Installing the CLP Internet Component
Use
Complete these steps in order to access the APO Collaborative Planning screens in the Internet.
This procedure consists of two steps:
1.Install the Internet Transaction Server (ITS)
Before you begin with the installation, see the ITS documentation provided on the Server Components CD which is delivered together with the software.
In order to display the texts on the initial LOGON screen in the desired language, you must first set the default language in the global ITS data service using ITSparameter
~ language
and the language abbreviation of the SAP system.
File Name: global.srvc
Example: ~language EN (for English text display)
Requirement
:
ITS version 4.6D or higher
2. Publish the Collaborative Planning HTML templates on the ITS server
Prerequisite
The following services have been installed on the ITS server:
Service |
Source |
WEBGUI |
Part of the ITS installation (IAC package “webgui,sar”) |
MINIALV |
You publish these services directly in one of the following ways:a) Go to SE80 -> Specify 'Internet Service' and select the corresponding service -> Go to 'Publish' -> Select 'Complete Service' b) Use 'W3_Publish_Service'. For the details of the procedure, see SAP note 325149 (Publishing IAC objects). |
SHUFFLER |
|
SPIGITSFL |
|
WAOPIG |
included in IAC package for Workplace, called "wp_comp.sar", which is available under: 'http://service.sap.com/patches/ -> SAP WORKPLACE -> SAP WORKPLACE 2.11 -> Binary Patches -> WORKPLACE 2.11 ITS PACKAGE -> OS independent'. |
Follow the standard procedure for publishing HTML templates together with Internet Application Components (IACs) / Easy Web Transactions (EWT). See the relevant documentation for ITS and SAP@web-studio or ABAP workbench.
Note
The following HTML service templates are required:
CLPAMON, CLPBID, CLPGLOBAL, CLPSDP, CLPPROMCAL
The templates can be obtained in the following ways:
The SAR file 40_apo_clp.sar for SAP APO Collaborative Planning is available on the SAP Service Marketplace as an attachment to SAP Note 577845. For information on how to install SAR files, see SAP Note 331407.
Result
You can now display the Collaborative Planning HTML template using a web browser.
Note
The current version of the APO Collaborative Planning templates was optimized for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0. These templates are not displayed properly in the Netscape Navigator!!!