SAP ABAP IMG Activity APOCIF_RFCDEST (Set Up RFC Destination)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ CA (Application Component) Cross-Application Components
     ⤷ CFD (Package) IMG for APO Core Interface
IMG Activity
ID APOCIF_RFCDEST Set Up RFC Destination  
Transaction Code S_AX7_68000178   (empty) 
Created on 20020828    
Customizing Attributes ATAPOCIF_RFCDEST   Set Up RFC Destination 
Customizing Activity APOCIF_RFCDEST   Set Up RFC Destination 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name APOCIF_RFCDEST    

Use

In this IMG activity, you create the connection to SAP APO. The name of the RFC destination has to match exactly the name of the logical target system that was already specified.

Requirements

The target system must have been defined under Name Logical Systems.

Activities

  1. Open the ABAP Connection node.
  2. Choose Create. The RFC Destination screen is displayed.
  3. Enter the following:
    • RFC Destination: Enter the name of the logical target system specified in the IMG activity Name Logical Systems.
    • Connection Type: Use the input help to choose the relevant connection type. In most cases, choose connection type 3.
    • Enter a description.
  4. Enter the following information on the Technical Settings tab page:
    • Load Distribution: Choose the required setting.
    • Target Machine: You can determine the destination of the target machine as follows:
      • Call SAPlogon from the Start menu.
      Choose Server.
      Copy the server ID from the Message Server entry field.
    • System Number: You can determine the system number of your target system as follows:
      • Call SAPlogon from the Start menu.
      Select your target system.
      Choose Properties. You see a dialog screen in which the system number is specified.
  5. Enter the following information on the Logon/Security tab page:
    • Under Logon, define the security options.
    • Language: Optional
    • Client: Use the input help to select the relevant client. The client to be configured depends on the current authorization profile of the user (Customizing).
    • User: User-defined. The user entered here must also be created in the target system (SAP APO) with the corresponding authorization profile. If you want to perform cross-system debugging, the relevant user must be created in the target system as a dialog user with debugging authorization.
    • Password: User-defined: Default setting at delivery: initial.
  6. Specify how you want to communicate with the target system on the MDPM & Unicode tab page.
  7. Choose your options on the Special Options tab page:
    • Trace: Optional
    • Slow RFC Connection: Optional
    • qRFC Version: Choose Classic qRFC Version.
  8. In the menu under Edit, choose the option tRFC Options. Under Connection Attempts Until Stop enter a value less than or equal to 10. In the Time Between 2 Attempts [Min] field, enter the value 2. Confirm the entry with Continue.
  9. The connection test is optional.

Further notes

Note that the setting(s) that you make in this IMG activity are dependent upon the target system concerned. For this reason, there is no transport to the production system. As a result, you need to also make the settings for the relevant target system in the production system.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 201   Make global settings 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
SM59 T - Individual transaction object SM59  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020906 
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