ES Repository Tools

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Changes in the Enterprise Services Builder

Feature	Type of Change	Description
Authorizations	New	You can define basic and advanced authorizations using the new authorization editor. Basic authorization allows you to assign simple actions such as read, write, delete, and so on, to users. However, if you want to assign granular permissions, you use advanced authorizations. For more information, see Authorizations .
Authorizations	New	To define authorizations for access to objects in the Enterprise Services Repository, you can now select objects in the navigation area of the Enterprise Services Builder and use a new authorization editor. You can also define authorizations using the previously available user roles.
Handling language-dependent texts	New	Handling of language-dependent texts of ESR content objects has been simplified and is easier to follow on the user interface. You now define the original language of objects with the software component version.
Translating language-dependent texts	New	You can now translate language-dependent texts in a separate editor.
Usage Profile	New	The usage profile is a filter that defines the number of ES Repository objects that you can access. It enables you to view and work with only a set of object types, software component versions, and modeling filters required to achieve your goals. For more information, see Usage Profile .
Export of Process Component Architecture model entities	Enhanced	When exporting Process Component Architecture model entities, the repository checks if the dependent and the associated models are present in the target system.
Context perspective	New	The context perspective in the ES Builder provides improved access to objects, better navigation capabilities, and allows you to work with a subset of objects of your choice. For more information, see Working with Context Perspective .
Search based on documentation	New	You can search for objects in the ES Repository using the documentation URL of the entities in the ES Workplace. This enables reuse. For more information, see Search Objects by Documentation .
Subscribing for objects	New	In the ES Builder, you subscribe to an interface object if you want to receive e-mail notifications of changes made to the object. You receive notifications when an interface object is modified or deleted. For service interfaces, you can also choose to receive notifications when you classify or publish a service interface. For more information, see Managing Subscriptions .
Performing component checks	New	You can perform various checks on a number of objects of a software component version at the same time. These include consistency checks and checks for invalid characters, for example. For more information, see Performing a Component Check .
Usability of interface objects	Enhanced	The usability of interface objects varies in some aspects, depending on the SAP NetWeaver release on which the back-end system in which your interfaces are implemented is based. You can make basic settings for usability of interface objects with the software component version. For more information, see Usability of Interface Objects .
Assigning object documentation	New	You can navigate from an object in the ES Repository to the documentation for this object in the SAP Solution Composer or to the ES Workplace. This option is possible if documentation exists for the object in the SAP Solution Composer or on the ES Workplace. For more information, see Navigate to the object documentation in SAP Solution Composer .
Defining filters	Enhanced	With filter settings you can determine the number of ES Repository objects that can be accessed. Usage profile Define a basic selection of object and model types using the usage profile. You can hide separate objects from the basic selection of object types defined by the usage profile and therefore set up the ES Builder according to your individual requirements. You can also display lost and found objects. A lost and found object can occur when the folder to which the object was originally assigned has been deleted but the object itself has not. For more information, see Defining Filters .

Changes in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio

Creating service interfaces	New	Starting with SAP NetWeaver 7.3, you can create some interface objects in the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. You can create service interfaces, data types, and message types using the Enterprise Services Browser view. For more information, see Creating a Service Interface and Creating a Freestyle Data Type .
Change list	New	You can activate or reject changes made to objects using a change list. For more information, see Working with a Change List .
Subscribing to objects	New	In the Enterprise Services Browser , you subscribe to an interface object if you want to receive e-mail notifications of changes made to the object. You receive notifications when an interface object is modified or deleted. For service interfaces, you can also choose to receive notifications when you classify or publish a service interface. For more information, see Managing Subscriptions .
Defining attribute definitions	New	You can extend the existing interface objects by assigning additional attributes to them. You assign attributes to interface objects by defining the attribute definitions. For more information, see Defining Attribute Definitions .

Other

ES Repository web-browser

New

Apart from the ES Builder and SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, you can also access the contents of the ES Repository by using the ES Repository web-browser view. This view enables you to access objects in the repository in a Web-browser, without launching either of the tools. For more information, see Working with ES Repository Web-Browser .

Wizard to configure central ES Repository

New

If you have both SAP NetWeaver CE and PI in your landscape, you can use a wizard to automatically configure one repository as the central ES Repository.

For more information, see Setting Up a Central ESR for PI - CE Scenarios

Central ES Repository for PI-CE scenarios

New

When you have SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment and SAP NetWeaver Process Integration installation in your system landscape, you can maintain all your design objects in one ES Repository.