SAP NETWEAVER GATEWAY DEMO SYSTEM - logon issue

[former_member182048]

What has happened?

Call of URL http://gw.esworkplace.sap.com:55080/sap/opu/odata/IWBEP/RMTSAMPLEFLIGHT_2/ terminated due to error in logon data.

There seems to be an issue logging onto the demo system with the published user and password.

Letting you know there are a lot of people who use this service.

Cheers

John P

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi John, Jibin,

actually the demo user was locked. Somebody changed the default password, which is something we can't prevent, which leads to a locked account in a few seconds due to the popularity of the system .

To avoid that kind of situation you can always go and register for a personal account. Find out more in the SOA Community https://scn.sap.com/community/soa.

What you saw about the port 55080: that's simply the internal port of the gateway system, which sometime becomes visible. Do not bother, as you access the system via a reverse proxy on the default port 80.

Warm regards,

Oliver

[former_member182048 · Accepted solution]

Hi Oliver

Thanks for the explanation and the suggestion of getting own account, will definitely recommend.

I am working with a couple of non SAP software vendors who have OData tooling, they need a Gateway system to run unit tests against. This system is currently Read Only. Is it possible to open this up for Change, Create and Delete also?

If not do you know of any alternative, or someone i can ask?

Cheers

John P

[gregorw · Accepted solution]

Dear John,

I think the best alternative would be to install the NetWeaver Gateway Developer Edition locally or in the cloud to have an independent instance.

Best regards

Gregor

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

I agree with Gregor that for regular unit test an independent system works best. The Gateway system in ES Workplace is meant to provide a sneak preview of what's available.

If you have a specific demo scenario that you need write access for and that you can share with the community I can help you with making it run against our systems.

WR - Oliver

[jibin_joy · Accepted solution]

Hi Oliver ,

     Thanks For information....

[former_member182048 · Accepted solution]

Hi Gregor / Oliver

Thanks for comments. I will try and explain where i am coming from with this request.

For an individual familiar with SAP, the trial system hosted locally or in the cloud is definitely the best option for that individual right now. The constraints are known and understood, Gateway is still in its infancy, the software is subject to frequent change, the trial system is a static version with a limited life span, you want a newer version you have to install it after it is made available, all support is done by yourself, with help from the community.

For a person unfamiliar with SAP, the initial installation maybe a hurdle that is too high, I have seen a couple of people struggle to the point of giving up and then reach out to others like me for assistance. As an example say an open source project provides OData capability and they know it currently works with Gateway, they may only wish to verify and validate periodically that their software still works against a Gateway system, say after a major milestone, Gateway maybe one of a dozen OData providers they support.

My thoughts:

The package /IWFND/TESTING provides ABAP based unit tests against the FLIGHT Gateway services, this service is common to every system. The unit tests in SP4 cover full CRUD, Deep Inserts, multiple batch calls, plus tests for a variety of OData operations and functions supported by Gateway. The unit tests are comprehensive and include tests that cater for SP4 and for versions below.

I would like to see these unit tests publicly documented and acknowledged as a baseline for each version. Eg here is the functionality that is available in each release, here are some demo services with very simple examples covering the scope of the functionality, here is the data, url and method you'll need for testing. If these test scenarios were made available in the demo system, an ISV could set up a QUnit project or similar tools for other paradigms and automate the testing without the overhead of maintenance and support.

I have added this as an idea for Gateway https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/ideas/12156 <probably need to flesh out details like above>, I hope others like yourselves would advocate it.

Cheers

John P

[gregorw · Accepted solution]

Dear John P,

thank you for posting the Idea on SAP Idea Place. Due to that I've discovered that there is an area for NetWeaver Gateway there. I've posted also an Idea: Provide Patches for NetWeaver Gateway Developer Edition .

Best regards

Gregor

[jibin_joy]

Hi John,

    i think there is problem with port No 55080....

- Host: gw.esworkplace.sap.com

- Port: 80

- Client: default (800)

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/index?rid=/webcontent/uuid/1051f6d9-e87a-2e10-d188-e2786c7878b1

[former_member182048]

Hi Jibin

Well spotted.

That was the error i was getting from

http://gw.esworkplace.sap.com/sap/opu/odata/IWBEP/RMTSAMPLEFLIGHT_2/?$format=xml

It is working now for me.

Cheers

John P