BEA WebLogic - Introducing the BEA Weblogic Adapter for SAP

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BEA WebLogic Adapter for SAP User’s Guide 1-1

CHAPTER 1

Introducing the BEA WebLogic Adapter for SAP

Topics:

• Features of the BEA WebLogic Adapter for SAP

• SAP Certification

• SAP Business Components

• Integrating With SAP

• Understanding Web Services and Java

Connector Architecture Functionality

• Component Information for the BEA

WebLogic Adapter for SAP

The following section provides an overview of the

BEA WebLogic Adapter for SAP.

Main Page

Documentation Conventions4
Table of Contents9
Introducing the BEA Weblogic Adapter for SAP13
Features of the BEA Weblogic Adapter for SAP14
SAP Certification14
Supported Versions and Platforms15
SAP Business Components16
Integrating with SAP17
Java Connector Architecture18
Understanding Web Services and Java Connector Architecture Functionality18
Web Services18
Application Explorer19
Component Information for the BEA Weblogic Adapter for SAP19
Component Information Roadmap19
Integration Business Services Engine20
Enterprise Connector for J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA)21
Configuring SAP Inbound Processing23
Overview24
Configuring a Logical System25
Configuring a Distribution Model28
Defining a Partner Profile31
Creating XML Schemas for SAP35
Overview36
Starting Servlet Application Explorer36
Establishing a Target for SAP37
Creating a New Target38
Connecting to a Target44
Disconnecting from a Target45
Modifying a Target46
Deleting a Target47
Viewing Application System Objects48
Creating an XML Schema51
Chapter/Appendix Contents53
Configuring the Event53
- Creating and Publishing Integration Business Services55
- Understanding Integration Business Services56
- Creating Integration Business Services56
- Creating Business Services with Application Explorer56
- Generating WSDL from a Web Service65
- Identity Propagation78
- Configuring the Event Adapter for SAP79
- Understanding Event Functionality80
- Creating, Editing, or Deleting a Port80
- Creating, Editing, or Deleting a Channel94
- Synchronous Event Processing104
- Using Integration Business Services Policy-Based Security107
- Integration Business Services Policy-Based Security108
- Configuring Integration Business Services Policy-Based Security109
- Management and Monitoring119
- Managing and Monitoring Services and Events Using Ibse120
- Managing and Monitoring Services and Events Using the JCA Test Tool134
- Setting Engine Log Levels138
- Configuring Connection Pool Sizes140
- Migrating Repositories141
- File Repositories141
- Ibse Repositories142
- JCA Repositories146
- Migrating Event Handling Configurations146
- Exporting or Importing Targets151
- Retrieving or Updating Web Service Method Connection Information155
- Starting or Stopping a Channel Programmatically159
- Understanding SAP Events165
- Overview166
- Related Concepts and Terminology166
- Client and Server Programs166
- SAP Gateway166
- Program Ids and Load Balancing167
- Registering Your Program ID in SAPGUI167
- Testing the SAP Event Adapter170
- Application Link Enabling Configuration for the Event Adapter172
- Collected Idocs177
- Testing the SAP ALE Configuration180
- Usage Considerations181
- Multiple Events Using Identical Program Ids181
- Troubleshooting and Error Messages183
- Troubleshooting Overview184
- Error Messages in Application Explorer184
- Error Messages in SAP187
- Error Messages in JCA188
- Error Messages in Ibse188
- General Error Handling in Ibse188
- Adapter-Specific Error Handling189
- Using Application Explorer in BEA Weblogic Workshop to Create XML Schemas and Web Services193
- Starting Application Explorer in BEA Weblogic Workshop194
- Creating a New Configuration for Ibse or JCA195
- Connecting to SAP197
- Creating and Connecting to a Target197
- Managing a Target202
- Viewing an Application System Object and Creating an XML Schema204
- Creating an Integration Business Service209
- Exporting WSDL for Use in BEA Weblogic Workshop Workflows213
- Identity Propagation215
- Adding a Control for a Resource in BEA Weblogic Workshop218
- Adding a Web Service Control to a BEA Weblogic Workshop Application218
- Extensible CCI Control219
- Overview219
- Using the Extensible CCI Control219
- Using Application Explorer in BEA Weblogic Workshop for Event Handling223
- Starting Application Explorer in BEA Weblogic Workshop224
- Understanding Event Functionality225
- Creating an Event Port225
- Modifying an Event Port238
- Creating a Channel240
- Modifying a Channel244
- Deploying Components in a Clustered BEA Weblogic Environment247
- Using Weblogic Workshop to Access Web Services259
- Using Weblogic Workshop to Access an SAP BAPI or an SAP RFC260
- Accessing an SAP BAPI260
- Calling a New Web Service for a BAPI262
- Accessing an SAP RFC266
- Calling a New Web Service for an RFC268
- Running the JWSNAME Web Service from Weblogic Workshop272
- Confirming Weblogic Server Is Running272
- Running the JWSNAME Web Service for a BAPI273
- Calling Complex Operations in a Workflow for a BAPI275
- Running the JWSNAME Web Service for an RFC276
- Calling Complex Operations in a Workflow for an RFC278
- Sample Files and Coding Techniques281
- Sample RFC Request Document282
- Sample RFC Response Document282
- Sample Idoc XML for Message Type DEBMAS283
Creating and Publishing53
- Manual with a Brief Description of the Contents of each Chapter or Appendix.53
- The Following Table Lists the Titles and Numbers of the Chapters and the Appendix For this53
- Collected Idocs289
- Sample RFC Module289
- Sample Wrapper Module to Call Functions on Remote Destinations (Service290
- Using Staging Bapis to Retrieve SAP BW Metadata292

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