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The purpose of this activity is to create a logical system for your systems. To enable communication between systems within your system landscape, you must define the systems as logical systems and assign the logical system to your client (see Assigning Logical Systems to a Client). Perform the following steps in both the SAP BI system and the SAP Business Suite system.

Note Note

If the logical system has already been created, skip this activity.

End of the note.

Caution Caution

Logical systems are defined cross-client.

End of the caution.

Procedure

  1. On your SAP BI system, call transaction SPRO.

  2. In the SAP IMG menu, choose   SAP NetWeaver   Application Server   IDoc Interface / Application Link Enabling (ALE)   Basic Settings   Logical Systems   Define Logical System   and then New Entries (F5).

  3. In the Log.System column, enter a name for the logical system that you want to create.

    Recommendation Recommendation

    We recommend that you use the following naming convention:

    <system ID>CLNT<client number> (for example, CS7CLNT200)

    • <system ID> is the ID number of your SAP system.

    • <client number> in the number of the relevant client in your SAP system.

    End of the recommendation.

  4. In the Name column, enter a description of the logical system.

  5. Save your entries (Ctrl + S).

    A transport request for Workbench appears.

  6. Select an existing request or create a new request, if necessary.

    A transport request for Customizing appears.

  7. Select an existing request or create a new request, if necessary.

  8. Perform steps 1 to 7 in your SAP Business system.