AE 5.2 Defining SAP Connectors

Question

Hello,
Can someone identify to me the process in defining NEW SAP connectors for Access Enforcer 5.2?
I have been configuring AE and have the process working for creating new users where the user receives the email identifying their password and the system they have been defined to once the provisioning is completed
The SAP BASIS group who performed the installation have defined the connections as "VIRSAR3_01_MODEL and VIRSAR3_02_MODEL", for the DEV and PRD systems respectively.
Our production system is known to users as SAPPRD and I would like to create a SAP connector that shows that as the name rather than "VIRSAR3_02_MODEL"
I have tried to use the Define Connectors from the AE customization panel but have not had success in saving the definitions.
I am thinking that the VIRSAR3_02_MODEL name may be a default used during installation and there may be more than just going to the AE Define Connector panel to add additional connectors or name them differently.
Appreciate if someone can identify the proper steps I need to take; I would think the SAP BASIS group will need to be involved. This is somewhat new to them also.
Thanks
Jerry Synoga
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Answer 1

Hello Listeners,
I have researched this issue with our BASIS group and we have now become more familiar with the AE Connectors;
The ones that I have been given are what is defined with the NetWeaver  installation and are defaulted to the VIRSAR3_01_MODEL and VIRSAR3_02_MODEL; these then become available in the AE Configuration process for defining SAP Connectors; these are the JCO connectors and will work if used for AE provisioning of NEW / Change users
It is recommended by SAP that for this type of connection you should use a non-JCO connector which should be defined using the AE Configuration> Connector> Define SAP process; when I tried to do this and change the "name" of the connector, I would receive the ACTION FAILED message; the system log identified the error as a Duplicate Key (too bad the AE message was not that informative);
we discovered that the Key setting was made up of the "short description" field of the Define Connector process; since I only changed the 'name" field, I was hitting the duplicate key error; one would have thought that the 'name" field, which would always be unique, would comprise of the key;
The JCO connectors should be used according to SAP for communication between tools such as AE and CC ( Access Enforcer communicating with Compliance Calibrator; this is something I plan on getting to in the near future
Conclusion is that if you need to change the JCO connector names to something other than the defaults, you can do this if you have access to the NETWEAVER ADMINISTRATION functions;
The non-JCO SAP connector can be defined for communication between AE and the SAP backbends system; remember that the 'short description" field should be unique among all the connectors - JCO and non-JCO
With this knowledge I have successfully completed the connector definitions and now have a better understanding of this process
Hope this lengthy explanation helps others
Thank You
Jerry Synoga
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