Importing Interfaces from an SAP System (SAP Library - SAP Exchange Infrastructure (BC-XI))

Importing Interfaces from an SAP System

Use

By importing interfaces you make the signature and the technical name of the interface known to the Integration Builder, thus easing further design and configuration:

In mapping you can import the parameters and structures for the imported interface directly into the mapping editor for the source or target structure.
During the design and configuration phase you must constantly reference the interfaces you have used. If the interface has been imported, you can avoid typing errors by using the value help.

You do not have to import an interface to use it in SAP Exchange Infrastructure, however, it eases the entire design and configuration process at a later stage. You can import RFC function modules, BAPIs, and IDocs from SAP systems Release 4.0 or higher.

Prerequisites

The import of interfaces must be permitted for the software component versions for which you want to import interfaces from an SAP system. To check this, call the context menu for the software component versions concerned and choose Open. The checkbox Interfaces from SAP Systems Permitted must be selected on the Definition tab page, and the connection data for the SAP system concerned must be maintained (also see: Displaying/Changing Software Component Versions). You must also log on with a user that has the authorizations required to import interfaces. For a SAP Web Application Server 6.20, the following authorizations are required:

Authorizations Required to Import from Systems Based On SAP Web Application Server 6.20

Authorization Object: S_RFC
Authorization Field	Authorization Required
ACTVT	16 (Execute)
RFC_NAME	ATSV, BACV, BAPT, BDXL, BFHV, EDIMEXT, RFC1, RFC2, SDIFRUNTIME, SDNT, SDTB, SEF1, SEM5, SEU_COMPONENT, SIBO, SIFD, SIMG, SUNI, SWOR, SYST, SDOC
RFC_TYPE	Function Group
Authorization Object: S_DEVELOP
Authorization Field	Authorization Required
ACTVT	Display
DEVCLASS	*
OBJNAME	*
OBJTYPE	*
P_GROUP	*

Importing Interfaces from an SAP System

You are on the design maintenance screen in the Integration Builder.

Expand the subnodes for the software component version for which you want to import interfaces.

Call the context menu for the subnode Imported Objects of this software component version and choose SAP Import.

The system displays the SAP Import dialog on the tab page Logon.

In the User Account frame, enter the logon data for a user that has sufficient authorization for the import (see Prerequisites), and choose the Continue button (

The dialog switches to the Selection tab page so you can select the interfaces to be imported. The default setting displays the RFC modules and IDocs under the corresponding node as an alphabetically ascending list. You can use the following functions to find and select an interface:

Selection Tab Page Functions

Function	Meaning
	Refresh the object list for all subnodes of a selected node
	Search for interfaces in the entire object list. This search corresponds to the search in the Integration Builder navigation tree.
	Open a list in the lower area of the tab page in which all previously selected interfaces are displayed. This enables you to check whether there are interfaces in your selection that you do not want to import and so can delete them.
	Close the list of selected interfaces.
	Display the imported interfaces ordered according to the application component hierarchy.
	Display the imported interfaces in a list in alphabetical order.

In the list or in the application component hierarchy select the RFCs or IDocs that you want to import and choose Continue (

The system navigates to the Import tab page that comprises a status window and the list Interfaces Selected for Import. To start the import, choose Start (

). To select further interfaces to be selected, choose Back (

Result

The selected interfaces are imported from the SAP system and are then available in your software component version under Imported Objects.