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Use

To use SAP NetWeaver Gateway Foundation functionality, you must configure your system to allow the consumer servers' applications to retrieve the data requested by users.

The SAP NetWeaver Gateway Foundation Configuration Guide contains the steps for customizing settings for SAP NetWeaver Gateway and describes system configuration activities.

The sequence of mandatory and optional configuration tasks is as follows and depends on your use case.

  1. Basic Configuration Settings

  2. OData Channel Configuration

Implementation Guide

The SAP NetWeaver Gateway specific configuration tasks are included in the SAP NetWeaver Gateway Implementation Guide (IMG) which is available in the system: Go to transaction SPRO, open the SAP Reference IMG and navigate to: Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step Gateway End of the navigation path and Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step Gateway Service Enablement End of the navigation path.

For all steps in the IMG there is always consumer-independent documentation available. If you want to see more information, select the Display icon before executing each step.

Additional Functions

Depending on the additional SAP NetWeaver Gateway Foundation functions, further function-specific configuration steps are required:

Workflow

You can find more information about the Workflow-related configuration activities in Configuring Workflow for SAP NetWeaver Gateway. In addition, the relevant IMG activities are available in the Implementation Guide: In transaction SPRO open the SAP Reference IMG and navigate to: Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step Gateway Service Enablement Next navigation step Content Next navigation step Workflow Settings End of the navigation path.

Subscription and Notification Flow

In addition to the normal OData Channel capabilities, SAP NetWeaver Gateway Framework also offers subscription and notification flow functionality for different use cases. For information on the configuration activities involved in this area, see Subscription and Notification Flow.