SAP JCo Account

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Overview

You can use this account type to connect SAP Snaps with data sources that use SAP JCo account. The SAP JCo Account connects to an application server (ASHOST - Application Server Host). Learn more.

Ensure that your SAP instance is configured to work with the Snap Pack.

Prerequisites

None.

Known Issues


Limitations

None.

Account Settings

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  • Asterisk (*): Indicates a mandatory field.

  • Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.

  • Expression icon ( ): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.

  • Add icon ( ): Indicates that you can add fields in the fieldset.

  • Remove icon ( ): Indicates that you can remove fields from the fieldset.

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Label*

 

Default Value: None
ExampleSAP JCo Account

String

Specify a unique name for the account instance.

 

Username

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: SAP User

String

Specify the SAP username.

For SAP SNC authentication, Username is not required for authentication through SAP SNC. If you define values in the Advanced JCo properties, leave the Username field blank.

Password

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: lkj(83@%_sd

String

Specify a password for the username.

Language*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: EN

String

Specify the SAP language code corresponding to the jco.client.lang.

Client*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: 800

String

Specify the SAP client to use corresponding to the jco.client.client.

Application server*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: ec2-21-121-199-12.test.amazonaws.com

String

Specify the SAP ABAP application server address corresponding to the jco.client.host.

System number*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: 01

String

Specify the system instance number of the SAP ABAP application server corresponding to jco.client.sysnr.

Peak limit*

 

Default Value5
Example: 5

String

Specify the maximum number of active connections that can be created simultaneously for a destination.

Connection pool capacity*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: 20

String

Specify the maximum number of idle connections kept open by the destination. No connection pooling takes place when the value is 0.

Router String

 

Default Value: N/A
Example:

String

Specify the SAP Router string required for making connections to systems that are behind the SAP Router. An SAP router string contains a chain of SAP routers with their port numbers and has the form (/H/<host>[/S/<port>][/W/<password, if provided>])+. Learn more: Router Strings in SAP Help.

Enable trace

 

Default ValueDeselected

Checkbox

Activates the JCo traces to get more information that can help analyze the connection-related errors.

Reload Metadata on Validate

 

Default ValueDeselected

Checkbox

Select this checkbox to clear the JCo Metadata cache on the plex node before validating the account.

 

Advanced JCo Client Properties

Use this field set to define JCo parameters and respective values for SAP Secure Network Communications (SNC) authentication.

Property Name

 

Default Value: N/A
Example:

  • jco.client.user,

  • jco.client.passwd,

  • jco.client.cert1

String/Expression/Suggestion

Specify the name of the JCo parameter to be passed for SAP SNC authentication. Alternatively, select the parameter from the Suggestions dropdown list list.

 

Property Value

 

Default Value: N/A
Example:

  • johndoe

  • pass*w0rd#4

String/Expression

Specify the value for the JCo parameter for SAP SNC authentication. If you define the JCo parameters at a Pipeline-level, pass the pipeline parameter names as expressions.

Troubleshooting

 

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