Release Notes
Abstract
This document provides information about the release of the IBM Transformation Extender Pack for SAP Applications V10.0.2.0
Content
IBM Transformation Extender Pack for SAP Applications, V10.0.2.0 release notes.
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CONTENTS
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1. About this release
What's new in this release
Documentation
2. ITX Design Server Release Notes
Where to find the software to download
Before you install the pack
Installing the pack on Linux
Installing the pack on Windows
Uninstalling the pack
Importing the SAP Adapter Example Project into Design Server
Running the ALE example on Design Server
Running the DXOB example on Design Server
Running the BAPI example on Design Server
Running the PEPPOL example on Design Server
3. ITX Design Studio Release Notes
Where to find the software to download
Before you install the pack
Installing the pack on Windows
Installing the pack on Linux or UNIX
Running the examples on Windows
Uninstalling the pack on Windows
Uninstalling the pack on Linux or UNIX
4. Resolved Authorized Program Analysis Reports (APARs)
5. Contacting customer support
6. Notices and trademarks
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1. ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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These release notes provide information about the Pack for SAP Applications for users of these IBM Transformation Extender products:
- ITX Design Server
- ITX Design Studio
- See the Fix List.
The online documentation is provided in these languages:
- English (United States)
- French
To display translated content in the online documentation:
- Open the online documentation. A typical URL to the documentation is shown below:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSVSD8_n.n.n/com.ibm.websphere.dtx.welcome.doc/kc_welcome_nnn.html - Edit the URL to include the desired language code immediately after "/knowledgecenter":
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/<language code>/SSVSD8_n.n.n/com.ibm.websphere.dtx.welcome.doc/kc_welcome_nnn.html - As an example, enter language code "/fr" to display French content.
- Remove the "/<language code>" to return to the English display.
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2. ITX DESIGN SERVER RELEASE NOTES
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WHERE TO FIND THE SOFTWARE TO DOWNLOAD
The Pack for SAP Applications can be obtained from Fix Central.
The install file is itxsap_1002_1000_DesignServer.zip or itxsap_1002_1002_DesignServer.zip. This file contains:
- itxsap_10.0.2.0_linux.tar
- itxsap_10.0.2.0_win.zip
- SAP_pack_examples.zip
NOTE: The PEPPOL example is for ITX version 10.0.2.0 only. - PEPPOL_example.zip
- 10.0.2.0
- 10.0.0.0
- 9.0.0.4
- 8.4.1.5
- Create a temp directory called sap
Example:
/home/user/itx10/sap - FTP (in binary mode) the itx_sap_10.0.2.0_linux.tar to the sap directory defined in step 1.
- Untar the file.
Example:
$ tar -xvf itx_sap_10.0.2.0_linux.tar - Obtain the following user provided libraries from SAP JCo 3.0.20 or later:
libsapjco3.so
sapjco3.jar
a. For Design Server, copy these files into the folder defined by ITX_ADDITIONAL_LIBS in tx-server.env from your Design Server installation. By default this is /opt/txlibs
b. For Runtime and Monitoring, copy these files into $DTX_HOME_DIR/libs - Execute the install script:
a. For Design Server, run the install_sap_ds.sh script. The script copies the Pack for SAP Applications adapter jar files, and executes updt_adpt.sh to update the tx-server configuration files. The tx-server is then restarted, if it had been running
b. For Runtime and Monitoring, run the install_sap_rt.sh script. The script copies the Pack for SAP Applications adapter jar files, and executes updt_adpt.sh to update the server configuration files.
- FTP (in binary mode) the SAP_pack_for_design_server.tar to the <install_dir>/tmp directory.
- Untar the file to the install_dir/libs directory.
Example:
$ tar -xvf SAP_pack_for_unix.tar -C $DTX_HOME_DIR/libs/ - Obtain the following user provided libraries from SAP JCo 3.0.20 or later and copy to the <install_dir>/libs directory:
libsapjco3.so
sapjco3.jar -
In the adapters.xml file, located in $DTX_HOME_DIR/config, in the Runtime and Monitoring installation, the following lines need to be present and not commented out.
