In this blog, I will explore you with all the features that were covered till now in my blog series (check References) as “XI hidden tools” along with some new features with a very simple approach using ESR/ID jnlp files. All that we need to do is modify jnlp files. To understand jnlp formats, please check official java site.
Highlights
- Enabling debugging/developer mode
- Passing user credentials via JNLP file (new)
- Enabling exporting of mappings as XIM files in PI7.3
- Referring your local workstation jars/PI server(s) jars and even combination of both in JNLP file (new)
- Changing ESR/ID application names with your own custom names (new)
- Enabling XSLT and abap mappings, without changing exchange profile (new)
- Enable/disable single sign-on (new)
- Changing the heap memory for the ESR/ID clients
Procedure
- Open XI/PI main page http://<xihost>:<port>/dir/start/index.jsp (or) http://<xihost>:<port>/rep
- save ESR/IR and ID links as jnlp files to your local workstation
- To edit/view, open jnlp file with any text editor with XML syntax highlighting feature e.g., Editplus
- To enable debugging/developer mode & to pass the user credentials, add the below highlighted tags under “application-desc” node
<application-desc main-class="com.sap.aii.ibrep.gui.appl.ApplicationImpl">
<argument>webstart</argument>
<argument>-u</argument>
<argument>username</argument>
<argument>password</argument>
</application-desc>
- To enable export of mappings in PI7.3, we require PI7.1 system “com.sap.xpi.ib.mt.gui.lib.jar “ jar file as I explained in my blog: http://scn.sap.com/community/pi-and-soa-middleware/blog/2013/01/25/trick-to-export-pi73-mappings-as-...This can be accommodated in jnlp file in two ways. a) refer to PI7.1 server path URL b) refer to local copy of PI7.1 in your work station. First comment/remove the existing jar property as below,
<!-- <jar href="repository/com.sap.xpi.ib.mt.gui.lib.jar" download="lazy" part="part-109"/> -->
And then add below property for option a)
<jar href="http://<PI7.1hostname>:<PORT>/rep/repository/com.sap.xpi.ib.mt.gui.lib.jar" download="lazy" part="part-109"/>
or below property for option b)
<jar href="file:///C:/<DIR-PATH>/com.sap.xpi.ib.mt.gui.lib.jar" download="lazy" part="part-109"/>
- To enable you own names for ESR/ID swing applications, change
<property name="jnlp.SAPMYNAME" value="Your own Text"/>
e.g,. with <property name="jnlp.SAPMYNAME" value="Welcome to XI"/>
- To enable abap XSLT and abap mappings (without requesting BASIS team to change exchange profile :wink: )
<property name="jnlp.com.sap.aii.repository.mapping.additionaltypes" value="R3_ABAP|Abapclass;R3_XSLT|XSL (ABAPEngine)"/>
- To enable/disable single sign-on, use true/false for the below property
<property name="jnlp.com.sap.aii.ib.core.sso.enabled" value="false"/>
- Changing the heap memory for the ESR/ID clients
<j2se version="1.6+" initial-heap-size="32m" max-heap-size="512m"/>
<property name="jnlp.com.sap.aii.ib.client.jnlp.j2se.initialheapsize" value="32m"/>
<property name="jnlp.com.sap.aii.ib.client.jnlp.j2se.maxheapsize" value="512m"/>
- Finally double click the modified jnlp file to be opened with default java web start application or force it with required javaw.exe java version
I strongly recommend above procedure only for development XI stacks. Please share your valuable feedback
Thanks,
Praveen Gujjeti
References
http://scn.sap.com/community/pi-and-soa-middleware/blog/2013/03/01/hidden-tools-in-sap-xipi--part-ii
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