Working with Profiles
Use
A profile is a group of settings, identified by a unique name, which is used by each instance of the SAPConsole. Each profile holds the information that determines the behavior of a running SAPConsole instance, including to which SAP backend system to connect and which transaction to use.
When you select a profile, the profile’s name is passed on to the SAPConsole instance as a command line parameter (sapcnsl.exe –p <profile_name>). Therefore, if you want to run SAPConsole with a non-default profile, you just should use the parameter –p.
Example: sapcnsl.exe –p H9B
For more information on command line parameters, see Appendix A: Command Line Parameters.
Procedures
You can execute the following profile activities:
Activity |
Description |
Selecting a profile |
Choose the name of the profile from the profile tree on the left side of the SAPConsole Administrator screen. The following tabs appear on the right side of the screen: ● Connection ● General ● Console ● Web ● Delimiters |
Creating Profiles |
You can create a new profile from the beginning or create one with the same configuration as an existing profile. To create a new profile from the beginning: 1. In the profile tree, right-click and choose Create New. 2. In the Profile Name field, enter a name and choose OK. 3. After you have configured the profile’s settings, choose Apply. The system saves the profile. To create a profile based on an existing profile: 1. In the profile tree, right-click and choose Create New. 2. In the Profile Name field, enter a name and choose OK. 3. In the From Template field, choose the name of the profile on which to base the new profile. 4. Choose OK. The system creates a new profile with the same configuration as the original profile. |
Deleting profiles |
To delete a profile: 1. Select the profile. 2. Right-click the profile and choose Delete. |
Editing profiles |
You can change the configuration and name of a profile. To change the configuration of a profile: 1. Select the profile and modify its settings. 2. After you have changed the profile’s settings, choose Apply. The system saves the profile. To rename a profile: 1. Select the profile. 2. Right-click the profile and choose Rename. 3. Enter a new name for the profile. |
Setting the default profile |
You can set any profile as the default profile. To set a profile as the default profile: 1. Right-click the profile and choose Set as default. 2. The name of the profile is displayed in bold. |
Example
The following example shows the profiles BCE and P9C in the profile tree on the left-hand side. P9C has been selected and you can see the connection data for system P9C. The context menu shows what activities can be executed for this profile.
