Register SAP Server for ARIS clients

Establish connections to SAP® Servers that you want to use to run transactions from each ARIS client.

For SAP® Solution Manager 7.1 projects and SAP® Solution Manager 7.2 solutions, administrators register the servers when creating project configurations or solution configurations. If you use ARIS Connector for SAP Solutions, the SAP® Server connection was already specified during the ARIS Connector for SAP Solutions installation.

Prerequisite

The saplogon.ini file or the SAPUILandscape.xml file exists on your computer.

Procedure

Register SAP® Server

  1. Click ARIS > Options. The Options dialog opens.

  2. Click SAP® options > Select server on the Selection tab.

  3. Specify the path to the saplogon.ini file or the SAPUILandscape.xml file.

  4. Click Register SAP® Server. A dialog of the same name opens. All servers specified in the saplogon.ini file of your SAPGUI are displayed.

  5. Select an SAP® Server and click OK.

The server is transferred to the list of registered servers.

If you register more than one server, specify a default server.

Register SAP® Server URL

  1. Click ARIS > Options. The Options dialog opens.

  2. Click SAP® options > Select server on the Selection tab.

  3. Click Register SAP® Server URL. A dialog of the same name opens.

  4. Enter the name of the server in the System name box.

  5. Enter the address of the server in the URL box (syntax: http://<server>:<port>/scripts/wgate/webgui/?~transaction=) and click OK.

The server is transferred to the list of registered servers.

If you register more than one server, specify a default server.

Register SAP NetWeaver® Business Clients

  1. Click ARIS > Options. The Options dialog opens.

  2. Click SAP® options > Select server on the Selection tab.

  3. Click Register SAP® Server URL. A dialog of the same name opens.

  4. Enable the Enter SAP NetWeaver® Business Client URL check box.

  5. Enter the SAP NetWeaver® Business Client URL and authentication parameter.

    Determine the URL to be used for connecting to SAP NetWeaver® Business Client. Enter this URL when registering or in the Settings dialog.

    Procedure

    1. Log in to the SAP® system, and run the SICF (service maintenance) executable.

    2. Select the SERVICE hierarchy type.

    3. Open the service path sap/bc/nwbc.

    4. Right-click nwbc, and select Test service. Your browser opens.

    5. Log in.

    6. Copy the first part of the URL to the clipboard (Ctrl+C):

      http://<server>:<port>/sap/bc/nwbc/?sap-client=<client>&sap-language=<language>sap-nwbc-node=root.

    7. Click ARIS > Options.

    8. Click SAP® options > Select server on the Selection tab.

    9. Establish a connection to an SAP NetWeaver® Business Client, or select the registered server and click Properties.

    10. Paste the URL from the clipboard into the SAP NetWeaver® Business Client URL box (Ctrl + V).

    11. Click OK.

    The SAP NetWeaver® Business Client URL is specified for this SAP® Server.

    Determine the encrypted logon data.

    To establish a connection to an SAP NetWeaver® Business Client you need to determine the SAP NetWeaver® Business Client URL and the encrypted logon data. You enter that data when registering SAP® Servers.

    Procedure

    1. Enter the SAP NetWeaver® Business Client URL in your browser.

    2. Log in to the system.

    3. Click a symbol, such as Change management. The URL is updated.

      https://<server><port>/sap/bc/nwbc/?sap-nwbc-node=463&sap-nwbc-context=03HM33B030D633D533D2333236000104CFC8002262EC686001621A1A180000&sap-nwbc-back=&sap-nwbc-history=&sap-nwbc-history_item=&sap-client=<number>&sap-language=EN

    4. Copy the value of the sap-nwbc-context from the URL to the clipboard (Ctrl + C).

    5. Click ARIS > Options.

    6. Click SAP® options > Select server on the Selection tab.

    7. Establish a connection to an SAP NetWeaver® Business Client, or select the registered server and click Properties.

    8. If required, enable the Enter SAP NetWeaver® Business Client URL check box.

    9. Paste the clipboard contents into the Authentication box (Ctrl + V).

    10. Click OK.

    The authentication parameters for logging on to SAP NetWeaver® Business Client are entered.

  6. Click OK.

The server is transferred to the list of registered servers.