R/3 system configuration

The access data for the R/3 system is specified in an XML file. The name of this XML file is transferred to the command line tool as an argument.

The format of the XML file is specified by the following DTD:

s_sap_5_abb_dtd

XML attribute name

Description

Example

configname

Unique name of the configuration

ides_doc_vdap

appserver

Computer name or IP address of source system computer

172.20.210.21

systemnumber

SAP system number

00

mshost

Name of the SAP message host

/H/154.37.28.6/S/4435

r3name

R/3 system name

A20

group

Name of application server group

A20_ALL

gwhost

Computer name of R/3 gateway

172.20.210.32

gwserv

Service number of the R/3 gateway

6789

client

Name of the SAP client

100

user

Name of the SAP system user

sapuser

language

Language of text fields extracted

DE

readinterval

No longer used. Still included for compatibility reasons.

YEARLY

lastreaddate

Date from which data is extracted. Not applicable when using a data source,
format: yyyymmdd

19700101

lastreadtime

Time from which data is extracted. Not applicable when using a data source, format: hhmmss

125708

tablespecification

No longer used. Still included for compatibility reasons.

 

password

Access password for R/3 system

mypassword

encryptpw

Access password for R/3 system in encrypted form

 

The first time you enter an R/3 system into the system configuration or change the password, specify the password in the password XML attribute. The first time the R/3 system is accessed (e.g., connection test, starting extraction), the password is encrypted and saved in the encryptpw XML attribute. The value of the password XML attribute is deleted.

The type of access to an R/3 system is determined by specifying the value of XML attributes.

R/3 system type

XML attributes

Example

Application server

appserver
systemnumber

...
configname="..."
appserver="192.168.102.100"
systemnumber="01"
mshost=""
r3name=""
group=""
gwhost=""
gwserv=""
...

Message Host

mshost
r3name
group

...
configname="test_group_sd"
appserver="..."
systemnumber="03"
mshost="/H/156.243.123.6/H/154.34.37.2/S/4435/H/saproutertest/H/112.4.3.2"
r3name="A20"
group="A20_ALL"
gwhost=""
gwserv=""
...

Gateway server

appserver
systemnumber
gwhost
gwserv

...
configname="..."
appserver="172.20.212.232"
systemnumber="01"
mshost=""
r3name=""
group=""
gwhost="172.20.212.240"
gwserv="6789"
...

Example

...

<r3system configname="ides_doc_vbap" appserver="172.20.210.211"

systemnumber="00" client="100" user="sapuser"

language="DE" readinterval="YEARLY"

lastreaddate="19700101" password="testpassword">

<docconfig configuration="SD_VBAP"/>

<docconfig configuration="SD_MSEG"/>

</r3system>

...