SAP Business Suite Applications

Name

Alphanumeric characters and underscores

The name of the object. This name appears in the datastores tab and in tasks that use the datastore.

Description

Any text

The description of the datastore.

Type

SAP Business Suite Applications

Select the type of datastore to which you are connecting.

Agent

The list of agents that have been defined in the agents tab

Specifies the agent that should be used to access this data source.

Application server

Computer name, fully qualified domain name, or IP address

The name of the remote SAP application computer (host) to which the software connects.

Authentication

Password

SNC

Specifies the authentication type used to connect to the datastore.

User name

Alphanumeric characters and underscores

The name of the account through which the software accesses the SAP application server.

Password

Alphanumeric characters and underscores, or blank

The user's password.

Note

If you have problems connecting to a system that uses SAP_BASIS version 6.40 and earlier, the system might be expecting an uppercase password. To prevent this issue, install the appropriate kernel patch as described in SAP Note 792850, “Preparing ABAP systems to deal with incompatible passwords”.

Language

SAP-supported ISO three-letter language codes or <default>

Select the language from the possible values in the drop-down list. The <default> option sets the language to the system language of the SAP Data Services Agent host system.

Code page

-

Specify the character encoding of character data in the datastore.

ABAP execution option

Generate and execute

Execute preloaded

Select the task execution strategy. Your choice affects the required authorizations.

Generate and Execute: The ABAP created by the task resides on the same computer as the SAP Data Services Agent and is submitted to SAP using the /BODS/RFC_ABAP_INSTALL_AND_RUN function. Select this option if the task changes between scheduled executions. This is the recommended option for non-production environments, such as sandbox or development.

Execute Preloaded: ABAP resides on the SAP application server and is submitted using Data Services RFC function modules. Select this option if the task does not change between scheduled executions. This is the recommended option for production environments where the generated code from a non-production environment such as a sandbox or development environment has been reviewed and is uploaded to the production server.

Client number

000-999

The three-digit client number. Defaults to 800.

System number

00-99

The two-digit system number. Defaults to 00.

ODP Context

Refer to the requirements of the application

The context in the ODP framework describes a non-local SAP repository that maps its metadata in the ODP framework. The context can be compared with a schema in a database.

When setting up SAP BW/4HANA as a source, set this option to BW.

Routing string

Refer to the requirements of the application

Enter the SAP routing string used to connect to SAP systems through SAProuters.

Execute in background (batch)

Yes

No

Specify whether the generated ABAP programs created by SAP application data flows defined with this datastore will execute in batch mode on the SAP server. Batch mode operation is slower than the normal console mode; however, choose batch mode if the application is too long to run during the console mode time frame. Defaults to No.

Target host

Computer name, fully qualified domain name, or IP address

If you chose to execute ABAP programs in the background, specify the target computer (host).

Job class

A

B

C

If you chose to execute ABAP programs in the background, specify the job class.

Security profile

By default, SAP Cloud Integration for data services does not use an SAP security profile.

You can associate a security profile with a datastore so that data flows that access SAP application sources defined by the datastore include appropriate authorization checking.

Specify any security profile defined in SAP (a predefined profile or a profile you defined).

RFC trace level

Brief

Verbose

Full

Brief: Error messages are written to the trace log. (Default)

Verbose: The trace entries are dependent on the SAP program being traced.

Full: In addition to entries traced by verbose value, data blocks are also traced.

RFC destination

SAPDS or <Destination name>

For the RFC data transfer method, enter a TCP/IP RFC destination. You can keep the default name of SAPDS and create a destination of the same name in the source SAP system, or you can enter a destination name for an existing destination.

Use sapnwrfc.ini

Yes

No

Select to use an sapnwrfc.ini file, which overrides the datastore settings. Place the sapnwrfc.ini file in the current directory of the process being executed (%LINK_DIR%/bin). Defaults to No.

Destination

Refer to the requirements of the application

If using an sapnwrfc.ini file, enter the destination name to reference.

Load balance

Yes

No

Select Yes to enable load balancing, which helps to run tasks successfully in case the application server is down or inaccessible.

See Extract Data from a Load-Balanced SAP Application System.

MS host

Computer name, fully qualified domain name, or IP address

Specify the message server host name. Overrides the setting in sapnwrfc.ini.

MS port

Refer to the requirements of the application

Specify this parameter only if the message server does not listen on the standard service sapms<SysID> or if this service is not defined in the services file and you need to specify the network port directly. Overrides the setting in sapnwrfc.ini.

Server group

<User input>

Public

Space

Optionally specify the group name of the application servers. Default: Public. Overrides the setting in sapnwrfc.ini.

System ID

Refer to the requirements of the application

Name of the SAP system. Overrides the setting in sapnwrfc.ini.

Upload attribute: Status

P - SAP Standard Production Program

K - Customer Production Program

S - System Program

T - Test Program

Indicates whether the program is a test program, a system program, or a production program. Default is T - Test program. The parameter can have only the value code or the value code and description, separated by a space.

Upload attribute: Application

Refer to the drop-down list for available options

Indicates the application area to which the program belongs (Basis, General Ledger, Sales, and so on). The default value is S - Basis. The parameter can have only the value code or the value code and description, separated by a space.

Upload attribute: Development class (Package)

Refer to the drop-down list for available options

Indicates the name under which related objects in the ABAP Workbench are grouped together in a package. Default is $TMP. The program is created as a local (non-transportable) object.

Upload attribute: Request ID

Refer to the drop-down list for available options

Indicates the Change and Transport System (CTS) request ID. The default value is blank. This option is populated by the Data Services Agent if a non-local program object is created in SAP.

Upload attribute: Task ID

Refer to the drop-down list for available options

Indicates the CTS task ID. The default value is blank. This option is populated by the Data Services Agent if a non-local program object is created in SAP.