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SAP Business Process
Management Base Configurations
Applies to:
SAP Business Process Management 7.02. For more information,
visit the Business Process Expert homepage.
Summary
This article shows step-by-step configurations to setup SAP
Business Process Management system.
Author: Ritu Hunjan
Company: iGate Global Solutions Limited
Created on: 22 November 2010
Author Bio
Ritu Hunjan is currently working with iGate Global Solutions
Limited, as a SAP NetWeaver Architect. She has been working on SAP
NetWeaver platform for 7+ years. Her area of expertise include Sap
NetWeaver Portal Administration/Portal, Web Dynpro Java Development
and SAP Business Process Management.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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Configurations
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Mandatory Configurations
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3 1. Configure SAP System Landscape Directory (SLD)
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2. Setup SLD Data Supplier
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3. Configuration Wizard
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4. Publish services and service groups in the local CE Service
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References........................................................................................................................................................
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Disclaimer and Liability Notice
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Introduction
Business Process Management (BPM) is an implementation
methodology for the management of business
process that interacts with people and systems both within and
across the organization.
Using SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management you can model,
execute and monitor your business
processes based on a common process model.
It can help you improve the efficiency of business processes,
reduce errors in complex repetitive tasks, and
lower exception-handling costs.
SAP BPM is a pre-packaged solution along with SAP Composition
Environment (CE).
Mentioning about the latest CE version as of now is CE 7.2,
whereas CE 7.3 would be released soon.
This article talks about the server-level configurations
required to set-up a working SAP BPM environment.
Configurations
Mandatory Configurations
1. Configure SAP System Landscape Directory (SLD)
It is a central information provider for SAP NetWeaver system
landscape relevant for the management of
your software life-cycle. SAP SLD provides information about all
installable software available from SAP
and automatically updated data about systems already installed
in a landscape, you get the foundation
for tool support to plan software life-cycle tasks in your
system landscape.
Initially the SLD server would be down and you get a message
saying SLD is not set up.
To start the SLD server,
Navigate to Administration -> Initial Setup -> Enter the
Object Server Name,
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This activity would start the SAP SLD server.
2. Setup SLD Data Supplier
Besides component information, the SLD stores information about
the current system landscape. A data collection process in each
system in the landscape provides this information to the SLD. This
process is managed by the data supplier administration.
Initially this service will be working. To learn its current
state, navigate to Configuration Management ->
Infrastructure -> SLD Data Supplier Configuration.
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To configure this service,
Navigate to Configuration Management -> Infrastructure ->
Destinations
Create a HTTP Destination called SLD_DataSupplier.
Enter the following configuration settings.
Note: The specified user must have the user role
"SAP_SLD_DATA_SUPPLIER" or higher on the target SLD Server.
The appropriate URL (http://:)- Authentication should be set to
BASIC. Appropriate user name and password.
Following the above steps, create 2 new HTTP Destinations called
- SLD_Client.
Note: The specified user must have user role "SAP_SLD_GUEST" or
higher. Additional write access permissions may be required by
certain applications.
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Coming back to the SLD Data Supplier screen, click Collect and
Send Data. If the above configurations are done correctly, this
service should turn green now.
3. Configuration Wizard
This wizard helps users to automatically configure SAP BPM
environment. To successfully complete the configuration
successfully, the above steps mentioned are dependencies which are
to be setup first.
The configuration wizard offers one or multiple configuration
tasks for the capabilities that you have installed.
Note: Only execute wizard-based configuration if your system has
not been configured before. If you have already modified the
system, or if you have upgraded from an older release, do not use
the configuration wizard. In this case, use the manual steps as
required.
Starting the Configuration Wizard
Navigate to Configuration Management -> Scenarios ->
Configuration Management -> Functional
Unit Configuration UI.
The tool allows you to enter the data required for all selected
configuration tasks centrally and only
once. The system distributes this data automatically in the SAP
NetWeaver CE system.
The functional unit configuration tool makes the technical
settings (technical configuration) for Java
functional units in an automated way. While selecting a
functional unit for configuration, the tool
accounts for dependencies between functional units and selects
the additionally required functional
units automatically.
To start with, the following Functional Units must be enabled.
To enable, select the Functional Unit
and click Enable automatically. If in case you face issues while
automatic configuration, you may try
configuring the Functional Unit manually.
Composite Application Framework
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Composition Environment Platform
Java Foundation
Portal
Rules Server
Service Registry
System Landscape Directory
Process Server
Coming back to Configuration Management -> Scenarios, setup
following scenarios
Configuring BPM Configuration Tasks
Select the Task Name and click Start.
Status Message Definition
Running Configuration task is currently executed.
Enabled Configuration task was finished and the functional unit
is ready to use.
Disabled Configuration task is not executed.
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Enter the Email Server details. This step is optional.
Default Principal Mapping
This complete the configuration of one task BPM Configuration
Tasks
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Configuring Task Connection Configuration to Central Services
Registry
Enter details in the Service Registry Endpoints
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4. Publish services and service groups in the local CE Service
Registry
Navigate to SOA Management -> Publish Rules
Click on Republish.
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References
SAP BPm Configurations
SAP System Landscape Configuration
For more information, visit the Business Process Expert
homepage.
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