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Procedure documentationSetting Up System Connections

 

To be able to display objects from other SAP systems in your QIM worklist or to be able to assign reference objects from other systems to QIM objects, you must first set up the connection to the relevant system.

Procedure

  1. Define a logical system for the local QIM system. You do this in Customizing for SAP NetWeaver under Start of the navigation path Application Server Next navigation step IDoc Interface / Application Link Enabling (ALE) Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Logical Systems Next navigation step Define Logical System End of the navigation path.

    Example Example

    If you are running SAP QIM in system QIX, client 000, you name the logical system QIXCLNT000.

    End of the example.

  2. In the same Customizing activity, you define logical systems for all systems that you want to connect to SAP QIM.

  3. Assign all the logical systems you just created to their respective client. You do this in the same section of Customizing for SAP NetWeaver in the Customizing activity Assign Logical System to Client.

  4. Create RFC connections for the logical systems you created. You do this in Customizing for SAP NetWeaver under Start of the navigation path Application Server Next navigation step IDoc Interface / Application Link Enabling (ALE) Next navigation step Communication Next navigation step Create RFC Connections End of the navigation path.

    The following RFC connections are required:

    • Under ABAP Connections, create an RFC destination for the local QIM system with the connection type 3.

    • For all source systems that you want to connect to the QIM system, also create RFC destinations with connection type 3.

    • Also, under HTTP Connections to ABAP System (connection type H), create an RFC connection with the same name plus the suffix _HTTP for all source systems. This is required to call applications via object-based navigation.

  5. Ensure that the user who is stored in the RFC connection has authorization to access the objects in the source system. In addition to object-specific authorizations, the underlying RFCs must be stored in the authorization object S_RFC. For information about which RFCs are relevant for which object, see the various Customizing activities for object access in Customizing for QIM:

    • Reference objects: Start of the navigation path Basic Settings Next navigation step Generic Settings for Reference Objects Next navigation step Define Object Access End of the navigation path

    • Worklists: Start of the navigation path Worklists for Quality Issues and Activities Next navigation step Define Access to <Object> End of the navigation path

    In the respective Customizing activity, you can access the relevant information in the settings for the object category by choosing (Implementation Information).

  6. Assign the RFC connections to the logical systems. You do this in Customizing for SAP NetWeaver under Start of the navigation path Application Server Next navigation step IDoc Interface / Application Link Enabling (ALE) Next navigation step Communication Next navigation step Determine RFC Destinations for Method Calls End of the navigation path. There, you select the logical system and choose Standard BAPI Destination.

  7. Specify which object is to be read from which system. You do this in the Customizing activities for object access in SAP QIM:

    • Reference objects: Start of the navigation path Basic Settings Next navigation step Generic Settings for Reference Objects Next navigation step Define Object Access End of the navigation path

    • Worklists: Start of the navigation path Worklists for Quality Issues and Activities Next navigation step Define Access to <Object> End of the navigation path

    In the system-dependent settings for an object category, enter the logical systems from which the respective object is to be read and then set the Active indicator. An icon shows whether the QIM system supports access to the specified logical system.

Note Note

To support you with setting up the system connections, various wizards are available in Customizing for QIM under Start of the navigation path Start QIM Customizing Wizards End of the navigation path.

End of the note.