New field in SLD called "Instance Name" when creating a Product

[che_eky]

Hi,

Does anyone know the best practice for completing the following field in the SLD when creating a Product:

The help says to "Enter the technical abbreviation of the product instance name."

I am tempted to just use the Product name as the Instance name.

Thanks

Che

[iaki_vila · Accepted solution]

Hi Check,

You can check the definition of the product instance in this  Wolf Hengevoss's blog

Regards.

[Former Member]

Hi Che,Experts,

Can you pls elucidate on what does this field mean while creating Product in SLD of SAP PI 7.31 SP11 single stack.

Thnx,Nithin.

[former_member378318]

Hi Nithin,

I don't think it really matters much. As per the screenshots from Harish simply use a serial number starting at 1. So in your case Instance Name = 1.

[che_eky]

All, thanks for you help I am closing this. Hopefully it will help others if only a little.

Che

[former_member184720]

Hi Che - I believe it's a generic description as a Product can have multiple Product Instances.

I see that for the standard SAP products it is configured as product Name followed by version

[che_eky]

Hi Harish,

I think in the examples you have given the product instances are:

TCIP_ERP

TCIPB_BW

AccountMan_DLC

I will have to make a judgement call on it. Looks like a grouping technique.

Che

[former_member184720]

No They are underlying software component version for your product instances..(it'll be the next step  in the Product Creation )

Your product instances are :-

Product Name : followed by version / relavent SWCV name

Most of the standard products have productname followed by version as their Instance name.

[che_eky]

Hi Hareesh,

I created a Product called MY_ECC and gave it a product instance name = MY_ECC_PRODUCT_INSTANCE. See the result:

Che

[former_member184720]

Yeah.. This is how it's getting created...

Earlier it was an optional paramter but i don't think this would have some kind of impact..