The Adapter Connection wizard (SAP)

The Adapter Connection wizard is a tool that you use to create services. The Adapter Connection wizard establishes a connection to the SAP server, discovers services (based on search criteria that you provide), and generates business objects, interfaces, and import or export files, based on the services that are discovered.

By using IBM® App Connect Enterprise, you establish a connection to the SAP server to browse the metadata repository on the SAP server. The SAP metadata repository, which is a database of the SAP data, provides a consistent and reliable means of access to that data.

You specify connection information (such as the user name and password needed to access the server), and you specify the interface that you want to use (for example, BAPI). The service metadata that is associated with that interface is displayed. You can then provide search criteria and select the information (for example, you can list all BAPIs that relate to "CUSTOMER" by using the search filter with "BAPI_CUSTOMER*", then select one or more BAPIs).

The result of running the Adapter Connection wizard is an adapter connection project and a library that contain the interfaces and business objects as well as the adapter.