Glossary
Terminology overview for SAP Gateway for Microsoft (GWM)
| Term | Other Terms | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| SAP Gateway for Microsoft (GWM) | GWM | SAP Gateway for Microsoft (GWM) provides tools to assist developers to create add-ins in a faster and efficient way. |
| GWM Visual Studio Add-in | GWM Visual Studio Add-in is a tool developed by SAP to provide access to OData services in SAP Gateway from Microsoft Office applications. | |
| GWM template | Contacts template Appointments template Tasks template Excel template |
GWM templates are the generated code and resources for a Microsoft Office
application that is created using one of the GWM
wizards. These templates are meant specifically for creating GWM projects meant to be deployed in Outlook or Execl as Add-Ins |
| GWM project | GWM project is a Microsoft .NET project that can either be a
standard .NET project, or
C# project with SAP assembly
references included. Also, the GWM project is created to hold the generated code and resources for one or more templates created using GWM Visual Studio Add-in tool. |
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| GWM Outlook Add-in | Outlook Add-in | A business solution that consumes an OData service in SAP Gateway from your
Microsoft Outlook application. It is the result of a generated GWM project. |
| SAP generated project references | Libraries generated by GWM Visual Studio Add-in tools that are added into your project. | |
| Microsoft Outlook Add-in templates | Contacts template Appointments template Tasks template |
The generated code and resources for a Microsoft Outlook item such as, Contacts, Appointments, and Tasks, that is created using the GWM Outlook Add-in wizard. |
| GWM Excel Add-in project |
Excel template |
The container that holds the code and resources generated using the GWM Excel Add-in wizard in Visual Studio. |
| GWM Outlook Add-in project | The container that holds the generated code and resources for one or more GWM Outlook Add-in templates created using GWM Outlook Add-in wizard in Visual Studio. | |
| Microsoft .NET proxy references | A class generated in .NET that calls the libraries generated by GWM Visual Studio Add-in tools. | |
| SAP References | The set of libraries generated by GWM Visual Studio Add-in to interface with a specific OData service in SAP Gatewway. | |
| Application-level solutions | The implemented features in the solution apply to the application itself, and can be activated when the application is running. | |
| GWM add-in templates | GWM template | |
| Target solution | The solution you want to implement. | |
| Target application | The application in which you want to run your solution. | |
| OData service references | Calls to an OData service from other classes and objects. | |
| User Property | An object in Microsoft Outlook items to which you can add your custom properties during mapping. | |
| Custom properties | An object in Microsoft Outlook items that can be used for additional information purposes during mapping. | |
| SAP Property | The value of a property that is retrieved from the SAP system by an OData service, and used during mapping. | |
| Outlook Properties | Objects in Microsoft Outlook items to which you can map properties from the SAP system. |