Configuring IPC and ERP E-Commerce for SAP ERP 2005 

Use

You set up the SAP Internet Pricing and Configurator (IPC) 7.0 with your ERP E-Commerce application to enable the use of configurable products in your Web shop and the use of customer-specific pricing in the product catalog.

If you are using SAP ERP 2005 release as a backend system you need to carry out the customizing activities described in this document to set up IPC/ERP E-Commerce connectivity.

Prerequisites

You are using SAP ERP 2005 as your backend ERP system.

The IPC is a component which is automatically installed with the ERP deployment. 

Procedure

If you are using ERP 2005 as a backend system for your ERP E-Commerce application, the ERP E-Commerce application will connect to IPC 7.0 using the JCO connection data which you define in Extended Configuration Management (XCM). You maintain this data as follows:

Log...

       1.      Log on to Extended Configuration Management (XCM) for your Web shop at:

http://<servername:port>/<b2c or b2b>/admin/xcm/init.do.

       2.      Navigate to Start ® Application Configurations ®Customer ® <the application configuration you wish to use>.

       3.      In the jcodata parameter field choose the value “select to create component configuration” and then select the jco button.

       4.      The system displays the component configuration for the JCO connection data. Fill in the values for the parameters in this component and Save your configuration.

Result

The JCO connection data is maintained for your ERP E-Commerce application. The ERP E-Commerce application will connect to the IPC 7.0 using this data.