How to achieve BPM functionalities in Business Connectors

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I would like to ask how BC scenario implements the corresponding BPM scenario in XI. I had to present a white paper on this topic.
thanx in advance
Prateek

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How to send XML files through Business Connector to client URL

Dear ALL
I am new to SAP BC. We have setup BC 4.8 and would like to send out a XML file from BC to Client URL. Could someone please guide me.
Please suggest solutions.
Thanks
Ahmed

Hello Mickael
Thanks for your reply. No, we do not have PI. This BC will be used for point to point communication with client.
Scenario:
R/3 server to send XML files to BC. BC will load these files ( using pub.getfile service), this file is to be parsed using pub.loaddocument service and then sent to client in XML format wrapped with digital signature. As i am new to BC i am unable to parse this file and wrap it with the digital signaature to send it.
Kindly advise on how best can we perform this action.
Thanks
Ahmed

Business Connectors

Can someone tell me how to detect the requirement of BPM on the Business Connector developer side among the flow services.
How to detect if there exists BPM in the package at BC developer or not?
thanx

Hi,
the amount of objcects will depend mostly
on your BC configuration
for example serivices in the BC are very often written
in java and in the XI we have adapters
so not a lot you can do with it
mapping flow scenarios to BPMs or somethimes non BPM
in the XI should not be very diffucult in most cases
Refer below discussion
Business Connector to XI
There a few a few tools like this one:
http://www.yellow2b.com/Yellow2B-Content_C-Content_full_1112108163571.html
thanks
Swarup

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

Importing wmEDI Package in Business Connector

Hi,
Could anyone please tell me how to import wmEDI Package in Business Connector and where it is available?

Hi,
You will find the relevant informations in www.sapgenie.com and in sapnet.
regards
Aveek

How to connect with business connector

Dear Gurus,
I am new to business connector. Could you please give the procedure that how we can transfer the IDOC from R/3 to business connector.
Please help me.
Regards,

Hi Chandra,
The SAP Business Connector is a middleware product based on webMethods B2B Integration Server. It allows you to integrate with R/3 using open and non proprietary technology. SAP BC uses the Internet as communication platform and XML/HTML as data format. Thus it seamlessly integrates different IT architectures with R/3.
SAP BC allows for full bi-directional communication to and from R/3. On the one hand all SAP functionality accessible using BAPIs and IDocs can be made available to business partners over the Internet as secure XML-based services. On the other hand applications and information running on a remote web site can be instantly invoked by a simple SAP function call thus making the information of the Web available to an R/3 System.
SAP BC provides an XML layer on top of R/3 functionality so that other applications do not need any understanding of R/3 internal data structures or protocols. You can deploy SAP BC to simply but effectively achieve business-to-business integration between trading partners, thereby extending the reach of your SAP infrastructure to customers, partners and suppliers. Examples for applications may include real-time integration between supplier inventories and your SAP System or multi-vendor product, price and availability information and your purchasing application.
For further Information on the same see WHAT IS SAP BC ?
Also go through the following links:
http://www.sapgenie.com/interfaces/businessconnector.htm
http://www.sapgenie.com/mysap/bus_connector.htm
XI - SAP Business Connector integration using the HTTP adapter
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/6a/3f93404f673028e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_XML_Business_Integration.asp
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b4f3755a-0401-0010-b6b3-9b65bb7d4503
https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/connectors
https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_FRAME=OBJECT&_HIER_KEY=501100035870000008223&_HIER_KEY=601100035870000111191&_HIER_KEY=601100035870000114171&_HIER_KEY=601100035870000132138&_HIER_KEY=601100035870000122794&_HIER_KEY=601100035870000122795&_HIER_KEY=601100035870000122804&_HIER_KEY=701100035871000100900&#HOME
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Goli Sridhar

How do we Integratet SAP to Non-SAP Using Business Connector

Hi Experts,
I am new to SAP Business Connector !!
and what are the Forms ? for SAP Business Connector Related Postings ??
!! I have a requirement to integrate sap to non-sap with Business Connector !!
We need to Generate the SAP Data In xml Format ? and the Non-sap System can Understand Only XML Formated data.
Is there any way Business Connector Box can Pull the XML file from R/3 Application Server and store the file in the Business Connector Server. from that How do we Sent XML file to Non-sap. How do we Integrate ??
what transaction code will trigger this event ? I mean is ther any SAP Transaction Code to Integrate Business Connector?
For Eg. like in R/3 SD to FICO and MM Integration.
Please Give your Valuable Suggests..
Thanks .
Upender.

