Managing Administration-Relevant Web Dynpro ABAP Applications

Administration-relevant Web Dynpro ABAP Applications should be especially protected from unauthorized access.

They can be grouped together under a separate virtual host (SAP_ADMIN_VH) that can be accessed through a separate port and provided with special access restrictions.

The following applications are administration-relevant:
  • Applications used for administration or user-defined configuration of NW Web Application Server.
  • Applications used for development tasks.
You have the following options for managing administration-relevant Web Dynpro ABAP applications:
  • Create administration-relevant Web Dynpro ABAP applications

    When you create a new Web Dynpro application, you can tag it as administration-relevant by selecting the checkbox in the dialog boxCreate Administration Service.
  • Tag existing Web Dynpro ABAP applications as administration-relevant

    To register existing Web Dynpro ABAP applications as administration-relevant, use transaction Process ICF Admin Services (PROCESS_ADM_SERVICES).

  • Change settings for administration-relevant applications

    To display an overview of administration-relevant applications or to change this setting, use transaction Reassign Admin ICF Services to Virtual Admin Host (REASSIGN_ADMSERVICES).
The following Web Dynpro ABAP Applications are declared as administration-relevant:
  • CONFIGURE_APPLICATION
  • CONFIGURE_COMPONENT
  • CUSTOMIZE_COMPONENT
  • WD_GLOBAL_SETTING
  • WD_GLOBAL_PARAMETERS

For more information, see 1748112 Information published on SAP site and 1778777 Information published on SAP site.