Integration of ECo 5.0 in EP

Question

Hi there,
i have read a lot of topics about integrating E-Commerce (ISA) into the EP.
I am just curios if it is a must to have the BP CRM before you can use E-Commerce in the EP.
I am asking because what should you do if you are not using CRM at all but using E-Commerce R/3 edition.
Please let me know if it is possible to use E-Commerce either CRM or R/3 edition without the BP CRM in
a) EP6 NW2004
b) EP7 NW2004s
what are the restrictions for the E-Commerce application with you dont use the BP CRM
Regards

Answer 1

Sure Markus,
A Transaction iview or an IAC iview is created to display some ECC based or R3 transactions or reports on Portal.
Business Packages like CRM (eg. ICA) or SRM, just to name a few I know about,  access BSP applications and thereby you need to create BSP iviews to access these applications.
Let's talk about BSP iviews:
1) Create new iview -> Select SAP BSP iview
2) Give a name, id and prefix (optional) anc click next
3) Select BSP Defination Type as BSP and clcik next
4) Select a system alias which you created while creating a system and given the following details in the rest of the fields:
For a standard SAP BSP, the customer namespace and application namespace is by default SAP.
In the application name, put the name of the BSP application for eg. srmsus is the application name for supplier portal in SRM and the start page as default.htm. You may collect this info from BSP applications itself.
5) Select optin Open for editing and modify the other parameters if required.
6) Preview the BSP application iview.
Also refer to this link for more info : http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/99/977e3c645e5f4ce10000000a114084/frameset.htm.
To know everything about BSP: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/e9/bb153aab4a0c0ee10000000a114084/frameset.htm
Regards,
Sunil