The j5 SAP PM Integration supports two connection methods: v1 (standard BAPI) and v2 (SAP Add-on installation).
j5 SAP PM v2 Connector
The v2 Connector was released in j5 SAP PM 30 update 6.
The v2 Connector has the following features:
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It's certified by SAP.
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It supports the creation of notification records from j5 to SAP.
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It uses the standard BAPIs and the new certified extension points.
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It can be deployed to j5 on-premise and j5 on SmartCloud.
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It was tested successfully with a large volume of data.
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j5 on SmartCloud supports the use of the SOAP interface only.
j5 SAP PM v1 Connector
The v1 Connector has the following limitations:
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SAP notifications can't be created from j5 with the latest versions of SAP.
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SAP customization is sometimes necessary.
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It requires permissions to execute the RFC_READ_TABLE function. This was sometimes viewed as problematic from a SAP security perspective.