Configuration

On the Configuration tab you can specify information to connect to SAP API Business Hub for downloading and testing of public SAP Ariba APIs and to connect to the Test/Production tenant. The Configuration tab has the following sections: General, Repository, Tenant, and Advanced.

General

In the General panel, you can specify the package where the shared resource is stored in the Package field and provide a short description for this shared resource in the Description field. The panel also shows the shared resource name which you defined when creating the shared resource.

Repository

In the Repository panel of the Configuration tab, you can specify the options for connecting to the SAP API Business Hub for downloading SAP Ariba APIs and testing the APIs in an SAP-provided sandbox. The following table lists the configurations in the Repository panel:
Field Module Property Description
URL Yes URL of SAP API Business Hub.

Default value: https://api.sap.com

Warning: The URL property is editable. However, modify this field only if there is a change in the SAP API Business Hub URL.
User Name Yes The user name to log in to the SAP API Business Hub.
Password Yes The password to log in to the SAP API Business Hub.
Note: After you provide the repository credentials, you can download the SAP Ariba APIs from the Schema tab.

Tenant

In the Tenant panel of the Configuration tab, you can specify the connection information for the plug-in runtime to call the SAP Ariba APIs in the Sandbox or Test/Production tenant.
Field Module Property Description
Product Type No The type of the SAP product.

Default value: SAP SuccessFactors. Select SAP Ariba.

Type No The type of tenant. The plug-in provides the following types:
  • Sandbox. (Default)

    Read-only operations such as GET are only supported.

  • Test/Production
Note: For SAP Ariba, DELETE, GET, PUT, POST, and PATCH operations are supported.
URL Yes URL of Sandbox or Test/Production tenant
Realm Yes Realm of SAP Ariba tenant
The following fields are available when the Type is Test/Production.
Authentication Type No The type of authentication.
The plug-in supports the following authentication type:
  • OAuth 2.0
OAuth 2.0 URL Yes URL of OAuth 2.0 authentication

Advanced

In the Advanced panel of the Configuration tab, you can specify additional information about the number of threads needed for processing requests.
Field Module Property Description
Service No. of Threads Yes The number of concurrent threads for processing requests to the activity.
Default value: 8. (A value less than 1 is automatically changed to the default value.)
Note: See the Job Tuning section for more information about how to configure this field.