Create System Object in the Portal for Connecting to SAP Backend Systems
How to Create System Object in the Portal for Connecting to SAP Backend Systems ( R3/BW/BI)
Portal System
Landscape: Portal system
landscape is nothing but a collection of SAP or NON-SAP systems (SAP R3/CRM/BW
etc), to retrieve the data from each system portal needs to create system
object.
System Object: System Object is a set of connection
properties to represent an external or SAP systems (SAP R3, /CRM/BW) used to
retrieve data into portal iViews. We can create a System Object in any one of
the three ways The system object can be created from either of the following:
· Based on System Template (Template)
· Based on Portal Content (PAR)
· Coping Existing Systems (System)
The Required Steps to Create a System
Object in the portal are as follows:
· System Alias settings-
· Connector settings
· ITS settings
· WAS settings
· User Management Settings
Procedure to Create System Object in
the Portal:
1. Login to the portal as Administrator
2. Go to System Administration -> System
Configuration -> System Landscape -> Browse -> Portal Content ->
System landscape.
3. Right click on System landscape then select New
in Context menu
4. Select System from template / from PAR, it
will display Template Wizard.
5. Choose Template based on your Backend System
either SAP or NON-SAP and click on the NEXT.
6. Provide the General properties for this System
Object (System name, ID, prefix, master language and description) and click on
NEXT.
7. It will display the tab with System name and 3
radio button options. Select the default one is opens the object for editing
and then selects the ok button.
8. Now the name of the System name will appear
under the System landscape folder in -> Portal Content and with default
display dropdown as Object and Property Category dropdown list as Showl All.
9. System Alias Settings : Portal access the
backend systems through system aliases only which is the part of creating the
system object. A System should have at least one alias which can refer only to
one system at a time. 9. In the display dropdown list Select System Aliases, it
display System Alias Editor, give Alias name generally <SID>CLNT<CLIENTNO>
ex: BI7CLNT100 and select the Add button and Save this properties by save
button.
Connector Settings :
10. Select Object in the display dropdown list and
then select Connector in the Property Category drop down list and provide
minimum connector properties for example
ITS Settings : ITS settings are maintained for displaying SAP transactions in the portal as an iViews.
11. Select Object in the display dropdown
list and then select Internet Transaction Server (ITS) in the Property
Category dropdown list and provide ITS properties as follows
WAS Settings : Web AS settings are required to display BW reports and for BSP applications in the Backend Systems such as CRM and BW/BI system.
12. Select Object in the display dropdown
list and then select Web Application Server (WAS) in the Property
Category dropdown list and provide WAS properties as follows
User
Management Settings : The
following settings are required for user Management in the system object to
connect to SAP backend systems.
Logon
Method is either one of
the following mechanisms,
UIDPW
: When the PORTAL uses a user
ID/PASSWORD as credentials.
SAPLOGONTICKET
: PORTAL authenticating against the SAP
backend system.
The
X.509 certificate : PORTAL
authenticating against the client certificates.
Note: Single Sign on (SSO) is required for
SAP logon tickets and client certificates for SAP backend systems. User
Mapping Type : User Mapping Type defines who can maintain the user mapping
for the system. Thepossible values for this property are Admin, User, and
Admin/user.
admin
: Only the administrator can maintain
the user mapping.
User
: Only the end user can maintain the
user mapping.
Admin/user
: Both the administrator and the end
user can maintain the user mapping.
13.
Select Object in the display dropdown list and then select User
Management in the Property Categorydropdown list and fill User
Management properties as follows
Test the System Object : To logon to the portal as the common user in both portal and sap R3 system, andcheck the test connection whether the system object which you have created is successful or not.
14. Select the Connection Test in the
display Dropdown list to test the connection with theSAP R/3 backendsystem. It
displays system connection Tests screen in this select all check boxes and
select the Test button.
15. If the test connection is successful it
display the status column as Green checks as shown above,otherwise it
will display as Red checks in this case please verify the connection
properties like system alias, ITS,WAS and User Management properties.