As shipped:
<!-- <M4Adapter name="JBAPI" alias="JBAPI" id="160" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3bapi"/> -->
<!-- <M4Adapter name="JALE" alias="JALE" id="161" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3ale"/> -->
For the Pack for SAP , the following lines must read as shown below:
<M4Adapter name="JBAPI" alias="JBAPI" id="160" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3bapi"/>
<M4Adapter name="JALE" alias="JALE" id="161" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3ale"/>
INSTALLING THE PACK ON WINDOWS
Follow these steps to install the Pack for SAP on Windows:
Where <install_dir> is the installation location of the base IBM Transformation Extender product.
C:\IBM\TransformationExtender_10.0.0
As shipped:
<!-- <M4Adapter name="JBAPI" alias="JBAPI" id="160" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3bapi"/> -->
<!-- <M4Adapter name="JALE" alias="JALE" id="161" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3ale"/> -->
For the Pack for SAP, the following lines must read as shown below:
<M4Adapter name="JBAPI" alias="JBAPI" id="160" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3bapi"/>
<M4Adapter name="JALE" alias="JALE" id="161" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3ale"/>
The third party SAP JCo files ( .jar and . dll files) must be obtained from SAP.
• sapjco3.jar
• sapjco3.dll
- Click Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
- Select the pack that you want to remove.
- Click Change/Remove and follow the prompts.
IMPORTING THE SAP ADAPTER EXAMPLE PROJECT INTO DESIGN SERVER
NOTE: To preserve the project description that is shipped with the pack, do not enter any additional information description during the project import.
- Login to the Design Server.
- In the Design Server click the Import Project icon.
- In the Import Project dialog, click browse and select install_dir\examples\sap\SAP_pack_examples.zip from your installation.
- Click the Import button to import the project.
RUNNING THE ALE EXAMPLE ON DESIGN SERVER
- Inbound map to post data to an SAP system
- The map LegacyToInboundJALE is used to post data inbound to an SAP system. The data is mapped from an input card which reads legacy data for customers. This map uses the schema debmas03, which represents the customer master IDoc object debmas03.
- Edit the settings of output card IDOC_ALE. In the Edit Target window, select the Connection tab to change the Command Line, where you will see “-c 800 -u user -p password -h hostname -s 00 -tv -ar3”. Update the -c, -u, -p, -h, and -s parameters for the adapter commands specific to your SAP installation. Click Next, Next, and OK to save the settings.
- Save, build and run the LegacyToInboundJALE map.
- Check the IDoc in the SAP system to view its status.
This map receives data from an SAP system and maps it to a legacy file. It uses the start method for ALE communication. This map also uses the debmas03 schema.
- Edit the settings of input card ALE_Data. In the Edit Source window, select the Connection tab to change the Command Line, where you will see -a example.rp5 -g gatewayhost -x 3300 -tv -ar3”. Update the -a, -g, and -x parameters for the adapter commands specific to your SAP installation. Click Next, Next, and OK to save the settings.
- Save, build and run the JALEOutboundToLegacy map.
- Send an IDoc from your SAP system, and it will be received by this map.
RUNNING THE DXOB EXAMPLE ON THE DESIGN SERVER
How to run the example:
- Open the LegacyToDX0050 map .
- Build and run the LegacyToDX0050 map.
- From the Map Diagram-Result window, hover over the LegToDXOB map and choose View Data to view the output file (leg_dxob.txt).
- Open the xBapiInput example map in the Map Designer.
- Build the xBapiInput map.
- Open the xSingleStyle example map in the Map Designer.
- Modify the BAPI card to have the Importing Parameter CUSTOMERNO refer to a valid customer number.
