Business Connector end of support

Does anyone know for sure the date that SAP will end support for BC? We are planning our projects for the next year and need to decide should we go to XI now or not.
Thanks
Mike Curtis

Hi Christine,
but in the BC case you need to remember one more thing...
JDK 1.3
from java.sun.com
J2SE 1.3.1 has begun the Sun End of Life (EOL) process. The EOL transition period is from Oct 25, 2004 until the General Availability (GA) of the next Java version, Java SE 6 (code name Mustang).
so even if SAP will provide any updates it may not
work with unsupported java right ?
and java SE 6 will probably be sooner than
end of BC support I believe
Regards,
michal
<a href="/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/06/28/xipi-faq-frequently-asked-questions">XI FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions</a>

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Axel

Hi,
Fisrt of all pls don't cross post the same question(s) over different forums.
The BC is still part of NW04s:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/6f/1bd5c2a85b11d6b28500508b5d5211/frameset.htm
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Does e-filing on erp6 support Business Connector 4.8.

We are planning to upgrade to ERP6 we are currently using business connector 4.7 for e-filiing GB. From my investigations so far it seems that we need to implement PI for e-filing GB on ERP6 but since Business Connector 4.8 has now been released and is supported on ERP6 can we use Business Connector 4.8 for e-filing on ERP6.
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Allen

I am not sure what you mean by "e-filing GB", but BC 4.8 supports the same functionality as BC 4.7, and adds some new functions. So should be no problem.
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Version of Business Connector Supported

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What version of Business Connector supported in xMII? Is it possible to connect SAP ECC6.0 with the BC 4.7 using xMII?
Thanks,
Bala

My apologies for putting this so BLUNTLY, but why would you want to do this?
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Delta between Business Connector 4.8 and 4.7

This seemed like the most logical place to put my post so here it goes..
We are assessing our options for replacing/upgrading existing Business Connector installations that will shortly be out of support (OSS Note 571530).Whilst researching our options I have come across OSS Note 1094412 which describes a new version of 4.8 becoming available in July 2008.
Information on BC4.8 is virtually non-existent on the web - can anyone provide me with details of the delta between 4.7 and 4.8, licensing structure, hardware requirements, support/maintenance strategy and ease of migration from 4.6/4.7 to 4.8?
As an aside it is very interesting that SAP has chosen to provide BC 4.8, presumably to ensure BC can continue to runs on supported O/S' and Java environments, when SAP XI/PI is being touted as the de facto integrator for companies with a significant SAP presence. Maybe customers are not quite as keen to move on/remove their BC instances as SAP would hope...

Hi Daniel,
We have been on this topic for years (some vested interest through product development).
What seems to have happened, from what we can gather, is that Netweaver XI/PI uptake hasn't happened as fast as initially hoped (SAP was looking at an intial end of life of Dec 2004 for BC).
The case is quite simple. BC is free, easy to install and maintain. XI/PI, new product, takes a while to stabilize, much more feature rich, but at the same time more complex and less performing (and did I mention the license cost?).
What we know about BC 4.8 and this is purely based on talking to people and reading about it, we have not seen / tested BC 4.8 ourselves - Mainly a platform upgrade, no significant changes. Most likely free as well (the original contract states that if SAP charges money for BC they have to pay extra to Webmethods / Software AG) accordingly. I would expect to see a few new built-in function and hopefully some hooks into standard SAP monitoring tools.
I think you hit the nail on the head. We have seen customers panic and move to non-Netweaver platforms from BC to be on a supported solution (back when EOL was imminent before 4.8 was released). Why non-Netweaver? Because many customers use non-SAP Integration Products as well and they tend to drift to known solutions instead of trying to manage the risk of migrating to a unfamiliar product.
I would not expect any major changes that would make migration to 4.8 hard. If there would be some major issues then that would signal some significant developments from SAP and that would be a strange thing at this point of the product lifecycle.
End of life for BC 4.8 is in 2012 or thereabouts if I remember correctly, this was part of some note which was released/updated towards the end of last year.
You might want to make some design calls if you continue developing your integration scenarios on BC. The best format to allow for an easy / relatively painfree migration to PI one day is by using BC graphical MAPS where possible, NOT XSL maps as wrongfully indicated in so many previous posts and articles. XSL is the hardest format to migrate to PI even though it might look superficially as a compatible format...
Cheers
Kalle

