Q: Why does the user interface in SAPgui 7.70 for Windows and SAPgui 7.80 for Mac appear significantly different from the previous version?

• The new version appears to have a tab format, rather than the standard menu bar.
• More clicks are required when navigating through some transactions than in the previous version.
• Button locations in some transactions differ in comparison with the previous version.

Context

• Example 1: The ‘Quartz’ theme has a tab format, and does not allow users to view separate windows open side-by-side
  Users with ‘Quartz’ SAPgui theme require additional clicks to select options from the menu bar.

The ‘SAP Signature Theme has the standard menu bar, which allows users to open two separate windows next to each other.

• Example 2: Users with the ‘Quartz’ SAPgui theme see the following Summary Statement (ZDTR) interface, which differs from how it appeared in the previous SAPgui version.
  The menu bar icon locations are different, including the execute button, which is in the middle.

View of Summary Statement (ZDTR) in ‘SAP Signature Theme.’
The execute button is on the left.

Answer

There is a known issue for some users installing SAPgui 7.70 using the MIT Software Center application in which SAPgui defaults to the ‘Quartz’ theme, rather than ‘SAP Signature Theme’, which is the standard SAPgui theme at MIT, and which was the standard theme in the previous SAPgui version.

If you work in a DLC with a tech support contact, let them know that the Group Policy setting should be set to ‘SAP Signature theme’ for all users in the DLC, and refer them to the article below.

Setting SAP GUI 7.70 and 7.80 to Signature Theme using Group Policy
Policy|https://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/hd/Setting+SAP+GUI++7.70+and+7.80+to+Signature+Theme+using+Group+Policy]

Once your DLC's tech support team changes this setting, your SAPgui theme will be 'SAP Signature Theme' next time you log in.