Define Direct Connections 

Use

You use a direct connection to configure direct communication between two business systems.

The direct connection contains the following settings:

●      Assignment to receiver interface

●      Assignment to receiver channel

●      Adapter-specific attributes

These attributes define the configuration settings for the sender (Web service client).

Procedure

Use the following steps to define the direct connection in the Integration Directory.

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       1.      Call the create dialog for a direct connection.

More information: Creating Objects

       2.      Specify the key of the direct connection.

The key contains the key fields for sender party, sender communication component, and sender interface, as well as receiver party and receiver communication component.

More information: Object Key for Configuration Objects

Select the business systems that are to communicate using the Web service runtime as the sender and receiver communication components.

       3.      Assign the receiver interface to the direct connection.

You can use input help to select interfaces that are defined for the receiver communication component contained in the key of the direct connection.

       4.      Assign the direct connection the receiver communication channel (adapter type WS) that you defined for the receiver system.

More information: Configuring Communication Channel with Adapter Type WS in the Integration Directory

Input help only displays the receiver channels that have been defined for the receiver business system.

Direct connections cannot be created generically; therefore, the wildcard character is not supported for key fields. Furthermore, you must ensure that no direct connection has the same object key as an existing sender agreement.

More information: Object Key for Configuration Objects

       5.      Specify the adapter-specific attributes for the direct connection.

You use the adapter-specific attributes to specify the configuration settings relevant to the sender system.

More information: Adapter-Specific Attributes

       6.      Save and activate the direct connection.

When you copy a direct connection, the users and passwords that are specified there are not copied as well for security reasons. Note that you therefore need to specify the users and passwords again after the copying process.