Release notes for WebSphere Transformation Extender Pack for SAP R/3 Version 8.3

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IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender Pack for SAP R/3
version 8.3 release notes (rev. 3)

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006, 2010. All Rights Reserved.

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CONTENTS
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1. About this release
2. Installation and configuration information
3. Known limitations, problems and workarounds
4. New and changed behavior
5. Resolved Authorized Program Analysis Reports (APARS)
6. Contacting customer support
7. Notices and trademarks

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1. ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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This file provides release notes for the IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender Pack for SAP R/3.


What's new in this release

The following are new in this version of the product:

• The Pack for SAP R/3 version 8.3 is compatible with WebSphere Transformation Extender version 8.3
• The documentation for SAP XI has been updated to reflect the current SAP PI terminology.
• SAP PI is now bundled with SAP R/3
• Translated documentation is now available

Documentation notes

Documentation for this product is provided in Portable Document Format (PDF) and in an IBM Eclipse help system called an information center. Instructions for accessing both the PDF documentation and the information center are provided below. For more information about WebSphere Transformation Extender product documentation, see the Documentation release notes.

PDF

PDF documentation installs with the product. After the installation is complete, you can access the documentation from the Windows Start menu.

Information center

Documentation for this product is also available in the WebSphere Transformation Extender information center which installs with the product and is accessed through the WebSphere Transformation Extender Design Studio Help menu and from the Windows Start menu. An on-line version of the information center is also available.


Translated documentation

Based upon country requests, documents delivered in this product have been translated from the original English (United States) version into various native languages.

To download translated documentation go to the following location:

Pack for SAP R/3 Version 8.3 Translated Documentation

WebSphere Transformation products are available in English (United States) only, if the IBM representative of a country did not choose to translate them.

Inquiries about translating documents into specific languages should be directed to an IBM representative of the respective country.

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2. INSTALLATION NOTES
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All installation instructions for installing the Pack for SAP R/3 are provided in the readme file that installs with the pack. This file is located in the installation directory of the core WebSphere Transformation Extender product:

install_dir\readme_sap.txt


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3. KNOWN LIMITATIONS, PROBLEMS, AND WORKAROUNDS
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-ENC character set command values[

The value of the -ENC character set command must be a string value. If you specify a numeric value, the adapter will cause a processing error to occur in the SAP adapter's trace file.

JRE version number

The JRE version number in the SAP 8.3 documentation is identified as 1.4.x. The correct version number is 1.5.x.

Adapter commands

• -B adapter option -- To properly use the -B adapter option with %tid% you have to create a resource registry entry for tid and assign it a value of %tid%.

• -s adapter command -- The -s adapter command indicates system number, however, when used with -BAL, the -s command indicates system name.

JALE interface

The following table lists each R/3 adapter command and whether it can be used for a source (outbound data), target (inbound data), or both.

Adapter command	JALE
Program ID	source
Audit	source / target
Backup	source / target
Load Balancing	target
Client Number	target
Character set encoding	source
Destination	source / target
Gateway Host	source
IDoc Field Generation	target
Host ID	target
Logon Language	target
Listen	source
Listener Threads	source
Password	target
Packet Size	target
Reprocess backup files	source
Release	source / target
System ID	target
Trace	source / target
Transaction ID	source / target
IDoc Type	source
User ID	target
Gateway Service	source

Kanji compiled maps

The following compiled maps that are installed to %DTXHOME% are the English versions:

bapimdf20.mmc	importr3.mmc
bdctree.mcc	mdftree20.mmc
importidoc.mmc	mdfxml67.mmc

Japanese users should copy the Kanji version of these files from
%DTXHOME%\kanji to the parent directory.

Before copying the files, back up the English version of the files in case they are needed in the future. You can then safely copy the Kanji files to the parent directory. This will overwrite the English files with the Kanji files.


Documentation changes

Timeout (-timeout) adapter command section

The "Timeout (-timeout)" adapter command section of the user documentation contains the sentence:

"Specify the time in tenths of a second for the adapter to wait for a response from the SAP server."

Change this sentence to read:

"Specify the time in seconds for the adapter to wait for a response from the SAP server."

Destination (-D) adapter command section

The "Destination (-D)" section of the user documentation contains the sentence:

GWJPST is the equivalent of (-G) and GWSERV is the equivalent of (-X) of the adapter commands.

Change this sentence to read:

GWHOST is the equivalent of (-G) and GWSERV is the equivalent of (-X) of the adapter commands.

ALE and JALE adapters cause crash when run on same Launcher

The following documentation describes an ALE and JALE adapter compatibility issue:

Crash occurs when ALE and JALE adapters are run on same Launcher


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4. NEW AND CHANGED BEHAVIOR
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Optional client connection parameters

A command parameter, -BPC, is used for Bytes Per Character. This parameter allows the client connection to be bypassed. For example, a connection string of: "-BPC 2 -a pgm_id -g gtwy_name -x gtwy_conn -t+ -ar3" will use a BPC of 2 to indicate Unicode. BPC is used only if none of the parameters for Client, User, Password, System, Host and Destination are present. If neither BPC nor the other parameters are set, a default BPC value of 1 is assumed.

In the command line, where CHUPSD represents the parameters -C, -H -U, -P, -S and -D

• If (-BPC and any of CHUPSD): Log "BPC cannot be used with connection parameters"
• If (-BPC and none of CHPSD): the BPC is used, no connection attempted
• If (no -BPC and any of CHUPSD): Connection is attempted to retrieve BPC
• If (no -BPC and none of CHPSD): default BPC of 1 is used

The parameters -C, -H, -U, -P, -S and -D are now optional.

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5. RESOLVED AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORTS (APARs)
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None.

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6. CONTACTING CUSTOMER SUPPORT
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Contact Customer Support at 1-800-IBM-SERV, or go to the support portal.


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7. NOTICES AND TRADEMARKS
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