- Modify the xBapi card, to have the GET make a valid call. The connection parameters in the default command line "-h host -s 00 -u user -p password -c 800 -t" need to be changed to reflect the SAP system to be called.
- If the bapi_creditor_getdetail type tree has been changed according to a different SAP ERP version, additional fields might need to be mapped.
- Build the xSingleStyle map.
- Run the xSingleStyle map.
- From the Results tab of the Map Diagram window, click the ‘select activity’ icon next to the xBapi map and choose View Data to view
- Open the map: from_ubl_invoice.
- Build and run the map.
- From the Results tab, click the More options (vertical ellipse) icon and choose View Data.
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3. ITX DESIGN STUDIO RELEASE NOTES
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WHERE TO FIND THE SOFTWARE TO DOWNLOAD
The Pack for SAP Applications can be obtained from Fix Central.
Installation prerequisites:
Before you install the pack, you must install one of the following versions of Transformation Extender:
- 10.0.2.0
- 10.0.0.0
- 9.0.0.4
- 8.4.1.5
Default installation path
See the individual component documentation for information on deploying to other operating system platforms.
On Microsoft Windows systems, the default install location is:
C:\IBM\WebSphere Transformation Extender 8.4.1
or
C:\IBM\WebSphere Transformation Extender 9.0.0
or
C:\IBM\TransformationExtender_10.0.0
or
C:\IBM\TransformationExtender_10.0.2
/opt/ibm/wsdtx
Follow these steps to install the Pack for SAP Applications on Windows:
1. Obtain the product image from Fix Central.
2. Run one of the following commands specific to your ITX core version:
- itxsap_1002_841.exe
- itxsap_1002_900.exe
- itxsap_1002_1000.exe
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itxsap_1002_1002.exe
- sapjco3.jar
- sapjco3.dll
Third party SAP JCo files (.jar and .so files) must be obtained from SAP.
Follow these steps to install the Pack for SAP Applications on Linux or UNIX:
1. Copy the following SAP JCo, files to the install_dir/libs directory:
- sapjco3.jar
- libsapjco3.so
2. Install the Pack for SAP Applications on Windows, as described above.
3. Copy the file SAP_pack_for_unix.tar from the Windows install_dir to the Linux or UNIX machine where it will be installed.
4. Extract the SAP_pack_for_unix.tar file into the Linux or UNIX <install_dir>/libs dir, for example:
$ tar -xvf SAP_pack_for_unix.tar -C $DTX_HOME_DIR/libs/
5. In the adapters.xml file, located in $DTX_HOME_DIR/config, in the Runtime and Monitoring installation, the following lines need to be present and not commented out.
As shipped:
<!-- <M4Adapter name="JBAPI" alias="JBAPI" id="160" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3bapi"/> -->
<!-- <M4Adapter name="JALE" alias="JALE" id="161" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3ale"/> -->
For the Pack for SAP , the following lines must read as shown below:
<M4Adapter name="JBAPI" alias="JBAPI" id="160" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3bapi"/>
<M4Adapter name="JALE" alias="JALE" id="161" type="app" class="com/ibm/websphere/dtx/m4r3ale"/>
Follow these steps to uninstall the pack on Windows:
1. Click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features.
2. Select the pack that you want to remove.
3. Click Uninstall and follow the prompts.
$DTX_HOME_DIR/libs/dssap.jar
$DTX_HOME_DIR/libs/m4r3ale.jar
$DTX_HOME_DIR/libs/m4r3bapi.jar
$DTX_HOME_DIR/libs/sapjco3.jar
$DTX_HOME_DIR/libs/libsapjco3.so
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4. RESOLVED AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORTS (APARs)
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For a list of the APARs that are fixed in this version of the product, see the Fix List.
5. CONTACTING CUSTOMER SUPPORT
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Contact Customer Support at 1-800-IBM-SERV, or go to the support portal.
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6. NOTICES AND TRADEMARKS
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