11.2. Create and Test an SAP Destination Connection
Overview
The JBoss Fuse SAP Tools Suite provides an SAP Connections view, which enables you to create and manage SAP destination connections and SAP server connections. This section describes how to create and test an SAP destination connection in the SAP Connections view.
Procedure
To create and test an SAP destination connection, perform the following steps:
- If you have not already added the view to your perspective, select
to open the dialog. Select and click . The view opens on the left of your perspective (under ). - In the view, right-click on Destination Data Store and select New Destination, to open the Create Destination dialog.
- Enter a name for the destination in the New Destination Name field and click OK.
- Select the newly created destination in the Destination Data Store tree, so that its properties show up in the Properties view.
- In the Properties view, click on the Basic tab to configure the basic properties required to connect to an SAP destination. In this tab, fill in the following property fields to configure the connection:
- SAP Application Server
- SAP System Number
- SAP Client
- Logon User
- Logon Password
- Logon Language
These are standard SAP client connection properties. If you need more information about these settings, please consult the SAP documentation. - You are now ready to test the destination connection. In the SAP Connection view, right-click on the destination name and select Test.
- The Test Destination Connection dialog opens. Click Test.
- The dialog uses the current destination configuration settings to connect to the SAP server. If the test is successful, you will see the following message in the status area:
Connection test for destination 'YourDestination' succeeded.
Otherwise, an error report appears in the status area. - Click Close, to close the Test Destination Connection dialog.