Hi,
It is not an issue, It will be a separate project :-).
The right forums for this,
Expert Forums » SAP NetWeaver » Process Integration
www.wmusers.com
Also go through the following links:
http://www.sapgenie.com/interfaces/businessconnector.htm
http://www.sapgenie.com/mysap/bus_connector.htm
/people/bla.suranyi/blog/2006/07/10/xi--sap-business-connector-integration-using-the-http-adapter
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/6a/3f93404f673028e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_XML_Business_Integration.asp
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b4f3755a-0401-0010-b6b3-9b65bb7d4503
https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/connectors
Thanks and Regards,
Chandra Madapati

How to Achieve Performance Tuning In BPM Studio

Please Tell me how to achieve performance Tuning in BPm Project . let me know do have any documentation for this .
Thanks in Advance .

*5. Group Automatic Activities in a Single Transactional Boundary*
When you have several automatic activities in a sequence, recognize this as a potential performance improvement opportunity. The default behavior of Oracle BPM is during each Automatic activity's execution:
1. Initiate the transaction
2. Read the work item instance's variable information from the Engine's database
3. Execute the logic in the Automatic activity
4. If no system exception occurs, commit the transaction and write the instance variable information back to the Engine's database
Many times you'll instead want to speed execution when there are several Automatic activities in a sequence. If three Automatic activities are in a sequence, then the four items listed above will occur three times. By grouping these into a single transactional boundary, instead of 12 steps you would have:
1. Initiate the transaction
2. Read the work item instance's variable information from the Engine's database
3. Execute the logic in the first Automatic activity
4. Execute the logic in the second Automatic activity
5. Execute the logic in the third Automatic activity
6. If no system exception occurs, commit the transaction and write the instance variable information back to the Engine's database
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1. Create a Group around the sequence of Automatic activities (lasso the three activities) -> right mouse click inside the dotted line -> click "Create a Group with Selection" -> click "Runtime" in the upper left corner -> click the checkbox "Is Atomic".
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How to HTTP POST data to SAP Business Connector

Hello,
I would like to transfer data from a client with HTTP POST to SAP Business Connector. SAP BC acts as server. In SAP BC I created a Java service containing the code:
IDataCursor idatacursor = pipeline.getCursor();
idatacursor.first("node");
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Hi,
quite easy:
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"<address>urn:sap-com:logical-system:XXX</address>"+
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"<address>urn:sap-com:logical-system:YYY</address>"+
        "</from>"+
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        "<body>"+
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What is Business Connector ? How it is related to ABAP ?

What is Business Connector ? How it is related to ABAP ?
Is there any document available ? Pls provide ....
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How to encode XML to Idoc and decode Idoc to XML in business connector?

Hi all,
first of all: thanks for all, who are reading and perhaps responding this question!
Here some facts and my question(s):
The facts:
- I have the business connector version 4.6!
- I'm not working with any SAP Netviewer!
- I have XML files on an FTP-server and Idoc-files on an FTP-server --> so no connection between SAP and business connector, meaning: the files are just on the ftp-server!
What am i doing and what is working properly:
- Business connector logs in into the FTP-server (with FTP-service: pub.client.ftp:login)
- gets the file (with FTP-service: pub.client.ftp:get) (the idoc-file, when i want to convert it into XML or the XML-file, when i want to convert it into idoc-format)
- puts the file into another place in the server (with service wm.PartnerMgr.gateway.transport.FTPTransport:OutboundProcess)
!!!So far only getting and putting of the file works!!!
What is missing between getting the file in one format - for example idoc-format - and putting the file into the server in the other format - for example XML-format is:
CONVERSION FROM XML INTO IDOC AND VICE VERSA
My question:
- which services i have to use between getting and putting the files?
Thanks to all,
Tamer

Hi,
I have the same problem. I do fix it?
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SAP Business connector sending XML data

Dear all,
I am using an RFC to transfer the data from SAP R/3 to web server. I have to send the data to web server URl via SAP Business Connector in the below format.
I am getting data in RFC sttructure, Now I need to change the above data into XMl and hence need to compress.
The requirement is as below:
The XML message is signed, encoded in base64.
Signed and encoded XML message is compressed in GZIP format.
Can u please share your ideas to achieve this.
Thanks and regards,

Dear Michal and Prateek,
Thank you very much for your ideas.
This is my flow:
clear XML data -> SIgning with detached signature -> Base 64 encode -> send the data via HTTP port.
I am signing the message using pub.security.pkcs7:sign.
But here problem is I am not able to get the detached signature.
If I select the option Detached signature it is giving only signature.
How can I manage the Detached signature and Message at HTTP port.
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Thanks and regards,

SAP business connector 4.8

Hi Experts,
Request you to please suggest me.
i am new to SAP BC. my team given me work to migrate SAP business connector 4.8 one location to new location. So request you to please suggest me how i can achieve this task.
Thanks,
Navneet Kumar

