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:
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, |
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 |
... |
Message Host |
mshost |
... |
Gateway server |
appserver |
... |
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>
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