Business connector on Virtual Server

Hi All,
I need a urgent help to know, if there are any disadvantages if we setup a Business connector environment in Virtual Server rather than a Physical server?
The situation is, currently I have business connector working on Physical server, for which a Warranty is reach end of life and no further support to the hardware is possible from the mother company.
Hence we have a plan of moving the Business connector in the physical server to a new virtual server provided by our infrastructure team as virtual servers are less costlier than physical server. Hence I would like to know how good to choose Virtual Server for business connector.
Also, do any one can suggest what is the best way of approach would be, to move the existing Business connector server operations to new hardware i.e. is it fine to do pure system copy and will it work? or else do I need to redo from installing the BC software and configuring it manually.
Thanks,
Bindu

Hi Bindu,
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Be aware that BC 4.8 is due to be released soon and that will give you a supported, JVM updated version of BC for Windows and Linux. Currently all JVM versions are un-supported for previous BC versions.
If you use the same name and IP for your virtual server than what you had for the previous physical server you should not see any changes in your configs. Again, we have moved these from physical to virtual doing just that and it all worked well.
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Cheers
Kalle

Business connector server on Virtual Server

Hi,
Currently our 4.6 release Business Connector servers running on Windows NT Operating system. We would like to upgrade them to BC release 4.7 on Windows 2000 operating system on Virtual servers.
Are there any known issues/disadvantages if we install Business connector servers on Virtual Server rather than a Physical server?
These virtual servers will be in the same domain as that of SAP systems. Host names of the upgraded Virtual servers will be same as the current production BC hosts.
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Technical Data
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Changed, new, deleted
For Release
   Software Component
·        Component: SAP Business Connector (external)
·        Release: 4.7
Assignment to Application Component
BC-MID-BUS (SAP Business Connector)
Country Setting
Valid for all countries
Use
The following information provides you with an overview of the new features in SAP BC Release 4.7: It also tells you about incompatible changes that you need to know about before performing an upgrade.
SAP BC 4.7 is based on Integration Server 4.6 from webMethods. However, the SAP BC elements in Integration Server 4.6 have been redeveloped (see below for details).
Features
Additional Functions in SAP BC Developer
As well as SAP BC Administrator GUI, you can now use SAP BC Developer to perform typical development tasks. You do not need administrator authorizations in SAP BC Developer to do this. For example, with SAP BC 4.7 you can use SAP Lookup to generate elements for the Developer. This enables you to gather information about function modules, structures (tables), BAPIs and IDocs in an SAP system, and then generate outbound maps or records for these objects directly.
SAP BC Developer contains a new menu, SAP, which contains the following functions:
·        Look up a function module and generate an outbound map
·        Look up a structure definition and generate a record.
·        Lookup a business object.
·        Look up an IDoc and creating a Record.
·        Browser for Function Maps.
In addition, the Developer now also supports the following actions:
·        Generate an SAP inbound map if you want an SAP system to run a service in SAP BC.
·        Generate an SAP outbound map to execute a function module in an SAP system.
·        Generate a record based on an SAP ABAP Dictionary structure.
·        Generate a record based on an SAP IDoc.
SAP BC Developer now also supports a proxy bypass list. This means that you no longer need to define whether a connection runs through a proxy; instead, the bypass list performs this task.
New Public Services on SAP BC Server
pub.string:gzip
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The WmPartners package in SAP BC Server has been completely restructured and now offers the following enhancements:
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·        Improved search and sort options for transactions in the file system of the Message Store. In the Transactions menu, SAP BC Administrator GUI offers you a new option, Message Store Query Settings, which enables you to select and delete transactions. In Release 4.7, the Message Store can also be displayed on separate pages, which makes it easier to edit large numbers of transactions.
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·        Forwarding the "Confirm Event" tRFC (triggered by an SAP system) to the next receiver (for the following transports: B2B Service, ALE (R/3 IDoc), and XML (only if another SAP BC is the receiver)) and triggering "Confirm Event" from an external client. Both of these cases can be significant if the final receiver is an SAP system. In this case, "Confirm Event" removes the transaction ID from the ARFCRSTATE table, which can improve system performance significantly when a large number of tRFCs are being processed.
Support for Distributed Statistic Records (DSRs)
SAP BC has supported the generation of DSRs since Release 4.7 DSRs enable you to monitor the performance of each SAP system and its components. In this way, you can check how much system load is produced by each individual component, and how many resources are being used. This enables you to identify "performance leaks" and optimize system performance.
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Incompatible Changes
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See also
For more information, see the documentation on the SAP Business Connector, under
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E-Filing on Business Connector version 4.8

