SAP@Web Studio (SAP Library - Internal Service Request)

SAP@Web Studio

Purpose

The SAP@Web Studio is a PC tool for developing Internet applications.

The SAP@Web Studio allows you to create, modify, and manage all the files required by the Internet Transaction Server (ITS) to drive Internet applications that access data in the R/3 System. Users can start these applications from any suitable Web browser.

Developing Internet applications driven by the ITS is a two-stage process that defines a clear separation between business logic and presentation logic. This process takes place both inside and outside the R/3 System.

Inside the R/3 System. you define the business logic.

To implement the business logic, you create transactions, function modules, or simple reports, in the ABAP Workbench.

If you are using the Web transactions implementation model to enable R/3 transactions to run from a Web browser, the dialog flow is defined in the screen flow logic of the relevant transaction on the R/3 side.

Outside the R/3 System, you define the presentation logic.

To implement the presentation logic, you create all the required ITS files in the SAP@Web Studio.

If you are using the flow file implementation model to develop an application where user navigation is not predefined in advance, you also define the dialog flow in the SAP@Web Studio.

Implementation Considerations

If you want to develop Internet applications that users can run from a Web browser via the ITS to access data in the R/3 System, you should install the SAP@Web Studio.

Integration

To allow Internet applications developed in the SAP@Web Studio to access data in the R/3 System, you must install an R/3 System, which is Release 3.0D or higher.

To connect the R/3 System to the Internet, test Internet applications developed in the SAP@Web Studio, and allow users to run them from a Web browser, you must also install the ITS.

Features

The SAP@Web Studio contains several features that support the development, design, and testing of Internet applications. This involves creating, maintaining, publishing, and managing all the ITS files required to run them.

The SAP@Web Studio wizards allow you to:

Create ITS services.
Generate HTML^Business templates.
Create language resources.

Using the application design features in the SAP@Web Studio, you can:

Define the presentation aspects ("look and feel") of applications by editing HTML^Business templates in the HTML ^Business editor.

The HTML^Business editor provides support for entering both HTML ^Business and standard HTML code.

Define the dialog flow of applications based on the flow file implementation model by generating a flow file for each HTML^Business template in the HTML ^Business editor.

The HTML^Business editor provides support for entering the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) code that defines the dialog flow of such applications.

Edit services and languages in the grid control editor.

The grid control editor allows you to enter parameters in name/value pairs.

In service files, the parameters define how a service should run.
In language resource files, the parameters define the language-independent texts used in your application.

When you have completed the design process, you can use the SAP@Web Studio’s testing, file publishing, and source control facilities to:

Test new applications by running them directly in a Web browser.

The HTML^Business editor allows you to preview the layout of HTML ^Business templates and view data values in context by recording them when you run an application.

Publish the files that make up an application to an ITS site.

It is also possible to publish individual files as you develop applications.

Manage the files that make up an application in ITS source control within the R/3 System.

For an overview of the steps required to develop Internet applications driven by the ITS in the SAP@Web Studio, see Internet Application Development.

The SAP@Web Studio is a flexible, integrated development environment that allows you to develop Internet applications driven by the ITS outside the constraints of the R/3 System.

You can also develop Internet applications by implementing services inside the R/3 System. To do this, you use the Web Application Builder in the ABAP Workbench. For further information, see the section on integrating Internet services in BC ABAP Workbench Tools. If this link does not work from your current location, and you are outside the R/3 System, log on to the latest release and see under Help ® SAP Library ® Basis Components ® ABAP Workbench (BC-DWB) ® BC ABAP Workbench Tools.