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SAP IDoc and BAPI/RFC Connections

SAP connections enable you to access SAP data through the IDoc or BAPI/RFC interfaces. You can use the connections in mappings and Mapping Configuration tasks.

SAP RFC/BAPI Interface Connection Properties

The following table describes the properties:
Connection Property
Description
User Name
SAP user name with authorization on S_DATASET, S_TABU_DIS, S_PROGRAM, and B_BTCH_JOB objects.
Password
SAP password.
Connection String
DEST entry that you specified in the sapnwrfc.ini file for the SAP application server.
Code Page
The code page compatible with the SAP target. Select one of the following code pages:
  • - MS Windows Latin 1. Select for ISO 8859-1 Western European data.
  • - UTF-8. Select for Unicode and non-Unicode data.
  • - Shift-JIS. Select for double-byte character data.
  • - ISO 8859-15 Latin 9 (Western European).
  • - ISO 8859-2 Eastern European.
  • - ISO 8859-3 Southeast European.
  • - ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic.
  • - ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 (Turkish).
  • - IBM EBCDIC International Latin-1.
Language Code
Language code that corresponds to the SAP language.
Client Code
SAP client number.

SAP IDoc Reader Connection Properties

The following table describes the properties:
Connection Property
Description
Destination Entry
DEST entry that you specified in the sapnwrfc.ini file for the RFC server program registered at an SAP gateway. The Program ID for this destination entry must be the same as the Program ID for the logical system you defined in SAP to receive IDocs.
Code Page
The code page compatible with the SAP source. Select one of the following code pages:
  • - MS Windows Latin 1. Select for ISO 8859-1 Western European data.
  • - UTF-8. Select for Unicode and non-Unicode data.
  • - Shift-JIS. Select for double-byte character data.
  • - ISO 8859-15 Latin 9 (Western European).
  • - ISO 8859-2 Eastern European.
  • - ISO 8859-3 Southeast European.
  • - ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic.
  • - ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 (Turkish).
  • - IBM EBCDIC International Latin-1.

SAP IDoc Writer Connection Properties

The following table describes the properties:
Connection Property
Description
User Name
SAP user name with authorization on S_DATASET, S_TABU_DIS, S_PROGRAM, and B_BTCH_JOB objects.
Password
SAP password.
Connection String
DEST entry that you specified in the sapnwrfc.ini file for the SAP application server.
Code Page
The code page compatible with the SAP target. Select one of the following code pages:
  • - MS Windows Latin 1. Select for ISO 8859-1 Western European data.
  • - UTF-8. Select for Unicode and non-Unicode data.
  • - Shift-JIS. Select for double-byte character data.
  • - ISO 8859-15 Latin 9 (Western European).
  • - ISO 8859-2 Eastern European.
  • - ISO 8859-3 Southeast European.
  • - ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic.
  • - ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 (Turkish).
  • - IBM EBCDIC International Latin-1.
Language Code
Language code that corresponds to the SAP language.
Client code
SAP client number.