Prerequisites

Before you begin using Visual Composer, be sure that Visual Composer has been configured according to the instructions outlined in Configuring Visual Composer , and that you meet the following prerequisites:

  • Your administrator has assigned you the VisualComposerUser role. The assignment is made using SAP NetWeaver Administrator. For more information, see the User Administrator and Authentication section of the Visual Composer Security Guide .

  • The following items have been installed on the client computer from which you access Visual Composer Storyboard:

    • Microsoft Internet Explorer® 8 or higher.

    • Adobe SVG Viewer 3.0 for Visual Composer releases up to the following:

      • SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 23
      • EHP1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 8
      • EHP2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 8
    • Microsoft Silverlight® 4 or higher for Visual Composer releases starting from the following:
      • SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 23
      • EHP1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 8
      • EHP2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 8

    • Microsoft XML Parser 4.0 or higher.

  • To consume SAP system BAPIs/RFCs as sources of data in your models, make sure that the relevant systems are correctly defined in SAP NetWeaver Administrator.

    For more information, see: Maintaining RFC Destinations.

  • To consume Web services as sources of data in your models, make sure that their destinations are correctly defined in SAP NetWeaver Administrator.

    For more information, see: Creating Web Service Physical Destinations.

  • To consume JDBC-based stored procedures as sources of data in your models, make sure that their destinations are correctly defined in SAP NetWeaver Administrator.

    For more information, see: Creating JDBC System Destinations.

  • To consume services from the Services Registry as sources of data in your models, you need to configure the consumer proxy (define a single Services Registry to be the central one in your system landscape).

    For more information, see: Configuring a Central Services Registry.

After Visual Composer is installed and correctly configured, you are ready to begin using Visual Composer to model applications. For more information, see Accessing Visual Composer in a Web Browser and Introducing the Storyboard Desktop .