Type of connections
One of the most frequent activities is to connect SAP sourcing to external systems but how to do this?
In this paper I will show 3 types of very simple connections to:
A) Contract Generator (Wordservice)
B) ABAP system (ERP)
C) Mail (SMTP)
A) Contract Generator
- Log on to in system context with the system user
- In tab system choose "System Properties"
- Edit “Contractgen” property with name "contractgen.serviceurl"
- In field “Value” put the URL
For example: http://<server>/WordService/wordservice.asmx
B) ABAP system
Sometimes we want to connect Sourcing to ECC or other ABAP system in this case just do:
- Log on to in system context with the system user
- In tab system choose "System Properties"
- Edit “odp.doc” property with the name “odp.doc.integration.external_system”
Note: If this property does not exist than create it. The context must be set.
C) Mail
This feature is almost always necessary to implement so just do:
- Log on to in system context with the system user
- In tab system choose "System Properties"
- Edit the following properties:
1. "messaging" with name "messaging.smtp.mailhost" and put in value the server mail name
2. "messaging" with name "messaging.smtp.port" and put in value the server mail port
3. <OPTIONAL> "messaging" with name "messaging.smtp.username" and put in value the user with authorization for connect to server mail
4. <OPTIONAL> "messaging" with name "messaging.smtp.password" and put in value the password for user above for connect to server mail
