Configuring: Outbound SAP BAPI Adapter

Outbound SAP BAPI Adapter

The outbound Adapter Environment properties include client connection parameters that are required to implement the project using the Adapter in outbound mode communication. These parameters are configured in the outbound Adapter Environment Properties window.

The Outbound SAP BAPI Adapter includes the following configuration sections:

Client Connection Settings.
Client Security Settings.
Connection Retry Settings.
Connection Pool Settings.

Client Connection Settings

The following Client Connection Settings are used.

Outbound SAP BAPI Adapter— Client Connection Settings

Name	Description	Required Value
Application Server Hostname	Specifies the host name of the SAP application server.	Any valid Hostname. There is no default setting.
System Number	Specifies the system number of the SAP application server. Use this property when you are not using SAP load balancing.	Any numeric value. The default setting is 00.
Client Number	Specifies the SAP client number used to access the system.	An alphanumeric string. Do not omit leading zeros. There is no default setting.
User	Specifies the user ID used to log on to the SAP system.	Any alphanumeric value. There is no default setting.
Password	Specifies the password for the logon user.	An alphanumeric string. There is no default setting.
Language	Specifies the logon language used for SAP access by the Adapter.	There are no required values. EN- English DE- German JA- Japanese KO- Korean The default is EN, English.
System ID	Specifies the System ID of the SAP instance.	Any valid SAP System ID. There is no default setting.
Gateway Hostname (optional)	Specifies an Gateway host name for the Application Server. This parameter is optional and should be configured when NOT using SAP Load Balancing. *Note -* Do not specify any optional Router String here, as the value is prepended to the Gateway Hostname.	An alphanumeric string. Do not omit leading zeros. There is no default setting.
Gateway Service (optional)	Specifies an Gateway Service for the Application Server. This parameter is optional and should be configured when NOT using SAP Load Balancing.	The SAP recommended value is the string sapgw concatenated with the SAP system number. For example, if the system number is 00, the gateway service is sapgw00. There is no default setting.
Message Server Hostname	Specifies the host name of the Message Server IF using Load Balancing. *Note -* Do not specify any optional Router String here, as the value will be prepended.	There is no default value.
Application Server Group	Specifies the name of the group of SAP Application Servers that will be sharing the workload. This parameter should be configured ONLY when using SAP Load Balancing.	There are no required values. There is no default setting.
Router String (optional)	Specifies the router string needed to access the SAP Application Server. This property is optional; use it only to gain access to an SAP system that is behind a firewall. The string is composed of the hostnames or IP addresses of all the SAP routers that are in between this application server and the SAP gateway host. For example, if there are two routers, saprouter1, and saprouter2, in order, from the application server to the SAP, as follows: saprouter1: 204.79.199.5 saprouter2: 207.105.30.146 The router string in this case is as follows: /H/204.79.199.5/H/207.105.30.146/H/ Do not omit the “/H/” tokens to begin, separate, and end the routers.	A valid router string. There is no default setting.

Client Security Settings

The following Client Security Settings are used.

Outbound SAP BAPI Adapter — Client Security Settings

Name	Description	Required Value
Enable SNC	Specifies whether the SNC is enabled or not.	Yes or No. The default is No.
SNC Partner Name	Specifies the AS ABAP SNC name.	You can find the application server SNC name in the profile parameter snc/identity/as. For example: p:CN=ABC, O=MyCompany, C=US
SNC Level of Protection	Specifies the level of protection to use for the connection.	Possible values: 1: Authentication only 2: Integrity protection 3: Privacy protection 8: Use the value from snc/data_protection/use on the application server 9: Use the value from snc/data_protection/max on the application server There is no default setting.
SNC Library Path	Specifies the path and file name of the external library.	The default is the system-defined library as defined in the environment variable SNC_LIB.
X.509 Certificate	Specifies the X.509 certificate information.	There is no default setting.
SNC My Name	Specifies the SNC My Name.	There is no default setting.

Connection Retry Settings

The following Connection Retry Settings are used.

Outbound SAP BAPI Adapter — Connection Retry Settings

Name	Description	Required Value
Connection Retries	Number of retries to establish a connection upon failure to acquire one.	The default is 0.
Connection Retry Interval	Milliseconds of pause before each reattempt to access the SAP system. Used in conjunction with the Connection Retry Count setting.	The default is 1000.

Connection Pool Settings

The following Connection Pool Settings are used by the external database.

Outbound SAP BAPI Adapter — Connection Pool Settings

Name	Description	Required Value
Steady pool size	The minimum number of physical connections the pool should keep available at all times. 0 (zero) indicates that there should be no physical connections in the pool and that new connections should be created as needed.	The default number of connections is 2.
Maximum pool size	The maximum number of physical connections the pool should contain. 0 (zero) indicates that there is no maximum.	The default number of connections is 10.
Max Idle Timeout in Seconds	A timer thread periodically removes unused connections. This parameter defines the interval at which this thread runs. This thread removes unused connections after the specified idle time expires. It allows the user to specify the amount of time a connection can remain idle in the pool. When this is set to greater than 0, the container removes or destroys any connections that are idle for the specified duration. A value of 0 specifies that idle connections can remain in the pool indefinitely.	The default is 300.

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