NWDI and CE

[Former Member]

Hi,

It might be a stupid question but what is the difference between SAP CE and NWDI?

I have CE 7.1 Ehp1 and NWDS, is this enought to create NWDI?

I was reading about both solutions and NWDI has DTR, CBS, CMS and SLD but CE also has sth. like Initial setup of functional unit DI (all-in-one).

I understand that if I have CE 7.1, I don't need nothing else. What is the role of CE in NWDI?

But if I don't have it, what do I need to install?

Best regards,

Pawel

[Former Member]

Hi Pawel,

you are mixing up some words here. The answer is pretty simple if you know the SAP component model.

CE 7.1 is a SAP netweaver release (not a full one, but a partial relase) in the component model SAP CE 7.1x is a product.

A product can have one or several software units. In sapinst you will see them as usage typs. NWDI is such a usage type.

So you can decide to install NWDI as a useage typ on an Netweaver CE AS Java.

So if you want to install a NWDI on NW 7.11 CE. Check the AS Java and NWDI checkbox in the initial installation or you can add another usage typ on an existing as java with sapinst.

I would not reccomend to jsut install the 3 NWDI SCS on an existing AS Java via SDM (NW7.0) or deplyo controler on 7.11. You will get a lot of trouble with missing CTC Templates like setup sld and nwdi full.

Hope this helps

Jan