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Installation

To install inSight for SAP R/3 under the Windows NT operating system you will need Windows NT 3.51 or higher. For installation under the Windows 3.11 and Windows for Workgroups operating systems you need the Win32S Version 1.30 system enhancement.

To enable inSight to communicate with the R/3 system you must install the SAP Automation Server. The Automation Server is delivered with the R/3 system. For more information on the installation of the SAP Automation Server see the BC - SAP Assistant documentation.

Logging on

After you have fulfilled the prerequisites above and installed inSight, you can set up the connection to the R/3 system. Proceed as follows:

  1. Call up inSight and open the database window.
  2. Click on the Create new connection file button in the database window.
  3. In the Create new connection dialog box select the option External database and interface SAP R/3.
  4. In the following dialog box, Create new connection, enter a name for the connection file.
  5. A dialog box for logging on to the R/3 system is displayed.

Enter the name of the R/3 system and the client. In addition, enter your R/3 user name, password and the desired language (English or German). You must also fill out the fields with the necessary server and gateway information. The Host Name is the name or IP address of the application server. Enter the R/3 instance number in the field System. The Gateway Host is the name or IP address of the gateway server. The normal entry in the field Gateway Service is sapgw plus the system number, for example sapgw00. If you require more detailed information about these entries you should contact your system administrator or use the menu path Tools ® Administration ® Monitoring ® System monitoring ® Gateway monitor.

For general information on inSight see Connection to inSight for SAP-EIS.

 

 

 

 

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