Developing 3rd party UWL Connectors for People soft system or other Java sy

[Former Member]

Hi Everyone

We have one requirement that is u201CDeveloping 3rd party UWL Connectors for People soft system or other Java systemu201D and get the workflows from those system and display in portal though UWL.

We used u201CUWL Custom Connector APIu201D and written all the required methods.

Could any one help us u201CWhere can we specify the 3rd party system details?u201D

If possible please send some sample coding for it.

Thanks in advance

Sat

[sankar_narayana]

Hi Satya Narayana,

Could you please help me in understanding how to create a System Alias for a 3rd party system. As i am having the same issue posted above. Even though i create a New System Connection in UWL, i could not find the newly created System under UWL --> Display Connection Status view.

Thanks,

Sankar

[Former Member]

Hi Satya!

Like the default SAP backend UWL connectory your 3rd-party connector should make use of a PCD System Object. This system is a mere java component with nothing more than a portalapp.xml defining all the system properties.

Create a system in the portal system landscape based on the System PAR you depoyed.

For every UWL connector you create in portal you define a system alias. This alias has to match the one of your new system object.

And now for the sad part: I didn't find any clue yet about how to access the system from a custom UWL connector. The system alias is available in the method getItems(), but no hint whatsoever how to get the system object to the alias.

I'm still investigating this, since i'm exactly at this point.

Regards,

Juergen