This screen contains all those configuration parameters for SAP interfaces that are DIRECTLY assigned to the interface; in other words, those that are NOT project/global/material-related.
An interface is defined for each SAP system with an accompanying client. This means that an interface must be defined for each client within an SAP system.
Field Descriptions
Interface (mandatory) - Via LOV, an interface is selected; this interface was defined in A.70.01. To provide more information, the Short Desc and Description fields can be used.
Connection Type (mandatory) - Connection Type is a mandatory field and you must choose between the following options:
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Database: Data is exchanged by creating the IDOC information in interface tables (XI..) in the M_SYS schema. For the further transfer to SAP, the customer must provide an appropriate program.
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XML: Data is exchanged by creating IDOCs as XML files and (optionally) transferring them to another system specified by the field ‘Host’.
Host (optional) - Hostname or TCP IP address of the destination system for XML files.
Sys-Num (optional) - Number of the central instance of the SAP destination system.
Systemname (optional) - Name of the SAP destination.
User (optional) – User on the ftp server used as destination for the file transfer of XML IDocs.
Password (optional) – Password of the user for the ftp server.
You need to assign the ‘create external job’ database privilege to M_SYS if you want
to use the ftp transfer. On Windows, the OracleJobScheduler<sid> must be running.
SAP-Version (mandatory) - Via LOV, the corresponding version of the SAP destination system is selected. The various versions are entered on screen SAP 10.03.
SAP Client (mandatory) - The SAP client is also a mandatory field. You should specify a valid SAP client here. The interface definition will only be unique if you specify the SAP system (physical installation) and associated SAP client.
Transfer_New_Idents (mandatory) - This check box defines whether new idents are brought into the table INTERFACE_IDENTS automatically (that is, not by the user). The interface ident code will be created with the help of a CIP function and saved in table M_IDENT_INTERFACES in the field II_CODE.
The user can define the CIP function without any restrictions. The name of the CIP function will be defined by the value of the according interface setting variable (A.70.11 Interface Settings).
The function M_PCK_SAP_CUSTOM.BUILD_SAP_ART_NR will be delivered by Intergraph per default. The check box is set as default so that the SAP ident code depends on the CIP function.
Equal Units (mandatory) - The standard assumption is that when idents are transferred, the quantity units can also be transferred in parallel. If this is not the case, the Equal Units check box should not be set and the relevant unit declarations must be set on screen A.10.14.
Default Language (mandatory) - The Default Language field defines the language information to be transferred to SAP per default. Smart Materials usually tries to transfer all IDoc fields that were defined as multilingual (actually, this only applies to the fields TDLINE [segment E1MTXLN] and MAKTX [segment E1MAKTM]) for all languages that are listed on SAP 10.02 SAP Languages.
If this is not possible for a particular language (or for several languages) because there are no values available in Smart Materials, the values from the language listed under Default Language are transferred. This follows the principle of "better to have a description in a foreign language than no description at all". If there is no value available in this language either, then no value is transferred.
Window 2: SAP Interface Procedures
In this window, you can insert a number of SAP procedures defined on SAP 10.09 SAP Procedures. These procedures will be assigned to all new SAP transfer jobs. These procedures will work on the created IDOC information (XML file, database tables).
You build the SAP procedures on SAP 10.09 SAP Procedures.
If you create a new transfer job on SAP 20.01, the procedures defined here are assigned to the new job. Before you start the job, you can make changes.
If you duplicate an existing job, you copy those procedures assigned to the old job to the new.
On SAP 20.01, you can send the IDoc with or without executing the procedures in one step to SAP. You also have the choice to first build and save the IDoc, execute the procedures (one after the other), and, in a last step, send the (changed) IDoc to SAP. Or, you can send the original IDoc to SAP, make changes to the segment strings, and then send the changed IDoc to SAP.
Field Descriptions
Seq - Sequence. If the SAP procedures are executed automatically, they will be executed in this sequence.
Procedure - Code of the procedures defined on SAP 10.09 that are assigned to the SAP interface and therefore to every new created SAP transfer job.