Improving Engineering User Experience (UX) with SAP ECTR: Configuration Patterns that Work

SAP Engineering Control Center (SAP ECTR) is SAP's strategic integration platform used in engineering and is introduced with the purpose of bridging the gap between CAD and other authoring tools with SAP ERP including SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC, though the User Experience (UX) can be influenced by how user considers it as an effective tool or a hindrance to their creative work.The user interface can cause the engineer to develop a cognition of his/her daily operations, and in this aspect, this could provide a product cockpit where design data, product structures, and lifecycle tasks are all accessible in one place.This paper demonstrates patterns of configuration that have been practiced and contributed to continuous optimization of the engineering user experience (UX), including navigation, roles, data structures, search, and integration between SAP PLM and authoring tools.They also rely on best practices in the industry, practice experience, advice of the vendor, and are organized in a way that project teams can apply them directly.