Before you can use WebSphere® Adapter for SAP Software in
a runtime environment, you must configure the module. Understanding
this task at a high level helps you perform the steps that are needed
to accomplish the task.
You configure the module for the adapter to use by using
IBM® Integration Designer.
The following figure illustrates the flow of the configuration task,
and the steps that follow the figure describe this task at a high
level only. See the topics following this road map for the details
on how to perform each of these steps.
Figure 1. Road map for
configuring the module
Configuring the module for deployment
environment
This
task consists of the following step:
- Perform prerequisite tasks specific to the interface.
- Create an authentication alias to access the SAP server with
an encrypted password. This step is optional, depending on your
policy for handling passwords and IDs. You perform this step using
the server.
- Create the project. First, start the external service wizard in IBM Integration Designer to
begin the process of creating and deploying a module. The wizard creates
a project that is used to organize the files associated with the module.
- Add
the external software dependencies required
by WebSphere Adapter for SAP Software to
the project. These dependencies are also required when you export
the module as an EAR file, and deploy the EAR file to the server.
- Set connection properties that the external service wizard needs
to connect to the SAP server for
discovery of objects and services.
- Configure the module for inbound processing or outbound processing
by using the external service wizard to
find and select business objects and services from the SAP server,
and to generate business object definitions and related artifacts.
- Select
business objects and services for inbound or outbound processing from
the business integration components discovered by the external service wizard.
- Configure
the selected objects by specifying operations and other properties
that apply to all the business objects.
- Set deployment properties that the adapter uses to connect to
the SAP server at
run time. Then, generate the service by using the external service wizard to
save the new module, which contains the business object or objects
you configured, the import file or export file, and the service interface.