Creating or Changing the Destination Service 

Use

This procedure applies to SAP applications using print forms and forms in ISR scenarios, for example in the Business Package Manager Self-Services.

When processing forms between an ABAP environment and a Java environment, the Destination service of the J2EE engine is used. This service runs in the Java environment and facilitates communication and data transmission between the Java and ABAP environments. Communication between ABAP and the Java Destination service is enabled by the Internet Communication Framework (ICF).

In an ABAP+Java system, the Destination service is configured for basic authentication, when the system is installed. You need to change this configuration, if

●      ABAP and Java are installed on separate systems

●      you want to use SSL

●      the service user ADS_AGENT in the ABAP system is not created in the default client.

Prerequisites

●      The ICF service on the SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP is active. For more information, see Activating the ICF service.

●      The service user ADS_AGENT was created and assigned to the appropriate role. For more information, see Creating the Service User ADS_AGENT in the ABAP Environment

Procedure

To change destination, proceed as follows:

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       1.      Log on to the Visual Administrator. (See How to Start the Visual Administrator.)

       2.      On the Cluster tab, choose Server <x>   ® Services  ®  Destinations. Under Runtime, select HTTP. The available destinations are displayed.

       3.      Choose the destination you want to change. The information that applies to a selected destination is displayed in the right pane. Proceed with step 6.

       4.      Choose New in the navigation panel, if the destination does not exist, yet.

       5.      In the dialog box that follows, enter the name FP_ICF_DATA_<SID>, where <SID> is your ABAP system, for the new destination and choose OK.

       6.      Under Connection Settings, enter the message server (or Web Dispatcher) of the SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP in the URL  field:

 

http://<hostname>:<HTTP_port>

and in case of SSL,

https://<hostname>:<HTTPS_port>

To display the host name of your SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP log on to SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and call transaction SICF. In the main menu, choose Goto  ®  Port Information. The information is displayed on a screen; where the HTTP_port is specified under Services.

       7.      Enter the appropriate client number of the system, where the service user ADS_AGENT exists into the client field. Keep the other fields System ID and Language empty.

       8.      Under Logon Data, choose BASIC in the Authentication field.

       9.      Enter ADS_AGENT in the Username field and enter the same password as given for this service user in the SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP in the Password field.

   10.      Choose Save.

If you choose Save and Test, you can ignore the message Error during ping operation: Received HTTP response 404.