Adding an Adapter Service

After configuring an adapter configuration, you can add an adapter service to communicate with the connected SAP system.

1. In the Adapter for SAP Configuration editor, click the Adapter Services tab.
2. In the All Adapter Services panel, click Add to open the Create Service wizard.
3. In the Adapter Service General Configuration dialog, select Publication from the Service Type list. Click Next.
4. In the Schema dialog, click to open the SAP Business Object Schema Picker window.
5. In the Remote Business Object tab, click Create a Destination to open the Created a New Destination window.
6. Enter values for the following fields:
   • Destination Name

     A unique name for the destination

   • Application Server

     The network name of the machine that hosts the SAP application server

   • System Number

     The SAP system number

   • Client

     The SAP client number

   • User name

     The valid user name to log on to the specified SAP client

   • Password

     The valid password corresponding to the user name

7. Click Test Connection to check whether the adapter can connect to the SAP system, and then click OK.
8. From the Destination list, select the created destination.
9. In the IDoc Filter field, specify the IDoc filter to filter out the required schema object from the SAP system.

   The IDoc filter is used to restrict the number of IDoc schemas retrieved from the SAP system. The IDoc filter supports wildcard search.

10. Click the corresponding buttons to select the IDoc type and IDoc version.
11. Click Fetch IDocs to fetch schema objects from the SAP system.
12. Select the required schema object and click OK.
13. In the Schema dialog, click Next.
14. In the Transport Session dialog, click Finish.