SAP ABAP IMG Activity BW_PORTAL_DEST (Create RFC Destination for Portal)
Hierarchy
SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse
   BW (Application Component) SAP Business Information Warehouse
     RS (Package) BW: General Business Information Warehouse
IMG Activity
ID BW_PORTAL_DEST Create RFC Destination for Portal  
Transaction Code S_BR8_35000012   (empty) 
Created on 20040114    
Customizing Attributes BW_PORTAL_DEST   Maintain RFC Destination for EP 6.0 
Customizing Activity BW_PORTAL_DEST   Create RFC Destination for SAP EP 6.0 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name BW_PORTAL_DEST    

Use

In this activity, you can create an RFC destination for the integration between the BW system and the portal. You can enter the RFC destination in table RSPOR_T_PORTAL in the activity Maintain Portal Server Settings for Portal so that the RFC destination is recognized as a connected portal. The RFC destination is used for communication from the BW system to the portal.

Requirements

Standard settings

Activities

To create an RFC destination for the portal, execute the following steps:

  1. Start the transaction Display and Maintain RFC Destinations (transaction code SM59).
  2. Choose Create.
  3. Maintain the RFC destination:
    • RFC destination: <RFC_DESTINATION>
    • Connection type: T for TCP/IP connection
    • Description: <Description>
    • Technical settings:
    • -    Activation type: Registered server program
      -    Program ID: <PORTAL_HOSTNAME>_PORTAL_<SID>
      -    Gateway host: <GATEWAY_HOST>
      -    Gateway service: sapgw<SYSTEM_NUMMER>
    • Logon/security:
    • -    Send SAP logon ticket: Activate
  4. Save your entries.

Settings for the RFC Destination

Name of the RFC Destination

The name of the RFC destination for a portal should be selected carefully.

The name of the RFC destination is saved in the information broadcasting settings. Saving is necessary to uniquely identify the connected portal used for integration with Knowledge Management.

The broadcast settings can be transported between BW systems. For this reason, the name of the RFC destination should be identical in the source and target systems.

The name recommended by SAP for the RFC destination to the connected portal is SAP_EP.

Connection Type

Select a connection type T for TCP/IP Connection.

Description of the RFC Destination

You can maintain the description of the RFC destination language dependently. The language-dependent description is used when publishing iViews from the BEx Web Application Designer and the BEx Query Designer if multiple portals are connected to the BW system.

Activation Type

Select Registered Server Program as the activation type.

Registered Server Program

The server program is set up under the program ID on the J2EE engine. The recommended naming convention is <PORTAL_HOSTNAME>_PORTAL.

Gateway Options

Under Gateway Options, enter the gateway host and the gateway service with which the J2EE engine communicates with the BW system. The gateway host, an application server for the BW system, and the gateway service can be comprised generically of sapgw<SYSTEM_NUMBER>. You can specify the parameters for the gateway using the Gateway Monitor transaction (transaction code SMGW) by choosing Goto -> Parameter -> Display.

Send SAP Logon Ticket

On the Logon & Security tab page, activate the Send SAP Logon Ticket option.

UniCode

If the BW system is a Unicode system, on the MDMP & Unicode tab page, you have to activate the Unicode option.

Check

If the RFC destination is also set up on the page for the J2EE engine (see Create RFC Destination in J2EE Engine), you can check the connection using Connection test.

Overview

This activity is a step in report Maintain Settings for Integration to Portal (RSPOR_SETUP). This report supports you in maintaining settings for integrating BW and the portal. Alternatively, you can call the individual steps in transactions RSPOR_CUST01 to RSPOR_CUST13.

The necessary parameters are requested upon execution. The individual parameters are described in the documentation Overview: Integration into Portal.

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 899   not to be assigned 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG BW_PORTAL_DEST 0 ARS0000021 Business Explorer 
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
IMGDUMMY D - Dummy object RSPOR_CUST02  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050720 
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