SAP NetWeaver Support Platform 

Purpose

The Support Platform is a Web AS application that enables you to develop, deploy and run plug-ins – small Java programs that return sets of results that can be viewed in a table.

Plug-ins generally perform tests or create reports. A plug-in might check the configuration of the system, or whether permissions are set correctly, or the name of the current Web AS version. You can create plug-ins for any task that can be performed by a Java program.

Each plug-in is a single Java class, and groups of plug-ins are deployed to the Support Platform in JAR files. The Support Platform comes with a collection of out-of-the-box plug-ins; developers can write their own plug-ins, which administrators can then deploy and run.

The Support Platform can monitor the entire Web AS system on which it runs, and can run plug-ins on any of the Java processes in the cluster.

The Support Platform provides a user interface for deploying plug-ins, displaying available plug-ins, running them and displaying the results.

This section contains the following:

●     Overview: Describes the components of the Support Platform.

●     User Interface: Describes the Support Platform user interface, which enables you to deploy and run plug-ins.

●     Working with the Support Platform: Describes how to work with the Support Platform, including how to develop, deploy and run plug-ins.

●     Plug-Ins: Describes some of the out-of-the-box plug-ins that come with the Support Platform.