Activation of SAP WebGui

To be able to benefit from SAP WebGui, you have to execute some initial configuration steps. These steps ensure that the services and the ICF nodes are correctly configured and mime files like JS, CSS, images are available and accessible by WebGui. More information about the necessary ICF configuration steps for WebGui can be found at SAP Help.

The services listed there for WebGui are:

• /default_host/sap/public/bc/its/mimes
• /default_host/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/

The URL to access SAP WebGui is: http(s)://<server>:<port>/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/webgui

For some reason the above linked SAP Help page is not listing all ICF nodes and steps needed to execute successfully WebGui. Especially when you have to set up a fresh installed NetWeaver system, several additional steps have to be executed to be able to use WebGui. In total, the steps involved in having a working WebGui are:

• Base ICF nodes
• Icons
• Mime
• Webgui
• Publish services

Pre-requisites

The base ICF nodes must have been activated before.

Activate ICONS

• Tx: SICF
• Virtual host: DEFAULT_HOST
• Service Patch: /sap/public/bc/icons

Filter

Activate

Activate MIMES

• Tx: SICF
• Virtual host: DEFAULT_HOST
• Service Patch: /sap/public/bc/its/mime

Filter

Service

Activate Service

Yes

Activate WebGui

• Tx: SICF
• Virtual host: DEFAULT_HOST
• Service Patch: /sap/bc/gui/sap/its/webgui

Filter

Service

Activate Service webgui

Publish services

The ICF nodes are activated, but that does not mean they are also executable in a fresh installed NetWeaver ABAP system. This is caused by that services are not automatically published to ITS after a system is newly installed. You have to do this manually. See
SAP Note 790727 for more on this. Luckily, SAP delivers a transaction that publishes all ITS services: SIAC_PUBLISH_ALL_INT

• Tx: SIAC_PUBLISH_ALL_INTERNAL

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Test service

http://nw75.tobias.de:8000/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/webgui