Activating SAP Gateway

Use

Before you can use the SAP Gateway functionality, you have to activate it globally in your system.

If SAP Gateway is not activated, OData services cannot run, consumer servers cannot communicate with it, and an error message is sent to any system that calls the services.

After you have completed the configuration activities (SAP Reference IMG (transaction SPRO) Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step SAP Gateway OData Channel Configuration End of the navigation path User Settings and Connection Settings ), you must activate SAP Gateway.

Note

Before activating SAP Gateway, ensure that you have first installed and configured the consumer server.

Proceed as follows:

In transaction SPRO open the SAP Reference IMG and navigate to: SAP NetWeaver SAP Gateway OData Channel Configuration Activate or Deactivate SAP Gateway and click on the Activity icon.

A message displays.
Choose Activate.

A message displays informing you of the current status.