

Why implement VIM in your SAP system with Brait

In Brait we help organizations to modernize the Accounts Payable experience in SAP, combining functional expertise and UX development at Fiori.

  • Own SAP/OpenText development department.
  • Clean Core Approach: maximum functional value, innovation, without compromising system integrity.
  • Certified international equipment, with multilingual support.
  • Guaranteed integration and scalability, with solutions for: electronic invoicing, with Invictia; certified digital identity and electronic signature, with Signaturit; or document management with OpenText Core Content Management, for example.

👉 Evolve your VIM environment into a modern and agile experience with Brait.

Request a free evaluation of your current system and discover how SAP Fiori can transform your operational efficiency!

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