Hello Tanja,
Go through these discussions..
http://www.wmusers.com/forum/thread6212.html
http://www.wmusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13377
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IDoc / Business Connector - future developments

hi,
I would like to know some possibilities to transfer data from a non-sap-system to a sap-system. I think the IDoc-interface is really good for transporting data into SAP-systems. I have spoken with some people they mean that the IDoc-interface is out-of-date. What do you think about it? Which other possibilities exist?
Another possibility is to use XML-documents, but how could I transfer this data? With business-connector (it's also a out-of-date tool)?
What do you think which are future developments of transferring data into SAP-systems (e.g. 4.6c / 4.7)?
thanks
markus

The reason why asked about the version is that there some integration methods that may not be available in some versions like the Webservices that Rich mentioned is not available in 46C. Idocs is not an outdated technology, but it is more geared towards EDI interfaces rather than other interfaces.
You have to first differentiate between your conversion/bulk load requirements, online/real-time requirements and your batch interface requirements. Depending on which one you are talking about, the choice of the interfacing tools will differ. No one tool is good for all. RFCs/BAPIs are a good way to do real-time interfaces with users online, via business connector. But this is resource intensive, so you should not use it for bulk data transfers. You can still use the same BAPI or RFC as a simple function module call in a custom program and schedule the custom program to load data from the external systems through files during off-peak hours. This way your data is loaded into the system while it is not interrupting with the online users for resources.
IDOCs/RFC/BAPI/BI/DI/Call transactions/standard SAP program are the different interfacing/data conversion technologies you can use. Don't forget the powerful LSMW tool which is really easy to use and powerful enough to have complex mapping done and flexible enough to write some code to achieve some specific mapping transformations.
Bottom line is you have to evaluate what is best for your case and use it. It can be a mixture of all.
Srinivas

RFC Error while trying to access function module from business connector

Hi,
I am getting the following RFc exceptions in BC server when we invoke the service pub.sap.client:invoke fail as a flow step in Idoc_Status_Add(this service is calling a function module in sap namely ZYBC_IDOC_STATUS_ADD_FROM_BC which Adds status to Idoc (from Business Connector).But no trace of failures are recorded in sap side
except 1: rfc_failure in BC trace files under monitoring.I need to know the root cause of these errors as the same services have run finely later and IDOCs were also processed successfully without any problem.
com.sap.mw.jco.JCO$Exception: (104) RFC_ERROR_SYSTEM_FAILURE: See RFC trace file or SAP system log for more details
at com.sap.mw.jco.rfc.MiddlewareRFC$Client.nativeExecute(Native Method)
at com.sap.mw.jco.rfc.MiddlewareRFC$Client.execute(MiddlewareRFC.java:1217)
at com.sap.mw.jco.JCO$Client.execute(JCO.java:3684)
at com.sap.mw.jco.JCO$Client.execute(JCO.java:3129)
at com.wm.pkg.sap.rfc.SAPSession.invoke(SAPSession.java:437)
at pub.sap.client.invoke(client.java:297)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.wm.app.b2b.server.JavaService.baseInvoke(JavaService.java:281)
at com.wm.app.b2b.server.ServiceManager.invoke(ServiceManager.java:709)
at com.wm.app.b2b.server.BaseService.invoke(BaseService.java:140)
at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowInvoke.invoke(FlowInvoke.java:292)
at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowState.invokeNode(FlowState.java:559)
at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowState.step(FlowState.java:430)
at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowState.invoke(FlowState.java:400)
at com.wm.app.b2b.server.FlowSvcImpl.baseInvoke(FlowSvcImpl.java:1786)
at com.wm.app.b2b.server.ServiceManager.invoke(ServiceManager.java:709)
at com.wm.app.b2b.server.BaseService.invoke(BaseService.java:140)
at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowInvoke.invoke(FlowInvoke.java:292)
at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowState.invokeNode(FlowState.java:559)
at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowState.step(FlowState.java:430)
at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowState.invoke(FlowState.java:400)
at com.wm.app.b2b.server.FlowSvcImpl.baseInvoke(FlowSvcImpl.java:1786)
at com.wm.app.b2b.server.ServiceManager.invoke(ServiceManager.java:709)
at com.wm.app.b2b.server.ServiceManager.invoke(ServiceManager.java:496)
at wm.server.net.EmailTransaction$RunService.write(EmailTransaction.java:1375)
at wm.server.net.EmailTransaction$RunService.run(EmailTransaction.java:1218)
at com.wm.util.pool.PooledThread.run(C:/NT/Perforce/basis/4.1.0-terra/module/core/source/com/wm/util/pool/PooledThread.java:103)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
could anyone throw light on how this kind of error can be resolved and why it occured?
Thanks.

What does the RFC trace file and log say? Has there been any dump on the SAP server? Check the logs and transaction st22 in your SAP system to see if the RFC-module has dumped.
My guess is the problem is in the RFC-module, I think you should start looking there.
regards,
Dionisios

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