Working Offline: Using a Local Repository 

Purpose

Since BAPI and RFC metadata does not change often, you may be able to work with BAPI and RFC metadata which you have previously downloaded from an actual R/3 system. This allows you to work offline, meaning that you work with data in a local repository. This speeds your access to the data.

You can create multiple local repositories, each containing a different set of metadata.

A SAP Assistant local repository file uses the file type SDB.

Process Flow

To work with a local repository you must first save some metadata into a local repository file. You copy this data from an R/3 system.

  1. You must first log onto the R/3 system whose data you wish to save.
  2. Save data into a local repository file.
  3. Open the local repository of your choice to read data from it. Before reading data from the local repository, close the connection to the R/3 system (log off from the online connection).

You may delete items from a local repository.

You may also delete a local repository file, by deleting the SDB file in Windows.