Guide - B1UP comparison with SAP B1 Screen design – Boyum Help Center

B1 Usability Package has many modules and features. Among them is our Item Placement Tool (IPT) or in other words our Screen Design Tool.

The Item Placement Tool (IPT) gives you the ability to rearrange all data on any window in SAP Business One and completely tailor SAP screens to your business.

The amount the many features are the following:

Move and hide any field in any window.
Create a linked arrow with a customer behavior
Change text and background color to labels and fields.
Create valid values for fields from SQL query or user list
and much more

SAP Business One 10 version included new screen design options which are also included in the B1 Usability Package. However, those additional features are very minimal and basic in capabilities compared to what the Item Placement Tool can offer today.

Here is a comparison chart detailing the different features available in SAP Business One 10 vs. regarding screen design compared with what the B1 Usability Package offers:

Comparison of B1UP features to SAP 10
#	Functionalities in Item Placement Tool	B1UP	SAP Business One
1	Move system fields	Yes	Yes
2	Move user defined fields to the main window	Yes	Yes
3	Hide fields	Yes	Yes
4	Hide Tabs	Yes	Yes
5	Make items read-only	Yes	Yes
6	Edit and redesign any window in SAP Business One	Yes	No
7	Move buttons	Yes	No
8	Change the description of the buttons	Yes	No
9	Hide other screen objects (which are not fields)	Yes	No
10	Create valid values for fields from SQL query or user list	Yes	No
11	Hide / Show fields as conditional rules	Yes	No
12	Enable / disable fields as conditional rules	Yes	No
13	Hide / Show fields on user action	Yes	No
14	Enable / disable fields on user action	Yes	No
15	Position fields by pixels or reference other fields	Yes	No
16	Control field behavior when resizing windows	Yes	No
17	Create tabs	Yes	No
18	Create checkboxes	Yes	No
19	Create comboboxes with dynamic values	Yes	No
20	Create picture frames	Yes	No
21	Create rectangles grouping fields	Yes	No
22	Create labels	Yes	No
23	Position fields off the screen to store temporary values	Yes	No
24	Changing the width and height fields	Yes	No
25	Change width and height of other objects on the screen (which are not fields)	Yes	No
26	Change text color of the fields	Yes	No
27	Change background color of fields	Yes	No
28	Change the color of the fields as conditional rules	Yes	No
29	Change the color of the fields as user action	Yes	No
30	Change font size of fields	Yes	No
31	Right justify numeric fields	Yes	No
32	Suppress zeros of numeric fields	Yes	No
33	Change font style fields (bold, italic, underline, etc.)	Yes	No
34	Display field in more than one panel (tab)	Yes	No
35	Setting up that editing field will affect the form mode	Yes	No
36	Create fields like "Password" (asterisks hiding characters)	Yes	No
37	Edit UDOs (user-defined objects)	Yes	No
38	Edit forms on add-ons windows (using SAP standard UI)	Yes	No
39	Add orange arrows in any field	Yes	No
40	Create orange arrows with custom behavior	Yes	No
41	Set the window size	Yes	No
42	Reset the title of the windows	Yes	No
43	Migrate configuration between databases	Yes	No
44	Create configurations for groups of users	Yes	No

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