Activate ICF Services for Design Studio Apps

A component called the Internet Communication Framework (ICF) runs on your front-end system and back-end system.

Before you can use any Design Studio app, you must activate these ICF services in both the front-end server and back-end server. For security reasons, all Internet Communication Framework (ICF) services are made available in an inactive state.

Note Note

For security reasons, we recommend that you only activate the services required to run the apps.

End of the note.

All Design Studio apps use the following ICF services in the front-end server:

Front-End Server

ICF Service Description	Navigation Path
Analyze Design Studio Query	/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/fin_ds_analyze
Unified Shell	/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/ui2/ushell

All Design Studio apps use the following ICF services in the back-end server:

Back-End Server

ICF Service Description	Navigation Path
BW InA	/sap/bw/ina
MIME in Web Reporting	/sap/bw/Mime
Enterprise Search InA Adapter	/sap/es/ina

For Design Studio apps powered by SAP Business Planning and Consolidation embedded, there are the following additional ICF services in the back-end server.

ICF Service Description	Navigation Path
BPC Universal Web Client	/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/bpcwebclient
Client Service (Persistence, User Preference, etc.)	/sap/bw/cs
BW: Get Response	/sap/bw/ina/GetResponse

Procedure

On the back-end server, it is necessary to create a new sub element for the ICF service /sap/bw/ina as a reference to the existing service /sap/es/ina/GetServerInfo.

To create the new ICF service, proceed as follows:

Choose Tools Administration Network HTTP Service Hierarchy Maintenance or start transaction SICF.
The Define Services screen appears. The Hierarchy Type SERVICE is defaulted.
Choose (Execute) or press F8.
The Maintain service screen appears which offers a filter area called Filter Details.
In the ServiceName field, enter INA and choose (Apply).
The system filters the service hierarchy in the Virtual Hosts / Services screen area for the path leading to the filtered service. Right-click the service INA and choose New Sub-Element in the context menu.
Confirm the note about creating a node in the SAP Namespace by choosing (Continue).
The Create a Service Element dialog box appears.
In the Name of Service Element to Be Created field, enter GetServerInfo.

In the Type of Service Node to Be Created field group, select Reference to Existing Service.

Choose (Continue).
The Create/Change a Service Call screen appears.
In the Description 1 field, enter a description, for example Get Server Info.
Choose the Target tab page. In the Virtual Hosts / Services screen area, navigate to /sap/es/ina/GetServerInfo and double-click GetServerInfo to highlight the line.
Choose (Store) and then go back to the Maintain service screen.
On the Maintain service screen, highlight your new service and choose Service/Host Activate .
An Activation of ICF Services dialog box appears.
Choose Yes to activate the new service.