SAP Fiori Development Newsletter Issue #43 (October 2026)

While students started their semester or quarter several weeks ago, for SAP developers, the learning process is ramping up now. Devtoberfest is already under way and SAP TechEd and ASUG Tech Connect will soon follow. Later in the year, we’ll host our third annual SAP Connect Day for UX in Walldorf.

If you want to join other developers online to discuss various traditional and AI-powered Fiori development-related topics, please join our monthly SAP Fiori development roundtable. Register online or email me for an invitation.

Development News

SAP Fiori tools and Fiori elements at UI5con 2026 with building blocks, runtime AI, automated tests

UI5con included sessions on agentic capabilities such as the SAP Fiori MCP server and Claude Code plug-in, runtime AI features in Fiori Elements V4, building blocks, the redesigned FLP Sandbox 2.0, and metadata-driven test generation. Read how to accelerate your Fiori app development.

SAP Fiori elements FAQ

Recently, we have heard many questions from customers and partners about SAP Fiori elements, SAP Fiori tools, SAP Fiori apps, our MCP servers. and how they fit into the future with Joule Work. Read how our AI tools help you build apps and how they fit with emerging conversational experiences.

Agentic AI does some amazing rapid prototyping

Installing an agentic IDE is only the beginning. What does it mean to engineer a production-grade SAP Fiori application when agents can already generate a full SAPUI5 application that follows SAP Fiori design guidelines. Read one way to work with coding agents.

Exposing SAP data to suppliers with UI integration cards

One unique quality of supplier portals is that they touch many technology layers at once, including identity and access management, OData APIs, low-code tooling, process automation, and UI frameworks. Read how they fit together.

SAPUI5 2.x: where things stand — and what to do now

The UI5 team has put the delivery of SAPUI5 2.x on hold to explore how the framework can best serve an AI-driven development future. But the foundational work is already delivering real value today, with a legacy-free codebase, the UI5 linter, and AI-powered modernization skills. If you build apps with SAPUI5 and want to understand what this means for your applications and what concrete steps you should take, read the official update.

Ask, explore, customize: Joule is now available in UI Theme Designer

SAP Joule is now integrated directly into the UI Theme Designer, letting users ask natural-language questions about custom theme creation, tool usage, and design functions, with Joule drawing on official documentation to deliver summarized answers and direct links to relevant help content. Whether you're exploring theming concepts or applying corporate branding across SAP UI technologies, Joule is now your in-context guide every step of the way. Read the full blog post.

Your AI coding agent now speaks SAP theming

SAP has released an open-source UI Theme Designer plugin for AI coding agents like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot, giving them grounded knowledge of the SAP Design System, design tokens, and theming workflows, from parameter inheritance and theme sets to integration with SAPUI5, S/4HANA, and SAP Build Work Zone. Read the details.

Events

SAP Connect Day in Walldorf – December 8

Attend an event where SAP’s UX vision meets cutting‑edge AI — SAP Connect Day for UX in Walldorf. This is our third time in Walldorf, so we have lots of great new content in a brand-new location, the recently renovated AppHaus. Register now.

All speaking sponsorships are full. If you would like to sponsor as an exhibitor to have conversations with top technical teams from many leading companies in Germany, please let me know.

Learn the latest from SAP during “conference season”

Join us online or in-person at the top SAP events for technical professionals:

Devtoberfest September 21 – October 19
SAP TechEd October 27-29, online or in Berlin, Germany
ASUG Tech Connect November 2-4 in Ft. Worth, Texas

SAP Connect Day in Newtown Square summary

SAP Connect Day for UX in Newtown Square brought dozens of technology experts together to hear from SAP about the latest AI-powered tools to build apps along with embedded AI capabilities in SAP S/4HANA Cloud. It was a high-energy day of learning, networking, and coding. Read the summary.