You can use SOA Manager for the complete configuration of service providers and consumer proxies for a local system. The following task areas are described:
Initial setup of SOA Manager
Configuring Service Providers and Consumers
Configuration that is specific to each server or business scenario.
Setting up the connection to the Services Registry, configuring publication rules, publishing service definitions.
Accessing and Testing a Service
Check that a service is functioning correctly and find the URL of the configured service.
Manage and configure logs and traces for Web service provider and consumer calls.
Check for errors in the message exchange between a service provider and a service consumer.
You have Administrator authorization.
More information: Checking Roles
The service and proxy definitions that you want to configure are available as development objects in the back-end system.
More information: Migrating Web Service Configurations
If you want to work with SOA Manager in a system landscape, you need to configure communication between ABAP systems.
More information: Setting Up the SOA Manager
To start SOA Manager, use the transaction code SOAMANAGER .