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

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:
  • When specifying a value as a service name, the service name must exist in the services file maintained at the operating system level. To avoid having to maintain the services file, the TCP/IP port number such as 3300 can be specified as a value instead.
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.

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.