WebSphere Adapter for SAP Software

Selecting business objects and services

To specify the IDoc you want to process, you provide information in the enterprise service discovery wizard.

Before you begin

Make sure you have set the connection properties for enterprise service discovery.

About this task

Specify search criteria that the enterprise service discovery wizard uses to discover ALE IDocs on the SAP server. The enterprise service discovery wizard returns a list of IDocs that meet the search criteria.

To specify the search criteria and select one or more IDocs, use the following procedure.

How to perform this task

  1. In the Find and Discover Enterprise Services window, click Execute Query.
  2. Expand ALE.

    The objects discovered by the query are grouped into two categories: Basic IDocs and Extension IDocs.

  3. Expand either Basic IDocs or Extension IDocs, depending on the type of IDoc you want to import.
  4. Click either Discover By Name or Discover By Description.

    The Filter button is now enabled.

  5. Click Filter.
  6. Type a search string (for example, ALEREQ*) representing the IDoc you want to call.
  7. Expand Discover By Name or Discover By Description (whichever choice you made in the earlier step).
  8. Click the IDoc you want to use. If you are working with multiple IDocs, click the names of all the IDocs.
  9. Click Add to import list.
  10. In the Configuration Parameters window, perform the following tasks to add the IDoc to the list of business objects to be imported.
    1. Select the Use SAP Field Name to generate attribute(s) check box.
    2. In the Enter the Release field, specify the SAP release number to identify the IDoc type you want the enterprise service discovery wizard to use for creating business objects.
      Note: You can specify an earlier release than the one you are currently using if you need to create business objects based on earlier versions of the IDoc type. If the earlier version of the IDoc type has fewer segments than the current version, the enterprise service discovery wizard might create a definition with missing segments or it might display an error indicating that the generation of the business object definition was unsuccessful because different versions of SAP require different API calls.
    3. Click OK.
  11. Click Next.

Result

The enterprise service discovery wizard has returned a list of the IDoc or IDocs that match the search criteria, and you have selected the IDoc or IDocs you want to work with.

What to do next

Specify a name for the business object and the directory to which it should be stored.

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Last updated: Mon 30 Oct 2006 03:34:56

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