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Use

SAPconnect has an integrated administration interface, which you can use to set up external communications and monitor sending. Various views of your communications environment are available. You access the SAPconnect administration interface by calling transaction SCOT.

Prerequisites

The authorizations for SAPconnect administration are contained in the roles SAP_BC_SRV_COM_ADMIN and SAP_BC_SRV_GBT_ADMIN.

Activities

Note

If you are using the SMTP plug-in, see the Quick Guide to SMTP Configuration for the information you need to configure your system . The SMTP plug-in is available for Internet mail as of SAP Web AS 6.10 and for fax and text messages (pager/SMS) as of SAP Web AS 6.20. This is the configuration recommended by SAP.

For the RFC interface, you must create an RFC user so that you can receive messages in the SAP system. For each external communications system, create an RFC destination and a node.

You can add more systems, that is, create new nodes, even during operation. Since new Customizing settings may be necessary, you can branch directly from SAPconnect administration to Customizing (for example, to maintain the rules for recipient number adjustment).

Outgoing messages are first stored in a queue. You must schedule send processes for the messages to be sent from the queue. You can distribute incoming messages on the basis of the recipient addresses using inbound distribution.

You can also change the default settings for confirmations of receipt in the Internet. You can specify a default domain so that messages can be sent externally from users and objects to which no Internet address is assigned.

Tools for monitoring and error analysis are available to enable you to monitor sending. You can check the operating status of the external communication components in the SAP system and evaluate the send status of the documents. If errors occur, you can set a trace that logs the processing of messages.

For an overview of the settings that you have to make in the SAP system to enable sending, see External Sending in the SAP System.

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