Prerequisites

Before you begin using Visual Composer, be sure that Visual Composer has been configured according to the instructions outlined in Configuring Visual Composer, and that you meet the following prerequisites:

Your Administrator has assigned you the VisualComposerUser role. The assignment is made using NetWeaver Administrator. For more information, see the User Administrator and Authentication section of the Visual Composer Security Guide.
The following items have been installed on the client computer from which you access Visual Composer Storyboard:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or higher
- Adobe SVG Viewer 3.0
  
  Note
  For more information about the Adobe SVG Viewer, refer to SAP Note 1222886. You can find the SAP Note at SAP Service Marketplace at: service.sap.com/notes.
  
  End of the note.
- Microsoft XML Parser 4.0 or higher
To consume SAP system BAPIs/RFCs as sources of data in your models, make sure that the relevant systems are correctly defined in SAP NetWeaver Administrator.
More information: Maintaining RFC Destinations
To consume Web services as sources of data in your models, make sure that their destinations are correctly defined in SAP NetWeaver Administrator.
More information: Creating Web Service Physical Destinations
To consume JDBC-based stored procedures as sources of data in your models, make sure that their destinations are correctly defined in SAP NetWeaver Administrator.
More information: Creating JDBC System Destinations
To consume services from the Services Registry as sources of data in your models, you need to configure the consumer proxy (define a single Services Registry to be the central one in your system landscape).
More information: Configuring a Central Services Registry

After Visual Composer is installed and correctly configured, you are ready to begin using Visual Composer to model applications. For more information, see Accessing Visual Composer in a Web Browser and Introducing the Storyboard Desktop.