SAP Connect User's Guide

About This Guide

 
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Purpose

The guide describes how to use exteNd Composer SAP Connect, referred to as the SAP Component Editor. The SAP Component Editor is a separately-installed component editor in exteNd Composer.

 
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Audience

The audience for the guide is developers and system integrators using exteNd Composer to create services and components which integrate SAP applications.

 
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Prerequisites

The guide assumes the reader is familiar with and has used exteNd Composer's development environment and deployment options. You must also have a good understanding of SAP concepts and the SAP environment.

 
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Additional documentation

For the complete set of Novell exteNd documentation, see the Novell exteNd Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation-index/index.jsp).

 
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Organization

The guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, Welcome to exteNd Composer and SAP, gives a definition and overview of the SAP Component Editor.

Chapter 2, Getting Started with the SAP Component Editor, describes the necessary preparations for creating a SAP component.

Chapter 3, Creating an SAP Component, describes how to create an SAP Component using the SAP Component Editor.

Chapter 4, Performing SAP Actions, describes how to use the SAP Function Action.

Chapter 5, Connection Pools, describes how to create and use connection pools.

Appendix A, Testing, describes environmental differences between animation testing and deployment testing.

Appendix B, Document Management, describes document management within the SAP Component Editor.

Appendix C, is a glossary.

 
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Conventions Used in the Guide

The guide uses the following typographical conventions.

Bold typeface within instructions indicate action items, including:

Sans-serif bold typeface is used for:

Italic typeface indicates:

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