Accessing a BSP Application
As explained
previously, you access BSP applications using the HTTP or HTTPS (Secure HTTP)
protocol. The BSP runtime environment uses the HTTP framework of the SAP Web
Application Server (compare
Interaction
Model). In the Internet Communication Framework (ICF), for a BSP
application to function smoothly you need a node, that is, a service in the
service tree (see also Creating a BSP
Application).
Ensure that after a
SAP Web AS has been installed, that all services are inactive and that they
must be activated accordingly. You can find further information about
activation under
Activating and
Deactivating an ICF Service and in Business Server Pages
Administration.
The node is activated in the service tree only with BSP applications that were
newly created for SAP Web AS 6.20 as part of automatically creating the
corresponding node.
A BSP application is addressed and executed through HTTP using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The URL of a BSP application has the following structure (default configuration):
<Prot>://<Host>.<domain>.<extension>:<Port>/sap/bc/bsp/<namespace>/<application name>
Protocol Prot is httpor https (if configured). Host is the name of the application server that should execute the application. The domainwith the extension encompasses several hosts under a common name. These can either be part of an individual host or a network. The Port number can be omitted if the default port 80 (http) or 443 (https) is used.
For SAP Web Application Server, the default port number is 1080 (HTTP) or 1443 (HTTPS). The namespace is the namespace ID of the BSP application. SAP applications are delivered in the sap namespace. If you create your BSP application in a separate namespace, it must be used in the URL. The application name is the name of the BSP application as defined in the development environment.
Here is an
example of a URL for BSP test application IT00:
http://myServer.sap-ag.de:1080/sap/bc/bsp/sap/it00
The full name of the server is specified, including the network domain (here: sap-ag.de). If this is not done, the BSP runtime environment returns an error. The full domain must be entered, as there may otherwise be problems with HTTP cookies (such as Single Sign On).
If the BSP that you start by calling Transaction SE80 contains a shortened URL (excluding the host name), proceed as described in Note 434918.
When this URL is started in the Web browser, the BSP application is started, and the initial page is displayed (by default this is default.htm).
To determine the URL of a BSP or BSP application in the SAP development environment, select the Properties tab to the right of the SAP GUI screen.
Example of page default.htm of BSP application IT00:
For more information:
Starting and Closing a BSP Application