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You set up an external application in SAP Jam to bring business objects from an external system such as SAP CRM into SAP Jam. The integration between these systems is done using SAP Gateway.

Context

In your SAP Jam instance, you must register the SAP Gateway service to set up the integration.

Procedure

  1. Log on to SAP Jam as a company admin.
  2. From the Admin menu, choose External Applications.
  3. Add a new external application for your OData provider. This should be the connected SAP Gateway system.
  4. Enter a name according to your system naming conventions.
  5. Select SAP NetWeaver Gateway as the application type.
    Note You can use common user authentication for testing and prototyping purposes, but to ensure system security, do not use it in a production environment.
  6. Select Per User Authentication.
  7. Enter the root certificate of your SAP Gateway hub system in the Trusted Certificate Authorities field for the new application by displaying the SSL certificate in your browser, and navigating to the root certificate authority (CA) certificate. Then do the following:
    1. Export the certificate to a base64-encoded file.
    2. On the External Applications page, select Trusted Certificate Authorities.
    3. Paste the base64-encoded root CA certificate into the text box and select Submit.
    Note The SAPNet CA must not be used for external communication. Define any other CA in your SAP Gateway system.

Results

You have added an external application to SAP Jam and established the connection between SAP Gateway and SAP Jam. You can now add record types (objects) to this external application that represent the business objects you wish to share or discuss in SAP Jam.