Procedure documentation Displaying, Maintaining and Testing Destinations Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

To display, create or modify destinations, choose Tools ® Administration ® Administration ® Network ® RFC destinations or enter transaction code SM59.

Remote Destinations are stored in table RFCDES. The RFCDES table describes logical destinations for remote function calls.

It is not possible to maintain the RFCDES table directly.

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You can also access logical destinations via the Implementation Guide (IMG) by choosing Tools ® AcceleratedSAP ® Customizing ® Execute Project ® SAP Reference IMG.

In the Implementation Guide, expand the following hierarchy structure:

Basis
Application Link Enabling (ALE)
Sending and Receiving Systems
Systems in Network
Define Target Systems for RFC Calls

Displaying Destinations

The initial screen for this transaction displays a tree:

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Different connection types (i.e. partner systems or programs) are possible. For further information, see Structure link Types of Destinations.

To display all information for a given destination, double-click it, or place the cursor on it and press F2 .

To search for a destination, press the Find button and specify your selection. You get a list of all entries matching your selection. Place the cursor on the one you want, and press F2 or simply double-click the destination. All information for the given entry appears.

Creating Destinations

On the destinations overview screen (transaction code SM59), the connection types and all existing destinations are displayed in a tree structure.

All available connection types are explained in Structure link Types of Destinations.

To create a new RFC destination, press the Create button. A new screen is displayed with empty fields for you to fill in.

If you want to create a new destination

As you create a remote destination, you can specify a particular application server or a group of servers for a balanced distribution of system load.

For details of the destination parameters, see Entering Destination Parameters.

Changing Existing Destinations

On the destinations overview screen (transaction code SM59), the connection types and all existing destinations are displayed in a tree structure.

You can display all information for a given destination by double-clicking it or pressing F2 on it.

To change an existing destination, double-click it, or place the cursor on it and press the Change button.

For details of the destination parameters, see Entering Destination Parameters.

Testing Destinations

To test a destination, choose the appropriate function from the Test menu.

 

 

 

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