Configuring for archiving incoming documents by creating work items in an SAP workflow

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When documents are archived, they are also linked to SAP. Only those documents are linked that can be associated with a specific SAP workflow.

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 creating work items in the SAP workflow.
Figure 1. Configuration of your Content Collector for SAP environment for archiving incoming documents by creating work items in an SAP workflow
The architecture of the Content Collector for SAP environment showing only the parts that must be configured so that you can archive documents by creating work items in the SAP workflow. 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 and between the Collector Server instance and SAP.
In your basic instance configuration, you configured the following parts:
  • An HTTPS connection between the Collector Server instance and IBM® Content Navigator
  • At least one Java™ RFC dispatcher for the communication between the Collector Server instance and SAP
  • The logical archives where the incoming documents are to be stored

Take these steps to complete the configuration of your environment for archiving incoming documents by creating work items in an SAP workflow:

Procedure

  1. Associating documents with a specific SAP workflow
  2. Enabling the Collector Server instance to archive incoming documents
  3. FileNet P8 Making the document classes available for property mapping