Using this function, the SAP R/3 System can subscribe to events of an OPC Alarms/Events server. The SAP R/3 System is then informed automatically as soon as an event occurred in the OPC server.

Using SAP ODA, you can access OPC data from the following applications:

For more information about how the data is accessed from the above applications, see:

With Alarms/Events subscriptions, you can define filters in Customizing for the SAP R/3 System to reduce the number of events to be received. You can only define the filter criteria that are also supported by the AE servers you use.

• Event type
• Event severity
• Event area
• Event source
• Event category
• Event reasons