SAP ABAP, Netweaver, ERP Tutorial

How to connect R3 to Portal

Andy — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:19:32 +0000

After you have SAP enterprise portal installed, you always need to configure the EP system landscape to connect to plenty of backend systems like R/3, CRM, SRM, etc. Below is some steps to perform this task. The drawback of this method is it utilizes user password mapping for authentication. The user mapping must be down for each user in the portal and backend system. But for the demo of connection, it is quite easy to implement the connection. I will reconmmend to conduct athentication using logon tickets. For more information, please check below links: Using Logon Tickets 1. Navigate To System Administration --> System Configuration-->System Landscape-->Portal Content. 2. Create a Folder There Say Sap_Sytems. 3. Right Click on the Folder and Go to New , Select System from Template.

SAP UME API

Andy — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:28:59 +0000

In my previous blog SAP UME Configuration, I explained how to configure UME utilize ABAP user management. During web development, we always need to do coding for authorization or user management like search, creation and change. SAP provides an set of API for this purpose. The UME API document can be visited at: http://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW04S/current/se/com/sap/security/api/IUserFactory.html Before using these API, you need to add the public part of DC com.sap.security.api to your custom DCs like web dynpro which locates in software component SAP-JEE.

SAP CAF Introduction

Andy — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:38:02 +0000

In 2003, SAP introduced a revolutionary vision for the future of business applications: Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA). Many of the world's top-performing enterprises adopted ESA in the first year after it was announced, reducing the cost of IT maintenance, and freeing up resources for innovation.

To realize this ESA vision, SAP introduced SAP NetWeaver in 2003. A breakthrough platform based around the concept of integration, SAP NetWeaver has had the fastest ramp-up of any platform in history. Adopting SAP NetWeaver was the first step on the road to ESA for many SAP customers. One of the most unique capabilities of SAP NetWeaver is called “Composite Application Framework” (CAF), designed to reduce the cost of developing and deploying composite applications.

How to install NWDS

Andy — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:34:44 +0000

SAP Netweaver Developer Studio is an Java IDE that based on Eclipse platform. It includes the standard Eclipse features and SAP features. SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio provides several features for composing and developing business applications. You can select the features according to the components you have installed on your AS Java of the Composition Environment.

Before you start to install NWDS, make sure the NWDS and Netweaver server have the same version. It can keep you away from some werid issues.

When you have a central AS Java, you can access the update site from below URL:

http://<host>:<httpport>/updatesite

Make sure that the update site is properly installed and that the post-installation activities for the update site have already been performed. For more information, see section Post-Installation Activities -> Configuring the IDE Update Site -> in the installation documentation, available at:

SAP NWDI Configuration

Andy — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:27:15 +0000

Before we can do any developments related to SAP Java technology, the NWDI server must be well configured. NWDI (Netweaver Development Infrastructure) is used as an industry-strength development environment. It combines all functionality needed for the whole life-cycle of software development and provides processes from product definition to delivery and maintenance. Below diagram shows the architecture and main components of NWDI. This post try to explain how to create a track for SAP Java development.

SAP UME Configuration

Andy — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:28:58 +0000

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/8c/1024d16f350041917d01bfdaeb2fae/frameset.htm

Above is a comprehesive document about how to configuration SAP UME.

User Management Engine(UME) is used to manage user for SAP J2EE Engine. The UME has several persistency options for storing the user information, for example, you can use a database, an SAP system or a directory server.

If the UME uses an ABAP Engine for its persistency layer, then you use the SAP system user management transaction SU01 and role maintenance transaction PFCG for user administration. In this case, the roles you create using transaction PFCG appear as groups in the SAP J2EE Engine user management.

Before you can use UME to manage users, you need to configure it using an ABAP Engine for example. Several users are needed for the configuration.

Transport Target of Request

Andy — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:18:49 +0000

The transport target specifies where a transport request is imported. There are three ways to define transport targets. They differ in syntax and function. Syntax Example Explanation 1. <SYS> C11 Target system 2. <SYS>.<CLI> C11.021 Target system and client 3. /<Group name>/ /EUROPE/ Target group

ALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE

Andy — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:03:34 +0000

Many customers need a function that allows them to transfer values from an Excel table to the SAP system. Up to now there has been no formally released interface for this. For the Asset Accounting legacy data transfer, a module was written to transfer the Excel data using the clipboard of the Windows system by OLE (Object Linking and Embedding. This module is called ALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE. The module was only designed for the requirements of the Asset Accounting legacy data transfer. This leads to some restrictions, including the following:

SAP CRM – Service Order to Invoice

Andy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:16:49 +0000

SAP CRM service functionality enables you to manage your service cycles, starting with managing service contracts and warranties, through service requests to service orders, complaints, returns and service confirmations. This post describes a typical service process in SAP CRM from receiving customer incoming call to billing the customer for the service performed.

1. Service Interaction Center

The service agent receives the customer call. The customer can automatically identified using the phone number. The service agent can also use search function to identify customers in the system. Then agent chooses the corresponding insalled base component according to the conversation. After completing the account identification, all the following business transactions are based on theses selected information.

If agent decides a service technician must check the issue on-site, he creates a service order.

SAP’s SME Solutions

Andy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:09:48 +0000

Throughout its existence, SAP has been known as an enterprise-class applications vendor – one that sells only to really big companies. At the same time, SAP has attempted – through marketing, channels and development – to move “down market” into the realm of small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs).