SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x
The SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x enables you to integrate SAP Enterprise 4.7 and mySAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 5.0 and 6.0, deployed on SAP NetWeaver with non-SAP applications, to conduct e-business with trading partners.
- SAP inbound and outbound communications processing (ALE (Application Linking and Enabling) and IDOC (Intermediate Documents) )
- Synchronous Remote Function Calls (RFCs) and responses
- Synchronous Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI) calls, including transaction handling
- Load balancing for SAP clusters
- Connection pooling and authentication
The following table provides an overview of the SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x:
Item | Description |
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System name | SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x |
Graphical Process Modeler (GPM) categories | All Services, |
Description | The SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x allows integration
with an SAP system through asynchronous SAP integration interfaces
ALE and file based IDoc and RFC, and synchronous interfaces sRFC and
BAPI. For ALE and file based IDocs, SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x
supports status messages for translation success and failure. The
SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x is backward compatible with the existing
SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 2.x at a business process level. Note: SAP
JCo 3.x is not compatible with earlier versions of the SAP JCo 2.x
libraries. The SAP Suite adapter for JCo 2.x will not function correctly
if configured with the JCo 3.x libraries. However, if both the SAP
Suite adapter for JCo 2.x and the SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x are
configured correctly with the appropriate JCo library versions, then
they can exist on the same system and will function correctly.
The External JVM feature provided by SAP Suite 2.x is not supported for the SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x. Instead, you should run the little-a part of the SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x in an external JVM (a general feature of the adapter container node). However, the External JVM feature continues to be supported for the SAP Suite adapter for JCo 2.x. |
Environment | The Environment field is displayed only in a cluster setup. Required. Nodes where the SFTP Server Adapter is deployed. The values are - nodes in the cluster, adapter containers, All ASI nodes , All ASI nodes plus all Adapter Container Nodes and All Adapter Container Nodes. To scale the SFTP server adapters as and when new nodes are added to the cluster, the options All ASI nodes, All ASI nodes plus all Adapter Container Nodes and All Adapter Container Nodes are introduced. |
Business usage | Use the SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x to:
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Usage example | You can use the SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x to exchange IDocs through file-based RFC or ALE or use BAPI or RFC calls to call methods or functions in SAP. For example, using the SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x, you can translate the incoming EDI documents into IDoc format and send it to an SAP system. |
Preconfigured? | Adapter instances must be created separately after installing Sterling B2B Integrator |
Requires third party files? | Yes.
Select the correct library (Operating System version, Processor architecture, JDK bit-width) for the installation platform. |
Platform availability | All supported Sterling B2B Integrator platforms. |
Related services | SapTidCleaner Service |
Application requirements | An SAP account with a valid user ID and password is required for the SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x to communicate with SAP. Supports IDoc versions 3 and 4. You can optionally register the Sterling B2B Integrator installation with SAP's System Landscape Directory using the SLD Registration Tool in Sterling B2B Integrator. For information on the SLD Registration Tool, see Registering Sterling B2B Integrator Installation with SAP System Landscape Directory. |
Initiates business processes? | A business process invokes the SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x to perform SAP inbound processing. |
Invocation | The SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x can trigger an outbound business process by configuring the name of the business process. |
Business process context considerations | None |
Returned status values | Returned status values:
Also see Advanced Status Returned by the SAP Suite Adapter for JCo 3.x. |
Restrictions | To exchange IDocs in ALE mode and file-based triggered RFC with pre-built business processes, you must configure SAP Route and SAP Cross Reference information. Navigate to | to configure the routing information.
Persistence level | None. The persistence is determined by the persistence level of the business processes used for processing inbound and outbound requests. The new parameter, Document Storage Type, in the service configuration defines whether the file system, database, or system default is used to persist documents. |
Testing considerations | Enable parameter in the Debug Log level and the RFC/JCo trace to get additional debug information on the SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x from library and RFC levels. |
How the SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x Works
- IBM® AIX®
- Linux®
- Microsoft® Windows®