SLD Application Programming Interface for ABAP-Based Systems 

Use

Some components, such as PI and the Solution Manager, use the SLD Application Programming Interface for ABAP-based systems (SLD ABAP API) to read data from and write data to the SLD.

The SLD ABAP API is delivered in the SLD_API package of the SAP Web AS ABAP release 6.20 and higher.

Activities

If you run applications that read data from and write data to the SLD, you have to configure the connection between the SLD ABAP API and the SLD manually.

For more information about configuring the connection to an ABAP system, which is part of the SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, see Connecting to the System Landscape Directory.

Both RFC and HTTP protocols are used for connecting the SLD ABAP API and the SLD. You have to configure both the RFC channel from ABAP to Java and the HTTP connection parameters. The following figure shows the configuration of the SLD ABAP API in detail:

We recommend that you use the same J2EE Engine and a local SAP gateway for the whole infrastructure. In this case, only the RFC communication is remote. If the ABAP system is an add-in installation to a J2EE system, the corresponding J2EE Engine can be used alternatively as an RFC provider. Then only the HTTP communication is remote.

 

See also:

Creating an RFC Destination for the SLD ABAP API on the J2EE Side

Creating an RFC Destination for the SLD ABAP API on the ABAP Side

Creating an HTTP Destination for the SLD ABAP API on the ABAP Side