Server Connection

You can specify the server connection to establish an outbound connection with the SAP system.

Server Connection

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

If you want to enable the server connection, select the Enabled check box and specify the fields in the Server Connection panel.

Note: When the SAP Connection shared resource is referenced, you cannot do any operations on the Enabled check box. Therefore, ensure that you have configured the server connection accordingly before using it in the plug-in activities.

The following fields are available in the Server Connection panel when you select the Enabled check box:

Field Module Property? Description
Connection Type No The server connection type.
The plug-in provides the following server connection types:
  • Default
  • SNC

The default type is Default.

Program ID Yes The program ID that identifies the RFC server program for the SAP system.
The program ID is case sensitive.
Note: An RFC destination corresponding to the program ID must exist in the SAP system.

If a server connection is not used by an activity, the program ID is ignored and not registered in the SAP system.

Gateway Service Yes The SAP gateway service.

The default service is sapgw00.

Note: The service name must exist in the services file maintained at the operating system level.
Gateway Host Yes The Gateway host name, IP address, or router string.

If no machine exists as a gateway host, this field is specified as the application server.

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.
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 Myname Yes The SNC name of the initiator.
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.
The following advanced options are displayed when you click Show/Hide Advanced Options:
Maximum time between two startup attempts in case of failures(secs) Yes The maximum time interval in seconds between two successive attempts to establish a connection to the gateway host.

If the connection cannot be established after the maximum time interval, the server connection is suspended.

The default value is 60.

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

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

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.