Hello
We are currently running Business Connector (BC) 4.7 (which is out of support) & need to move to BC 4.8. I have installed this on a new server & now need to get E-filing running. Our database is at R/3 4.7
The only document I can find re: E-Filing makes no mention of BC 4.8 (only BC 4.7) - this is [https://websmp202.sap-ag.de/form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000588865|https://websmp202.sap-ag.de/form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000588865] and is called User Guide e-Filing Incoming Outgoing 3.0 (4.6C & above).pdf and is dated July 2005. My questions are:
1. Can anyone confirm that E-filing is supported under BC 4.8. There must be a support matirx somewhere on the SAP site which explains this but I can't find it.
2. Is there a more up to date document anywhere which explains how to install E-filing on BC 4.8. Or maybe the instructions in the document I have would apply to BC 4.8 as well?
Thanks, Chris
Edited by: Chris Hoggarth on Jun 24, 2010 4:30 PM

I am not sure what you mean by "e-filing GB", but BC 4.8 supports the same functionality as BC 4.7, and adds some new functions. So should be no problem.
CSY

Query Related to Business Connector

Hi,
I'm currently working on Business Connector, which is new to me. I am going through the reference documents to understand the working of the same. However, the requirements have started pouring in.
As of now, I have the follwoing requirement.
I've a SAP Function Module say "Z1234" which is RFC enabled. To this FM, all export paramets which are passed are FIELDS, none are table(s).
Now what i require is to fetch this data into Business Connector by writing some code in Business Connector whose FRONT END is JAVA.
Can anyone in here help me to achieve this requirement?
Suggestions welcomed.
Thanks & Regards,
Rajesh

HI,
I think Scenario based is better
1) It's more reasonable to manage your documentation with the business process since they are quite related
2) I suggest that you use the check out /check in functionnality to prevent the modification from multiple users at the same time
3) As the changes happen some time, which means you have to maintain the related document often, it would be a good idea to use the link but not the copy of document
4) In most case, i would insert documents of various types in different tabs like Trainning materials, project documentation, test in SOLAR02
5) What's more, if all your user guides are uploaded to the Trainning material tab, you will be able to use the existant documents to supply the SOLAR_LEARNING_MAP, which in my opinion, simplifies a lot the tranning session of any global-rollout
Jiamin Pan

Using Business Connector to convert a file to XML

Hi, I have been asked to see if a flat file created by an abap program can be converted to XML format using Business Connector (4.7). I have looked in the tutorial and the pdf documents but can not see how this is done. Please could someone give me some advice?
- Is this possible using built-in Business Connector services - or is it more complicated?
- Should I even bother to try to do this when it it easy for me to create an XML format file from ABAP?
- Is there a good course, book, documentation that would help me?
Thanks, Andy

Hi Andy!
Our customers have this requirement to convert some "flat-file" into some XML format via Business Connector quite often. The best way (as the last post sugessted) is indeed to use the "EDI-Adapter" which is free of charge (service.sap.com/connectors).
With that module you can convert all flat-files (delimiter based, offset based, mixed, even classical EDI formats, ...) based on some definition ( = template). Be careful the EDI-Adapter Module download page states that it is supported for BC version 4.6 . However it is absolutely no problem to use it in BC 4.7 versions as well. Remember that you will NOT get any official support by SAP when using the EDI-Adapter module.
Simply import the EDI-Module as general BC package (server/replicate/inbound directory).
Generally it is very powerful, stable and well documented ...
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SAP XI over Business connector

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I would like to know the advantages of XI replacing Business connector in a project scenario.Also any disadvantages that XI still has over BC?
I would like to have the reply in detail as this is required for suggesting XI as a replacement for BC.Also the cost benefits highlighted would be of great help.Inputs for this query would be highly appreciated and rewarded.
Thanks in advance!!

