Creating or editing a SAP endpoint

Endpoints provide the SAP connection information that Studio and the Integration Appliance use to connect to the SAP system.

Procedure

  1. Drag an activity from the SAP folder of the Activities tab onto the orchestration.

    The Summary pane is displayed along with a Checklist which outlines what you must do to configure the activity.

  2. Click Endpoint task from the Checklist and click on one of the following options:
    • Browse —To select an existing endpoint from the Project Explorer. Once a SAP endpoint has been added, you can click Edit to edit it.
      Note: Editing an endpoint affects all orchestrations that use that endpoint in the project. The edits are global, not local.
    • New —To create a new endpoint. The Create Endpoint window is displayed.
    • Edit —To edit the existing endpoint. The Edit Endpoint window is displayed.
  3. Complete the fields defined in the tables below.
  4. When finished, click Test Connection to confirm that you can connect to the SAP System.
  5. Click OK.
    Table 1. SAP Options
    Field Description
    Location  
    Host Name Specifies the IP Address or the machine name that contains the SAP system.
    System Number Specifies the number that identifies the specific instance of the SAP system that Studio should connect to. Your SAP administrator must supply this information.
    Client Information
    SAP Client Specifies a number that identifies Studio and the Integration Appliance as a client for the SAP system. Your SAP administrator must supply this information.
    User Name Specifies the user name to use when connecting to the SAP system.
    Password Specifies the password to the user name when connecting to the SAP system.
    Language Specifies the message language option for SAP. For example, EN is the ISO code for English.
    Connection Pool Options
    Maximum Connections Specifies the additional SAP connections, up to the specified amount, that the Integration Appliance opens based on the message load.
    Maximum Idle Time Specifies the number of minutes that a SAP connection can be open and idle before being closed by the Integration Appliance.
    Inbound Gateway
    Note: The values specified in this section are only used by the Receive IDOC activity.
    Enable inbound gateway Select this check box if this endpoint is used by a Receive IDOC activity.
    Host Specifies the hostname of the SAP gateway.
    Server Instances Specifies the maximum number of Servers that can be registered with the same programID within an SAP instance.
    Program ID Specifies the ID of the registered Server. This ID is assigned when the RFC destination port is configured. SAP Program Ids cannot start with the exclamation (!) character.
    Note: For SAP systems, the Program ID name is case sensitive. For example, the Program ID name: Aaa is not equivalent to the Program ID name: aaa.
    Service Specifies the name of the SAP gateway service.
    Retry Interval Specifies the number of seconds that the Integration Appliance should wait before trying to re-establish a connection to the gateway of the SAP system.
    Note: For some of the fields in the endpoint, you can define configuration properties to supply the values for these fields. The T icon icon is displayed when you click in a field that supports a configuration property and a configuration property of the same type has already been configured for the project.