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Supplied SAP supplies standard service providers, which can be split into three groups:

  • Supplied SAP supplies standard service providers, which can be split into three groups: Service providers whose elements are created within Records Management. They are therefore all based on the same back end:

    • Service Provider for Records

    • Service Provider for Record Models

    • Service Provider for Documents

    • Service Provider for Document Templates

    • Service Provider for Notes

    • Service Provider for Administration Data of Paper Documents

    • Service Provider for File Plans

  • Service providers whose elements are integrated from other SAP application systems, external systems, or the Internet. They are therefore all based on the same back end:

    • Service Provider for Business Objects

    • Service Provider for ArchiveLink Documents

    • Service Provider for Transactions

    • Service Provider for Reports

    • Service Provider for HCM Infotypes

    • Service Provider for URLs

  • Service providers whose elements support processes in record processing. They are therefore all based on the same back end:

    • Service Provider for Circulars

    • Service Provider for Business Workflows

    • Service Provider for Work Items

Service Provider Parameters

Service providers must have particular parameters before they can be registered in the Records Management Framework. These parameters belong to the implementation of a service provider. All service providers have the parameter groups described below. The parameter values of the service providers are documented in the subsequent sections.

SP POID Parameters

"SP" stands for service provider, "POID" stands for Persistent Object ID. The SP POID parameters, the element type ID, and the RMS ID together identify an individual element. The SP POID parameters are automatically assigned values when an element is created.

Connection Parameters

The connection parameters limit the amount of elements of a service provider. They determine which element types can be created. Before you can create an element type, the connection parameters of the service provider must have values. To do this, you need to know which values are possible for the connection parameters of each service provider. This background information is provided in the individual sections on each service provider.

Context Parameters

Context parameters enable transfer of information from one service provider to another. Not all service providers publish context parameters.

Assigning values for context parameters is optional, and is not carried out when creating element types. Values for the context parameters are either assigned automatically by the program, or are entered by the user in the Records Modeler when creating a record model.

In the Records Modeler, context parameters are automatically displayed for which you can enter values, if an element type that you have assigned to the model node belongs to a service provider that has published context parameters. The system automatically writes the context parameters in the attribute list for this model node. Context parameters that can have more than one value are listed ten times as a standard setting. For more information, see Editing Tool for Record Models: The Records Modeler.