Configuring for archiving incoming documents by processing their bar codes

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To archive incoming documents and link them to SAP by processing the bar codes of the documents, you must complete additional configuration steps on SAP Application Server.

About this task

The following figure shows which parts of the Content Collector for SAP environment must be configured so that you can archive documents by processing their bar codes.
Figure 1. Configuration of your Content Collector for SAP environment for archiving incoming documents by processing their bar codes
The architecture of the Content Collector for SAP environment showing only the parts that must be configured so that you can archive documents by processing their bar codes. These parts include SAP ArchiveLink, a Collector Server instance, the repositories, IBM Content Navigator, and the communication between the Collector Server instance and IBM Content Navigator.
In your basic instance configuration, you configured the following parts:
  • An HTTPS connection between the Collector Server instance and IBM® Content Navigator
  • The logical archives where the incoming documents are to be stored

Collector Server sends the bar code directly to SAP.

Take these steps to complete the configuration of your environment for archiving documents by processing their bar codes. For more details about the SAP configuration, refer to the SAP documentation.

Procedure

  1. Assign the various types of bar codes that the documents use, to the individual SAP business objects. Use the transaction code OAC5 for this step.
  2. Check the settings for the specified bar-code types. Use the transaction code OAD4 for this step.
  3. Enable SAP for archiving documents by processing their bar codes.
  4. Enabling the Collector Server instance to archive incoming documents.
  5. FileNet P8 Making the document classes available for property mapping.