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FND - 45 - Configure SAP system alias for applications

By Tobias Hofmann July 10, 2015 Posted in SAP
Tags: alias configuration fnd sewg

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The configuration steps to be executed on the HUB system (FND) are detailed at SAP Help 🔗. The steps are for the OData Channel Service for backend system.

  1. Basic configuration activities: SAP Help 🔗

  2. User & Authorization SAP Help 🔗

  3. SAP Gateway to Consumer (FND to SMP3) SAP Help 🔗

    1. Creating a bgRFC destination for outbound queues SAP Help 🔗
    2. Registering bgRFC destination for the oubound queue SAP Help 🔗
    3. Creating bgRFC supervisor destination SAP Help 🔗

  4. SAP Gateway to SAP Backend (FND to BEP) SAP Help 🔗

    1. Create RFC on SAP Gateway (FND) to SAP backend (BEP) SAP Help 🔗
    2. Define trust between SAP Gateway and SAP backend (FND <-> BEP) SAP Help 🔗
    3. Configure SAP backend system (BEP) to accept assertion ticket from SAP Gateway SAP Help 🔗
    4. Configure SAP Gateway (FND) to accept assertion ticket from SAP backend (BEP) SAP Help 🔗
    5. Configure SAP system alias for applications SAP Help 🔗

  5. Activate SAP NetWeaver Gateway SAP Help 🔗

This document explains how to execute step 4.5.

Incoming OData request can be handled locally by the Gateway system or redirected to an SAP Backend. In a HUB installation, the OData service backend is a diferente SAP system (BEP), therefore an alias is needed to define to which backend a OData service should be redirected to. SAP Help 🔗

The alias defined here will be used in the maintain odata services transaction to assign a backend to a service.

SPRO: S_AP Reference IMG_ and navigate to:   SAP NetWeaver Gateway OData Channel Configuration Connection Settings SAP NetWeaver Gateway to SAP System Manage SAP System Aliases

The program to manage SAP system alises opens.

  1. Create a new entry

  1. Enter the corresponding data for the SAP backend

  1. Save