Hi Ramya & others,
we at Lost Bearings International have brought the BC2XI(TM) to the market and together with partners delivered successful migrations to XI using it as the underlying platform.
We are currently working on Version 2 of the migration platform to allow for a more scalable use for 100+ BC project migration scenarios at larger customer sites as well as a more generic migration process which will assist in migrations from other EAI platforms to XI on top of the current BC to XI one.
Best way find out more is to contact us directly through http://www.lostbearings.com/exponent/index.php?section=3 and we can discuss the evaluation steps to give you an idea about cost & time savings you can achieve through the BC2XI service offering.
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Business connector installation error

Dear community,
I am trying to install bc 4.8 x64 on win2008 R2 x64 std ed.server (in vmware).
When I run the installer (BCServer48_x64.exe or BCServerXpt48_x64) I get an error:
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As I understand it there is a sap jvm integrated, so separate jre install is not needed.
In any case I have also installed separate java :
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java version "1.6.0_24"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.1-b02, mixed mode)
but this does not change the error.
Win2008 R2 is supported according to pam and note 1094412.
I have tried using compatibility settings for win server 2003 but no change.
Any advice ?
Rgds, Eirikur.

It would have been helpful if you shared how to execute this fix.
Here by the way I fixed it:
First:
Make sure you have a JDK installed!
I used: JDK 6: sapjvm-6.1.043-ntamd64.zip
You can find it here: https://tools.netweaver.ondemand.com/ Press the Additional software tab.
Second:
Go to: http://java.com/en/download/help/path.xml
Here they will explain you how to edit the PATH for different OS. The Windows 7 fix works on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Third:
For windows Users:
When you have the Edit PATH screen open add the correct path that leads to your JDK.
For me it was: ";C:\Program Files\Java\sapjvm_6\bin" (Paste without the quotes but add a ; in front of your path)
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Jérémy

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2009-01-23 09:15:13 GMT+01:00 ---( Start )---
2009-01-23 13:42:01 GMT+01:00 ---( Start )---
error.log from yesterday
2009-01-22 00:00:00 GMT+01:00 ---( Start )---
2009-01-22 16:54:10 GMT+01:00 ---( Start )---
Our BC v4.6 is running on a Win2000 Server.
Thanks in advance
Edited by: Kilian on Jan 23, 2009 3:12 PM

That looks very strange. Do you have the lastest service pack and core fix applied for 4.6 ? If not, I suggest to do that. If yes, normally you would open an OSS-Call. The problem is, BC 4.6 is not supported anymore then I would suggest you update to 4.8 or 4.7
It looks like a BC bug, because it is a null pointer exception inside a BC system method.
CSY

Business connector developer-Error message 'No IDOC found in input'

Hi,
Please note that this query is related to business connector developer not to XI.
I have created a flow service based on an IDOC. When I tried to test the service from the business connector developer it gives me an error 'No idoc found in input'. I have done the setting based on the business connector configuration guide. The idoc also send to the port successfully.
Can anyone guide me how to trigger the test from business connector developer for an idoc.
Thanks
Jim.
Edited by: Jim Jose on Jul 13, 2011 5:58 PM

Hi,
Probably you would have created the routing today, with valid from todays date. But the order you are creating may be with start date in past and system is not able to find and valid routing for the day.
I would suggest you to remove both the Basic "Start" and "End" and change the scheduling type to "Current date Scheduling", now enter. If system still not finding the routing, use the function "Read PP Master data".
Regards,
Prasobh

Business connector services for PO

Hi Expeets,
I have to send Purchase order data to an external application (SQL) using IDOC when PO release. Means when PO release an IDOC send. I am getting IDOC in Business Connector.
But i have dont no how to create services in BC Developer, I got an idea but i dnt no how to start creating service.
After ending an IDOC to BC when i opened BC developer i found a component for my message type(created new) which is havin 1map and a service '<b>Transport Service</b>'
Do i need to use this anywhere or i need to create new, can anyone tell me a step by stepprocess how to create service and from where i have to start. In the develper document they onlu mentioned what r diffrent components and services, there is nothing from where i have to start
Please help me as it is very urgent
Regards
Nik

hi,
with business developer installation you get a DOCs folder where you can find the best BC guides there are - if you're not satisfied however you can always attend BC530 and BC531 from SAP
but those from docs folder are enough to start doing flows in BC,
Regards,
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