ESS and MSS configuration in SAP Portal 7.3
I have given new SAP Portal system on NW 7.3 and back end SAP ECC 6.0 ehp 5 for configuration of ESS and MSS as part of HR Renewal 1.0 Feature pack 04 as POC project.In SCN I did not find any step by step procedure document hence this blog could be helpful for new bees
Initially I have started configuration of SSO between NW portal 7.3 and ECC 6 Ehp 5. Later I found ESS and MSS business packages are already installed by basis guy in portal system. But it was not working as expected then I started exploring various options to achieve this.
To maintain JCO parameters I did not find webdynpro path in 7.3 portals as it was there in portal 7. Then I came to know that WDA BP is best suitable for my scenario because performance wise ABAP webdynpro are much better than Java webdynpro.
Following steps were implemented to configure ESS and MSS on SAP Portal 7.3
A) Configure SSO between Portal and ECC
B) Configure SLD on portal
C) Deploy ESS, MSS and Common parts business package on SAP Portal
D) Add ESS and MSS Alias on system object
E) Activate webdynpro Services in SICF
F) Create RFC destination IGS in SM59
G) Activation of Business Function in ECC server
A) Configure SSO between Portal and ECC
Single sign-on (SSO) is a method of access control that enables a portal user to log in once and gain access to the resources of multiple back end systems without being prompted to log in again (enter Id and password). Lot of discussion threads will be available in http://scn.sap.com so here I am not discussing about configuration procedure and process
B) Configure SLD on portal
The SLD in SAP Portal is the central source of system landscape information relevant for the management of your software life-cycle.
SLD configuration documents are available in in http://scn.sap.com
C) Deploy ESS, MSS and Common parts business package on SAP Portal
You have to download ESS, MSS and Common parts Business packages from service market place.
BPERPESSWDA 1.50,
BPERP05 COMMON PARTS 1.51
BP_MSSADDON 1.0
1) Common parts download path
2) ESS Business Package download path
3) ESS Business Package for ABAP
4) MSS Business Package for ABAP download path. Here you need to select Add on
5) Required MSS Business Package
D) Add ESS and MSS Alias on system object in SAP portal.
E) Activate webdynpro Services in SICF
F) Create RFC destination IGS in SM59
IGS_RFC_DEST is required for MSS business package. If you use ABAP webdynpro then you have to maintain the RFC destinations in the ECC system to connect the IGS to SAP System. For programe ID you have to maintain IGS.<SID>
G) Activation of Business Function in ECC server
HCM_ESS_WDA_1
HCM_MSS_WDA_1
It is excellent blog for ESS and MSS implementation on portal 7.3. I did not find step by step document earlier on SCN .
This is excellent information step by step I found. Thank you very much.
We are planning for HCM_MSS_WDA_2 business function to be activated at the back end. so my question is does BP_MSSADDON 1.0 is compatible version in the portal or do I need to do any changes in my landscape in terms of versions either in portal/ECC back end?
Hi Rajesh,
Nice blog, what if I want to add additional ECC system to Portal for ESS/MSS ?
Hi Devarakonda,
You can add the additional ECC tp same portal of ESS MSS but at a time only one can be available for functionality
Thanx Rajesh
This is really helpful & very useful to start up with ESS/MSS. I appreciate if you can put some light on EP 7.3 with Mobility using ESS/MSS.
Cheers 😉
Pradyp
you Can Run ESS/MSS on mobile, You first need to know what your company Mobile Strategy is, What kind Mobile development capability you have, are you relying SAP Mobile APPS or others ...
Yes, we want to use SAP mobile Apps. Can you let me know how we channelize through Netweaver Gateway to Mobile using RFC or BAPI's. Kindly let me know from where we need to start & finish.
You need SAP Friori, SAP UIU and Mobile apps Architected first , Then Development Webdynpro ABAP Component for those, Relay them through NWGW via REST Calls. There are many other players involved in these like Sybase wire, SSO and Integration with Portals, CRM... the scope is very large in this area, you need first take a dig at your requirements.
Hi Rajesh,
Great blog. I would like to know your experience on the migration of MSS iViews which are listed under Portal Content --> Migrated Content --> MSS folder.
The iViews listed under here in HTMLB based & have references to com.sap.pct.hcm objects. How does one migrated these kind of iViews. Did you find any issues for these kind
Thanks and Regards,
Srikant
Hi Rajesh,
I want to know one quick thing. Does BP for Employee Self Service 1.51 (WDA) supports Arabic Language ? I want to know for MSS as well does it support or not. If so, could you please let me know where we can find this piece of information.
When i check the Laguages supported: I dont find Arabic Language.
Thanks,
Sankar
Hi Sankar
You need to deploy the latest country specific Add-on available for Arabic, if you are unable to view in std.
Points to Consider:
Check in R/3 whether the required language packs has been Installed by your Basis?For portal you need to change the Internet settings-->languages--> choose Arabic to login.If you choose this settings all the screens will start to appear in that language.
After changing the Internet settings, system will not 100% translate the names. Because it will not impact the Custom Headings/texts which you have maintained in R/3.For that you need to translate the Launchpad Config too in R/3 In-order to translate them into Arabic.
Hope this Info ℹ will be useful
Cheers 😉
Pradyp
Hi Rajesh,
Good documentation explained step by step in detail.
Regards,Sridhar