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Caution Caution

The SAP Business Connector action is a deprecated action; it is only available for existing use. The SAP Interface Repository Web site is no longer available. A reference document must be assigned to use this action.

End of the caution.

This action is used to send XML messages to and from the ERP system using the SAP Business Connector (SAP BC).

You must configure the following:

  • SAP BC interface parameters to define the connection information

  • ERP system interface parameters that define the specific interface call and format

Integration

You are already using the ERP system.

Features

The SAP Business Connector action uses the following:

  • The published XML interfaces found at the SAP Interface Repository Web site

  • A user name and password, which uses a logon for the business connector, and typically, the business connector uses an alias to communicate with the ERP system.

The properties for this action are listed in the following table:

Property

Data Type

Access

Use

Session Cookie

String

In and out

Links this property from the SAP BC Start Session action to this action and all interface calls associated with the commit function.

AutoCommit

Boolean

In

Selecting this checkbox sends a C ommitupon success of the interface call, so you do not have to configure the SAP BC Start Session and SAP BC Commit actions.

For example, you can select this function if you do not have a series of interface calls to make, but you need to commit changes to the SAP ERP database.

ExceptionFlag

Boolean

Out

Is True if an exception occurred in the interface call and no response document was received.

For descriptions of the following properties, see the SAP Interface Repository action:

  • Error Message

  • RequestObjectName

  • MethodName

  • ObjectType

  • SAPVersion

  • SAPComponent

  • Timeout

  • Request

  • Response

  • Exception

  • Success