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HELP - SAP Connector iView usage

Former Member
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I have been playing around SAP Connector iView and could make it work to run a BAPI like BAPI_USER_GET_DETAIL.

Nevertheless I am unable to display in a table the user detail returned in the structure: the only content shown from field ADDRESS is a one column table with one record like "com.sapportals.connectors.SAPCFConnector.execution.structures.RecordWrapper@774d2f" which seems the container, not the actual content. If I choose field ACTIVITYGROUPS instead I get the actual contents.

I looked around for instructions but did not find anything really usefull about this iView wizard and how to really benefit from it.

Can somebody give advice about possible usage of this component or where I can find more information other than what comes with EP6 help?

Thanks in advance & Regards.

Vitaliano

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Former Member
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Hi,

I'm having the same problem with a SAP portal of the version 6.0.2.3.6

Did you find a solution?

Thanks,

Guilin NIE

Former Member
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Is there anybody using this feature that can give advice or shall I close the thread?

AviadRivlin
Employee
Employee
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Hi,

I am not a specialist in this field but I think you should post this thread in the <u>Unification & Connectivity</u> forum where people who are experts in this field may answer you.

Hope this small tip will help,

Regads,

Aviad

Former Member
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Hi,

You can use the SAP Connector to drive an BAPI and get the data and display it in a table layout or fill out a form in EP and send data to BAPI.

Hope this helps

arun

Former Member
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Arun,

that's ok so far but you seem to refer to JCO and connector framework not the iview wizard.

Usage of the iview seems very limited. For example, run a simple BAPI as BAPI_USER_GET_DETAIL and try to display output "ADDRESS": it shows a one column "ADDRESS" table with one single row of data containing "com.sapportals.connectors.SAPCFConnector.execution.structures.RecordWrapper@55d3bd" as text.

This is not what one expects, I was willing to see at least all fields and field values of return table ADDRESS not the java recordwrapper internal info

This makes the iView wizard almost useless. I've reverse engineered the java code and it does not seem this iview does much more than that. If the selected field is a table.... fine but if it is a structure (like ADDRESS in this BAPI) forget it. One can't even choose which columns to show and which not.

Am I missing something else? You say one can fill a form in EP and send data to SAP: can you provide a working example for the wizard?

Would appreciate comments from SAP too.

Regards

Vitaliano

Former Member
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Hi,

I am having the same problem too. Could you solve the problem with this RecordWrapper issue?

Regards

Mariana

Former Member
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Is there anybody that can give advice on this topic ?

Thanks in advance

Former Member
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Hi,

Have you installed the EP6 PDK, java developer business package? In there under Portal development, Connector framework you will find a great overview, tutorial etc. Give it a go and let us know how it goes.

Bjorn

Former Member
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Hi Bjorn,

yes, I already used EP6 PDK to build java iViews around BAPIs. I am not referring to JCO or the new connector framework but just the SAP Connector iView wizard which comes out of the box - found at Content Administration / Portal Content / New iView / SAP Connector iView.

I refer to "Creating SAP Connector-Based iViews" found at http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ep60sp2/helpdata/en/f5/eb51650e6a11d7b84900047582c9f7/frameset.htm but does not really give much info.

Any real case usage for this iView?

Thanks again

Vitaliano