Saving Data to a Local Repository 

Use

To create a copy of the RFC or BAPI metadata from an R/3 system, you may save it into a local repository, which resides in a local file on your hard disk.

You may elect to save all the RFCs or business objects of a single system into one local repository or you can save a subset of this data. The smallest item you can save is a single RFC or a single business object.

You may save metadata from multiple R/3 systems in a single local repository file. If you combine data from multiple systems in one local repository file, you will have to choose which system to "log" onto when using the local repository (you can only read from one system at a time).

Procedure

  1. Log onto the live R/3 system from which you wish to copy metadata.
  2. Find the data you wish to save. You can save data from the BAPI, the RFC, or the Search pane.
  3. Mark the portion of the data you wish to save.

    4. You may save a subset or all of the data, for example, you can save all or some of the BAPIs in a system as follows:

    To Save:

    Mark:

    All of the business objects and BAPIs in the system

    The line at the top, titled "R/3"

    All the business objects and BAPIs that belong to one application hierarchy (an R/3 application module, for example, Asset Accounting)

    The name of the application hierarchy

    A single Business object with all its BAPIs

    The name of the business object

    Note that you cannot save a single BAPI of a business object.

  4. Open the local repository file you wish to save into. You can create a new file or you can save into an existing file:
    5.

    To Save Into

    Action

    A new local repository file

    Choose FileàNew File

    The New Local Repository dialog appears:

    Specify or Browse to the directory you wish to store the file at.

    Specify a file name.

    An existing local repository

    Choose FileàOpen File

    The Open Local Repository dialog appears:

    Browse to the directory where the file is stored and mark the file name.

    Choose Open.

    You can skip this step if you already have a local repository file open, and you wish to save the data into that file.

  5. Choose FileàSave Selected Item. The data you have selected is saved into the local repository file.

Saving Additional Data to an Open Local Repository

The local repository file remains open until you:

While it remains open you can save additional data into the same file without having to reopen it.

You can save additional data from the same system by selecting it and choosing Save.

You can also save data from other R/3 systems to the same file. To do so:

  1. Log off from the online connection to the first system.
  2. Log onto the next system from which you wish to save data.
  3. Choose Save.