Client Connection

You can configure the client connection to establish an inbound connection with the SAP system.

In the Client Connection panel of the Client Connection Configuration tab, you can specify the basic and advanced options of the client connection.

After specifying the client connection, you have to click Test Connection to validate the connection.

The following table lists the configurations in the Client Connection panel:
Field Module Property? Description
Connection Type No The client connection type.
The plug-in provides the following client connection types:
  • Dedicated Application Server
  • Load Balancing
  • SNC

The default type is Dedicated Application Server.

Application Server Yes The network name of the machine where the SAP system exists.
Note: This field is displayed only when you select Dedicated Application Server or SNC from the Connection Type list.
System Number Yes The SAP system number.
Note: This field is displayed only when you select Dedicated Application Server or SNC from the Connection Type list.
System Name Yes The SAP system ID.
Note: This field is displayed only when you select Load Balancing from the Connection Type list.
Msg Server Yes The message server of the SAP system.
Note: This field is displayed only when you select Load Balancing from the Connection Type list.
Logon Group Name Yes The SAP logon group server to be used with the load balancing connection.

The default value is PUBLIC.

Note: This field is displayed only when you select Load Balancing from the Connection Type list.
SNC Mode Yes Whether to enable the SNC connection.
  • The value of 1 indicates that the SNC connection is enabled.
  • The value of 0 indicates that the SNC connection is disabled.

For more information about SNC, see Working with Secure Communication.

Note: This field is displayed only when you select SNC from the Connection Type list.
SNC Partnername Yes The SNC name of the communication partner.
Note: This field is displayed only when you select SNC from the Connection Type list.
SNC QOP Yes The protection quality of the SNC connection.
  • The value of 1 indicates that only authentication is applied.
  • The value of 2 indicates that the integrity protection is applied.
  • The value of 3 indicates that the privacy protection is applied.
  • The value of 8 indicates that the default protection is applied.
  • The value of 9 indicates that the maximum protection is applied.
Note: This field is displayed only when you select SNC from the Connection Type list.
SNC Lib Yes The library path of the external security product.
Note: This field is displayed only when you select SNC from the Connection Type list.
Client Yes An SAP client number.
Username Yes The valid user name used to log on to an SAP client.
Password Yes The valid password corresponding to the user name.
Note: This password is not required when you log on by using the SNC connection type.
The following advanced options are displayed when you click Show/Hide Advanced Options:
Language No The language used to connect to the SAP system.

The default language is English.

Code Page Yes The character set used by the SAP system.

The default value is blank.

Note: This field can only be specified in the special cases.
Maximum Number of Reconnect Attempts Yes The maximum number of times that the plug-in can retry to establish a connection before sending an IDoc message or RFC/BAPI request to the SAP system.

The default value is -1, which indicates that the plug-in can retry indefinitely.

Note: For the IDoc Reader activity, if an IDoc message is persisted on the JMS destination where the activity retrieve messages, the attempt can continue infinitely regardless of the configured number of retries.
Interval between Reconnect Attempts(ms) Yes The time interval in milliseconds between two successive attempts to establish a connection before sending an IDoc message or RFC/BAPI request to the SAP system.

The default value is 30000.

Max Connections Yes The number of SAP connections in the client connection.

The default value is 1, and the value range is 1 - 99.

Disable Connection Pooling No Whether to disable connection pooling.

If you want to close the connection automatically after the RFC/BAPI call is completed, select this check box.

This check box is cleared by default.

RFC Trace Yes Whether to enable the RFC trace.
  • The value of 1 indicates that the RFC trace is enabled.
  • The value of 0 indicates that the RFC trace is disabled.

The default value is 0.

USE SAP GUI Yes Whether to enable the SAP GUI.
  • The value of 1 indicates that the SAP GUI is enabled to carry out debugging of RFCs.
  • The value of 2 indicates that the SAP GUI is enabled to carry out debugging of RFCs until it is used by the invocation of an RFC.
  • The value of 0 indicates that the SAP GUI is disabled to carry out debugging of RFCs.

The default value is 0.