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Overview
You can use this account type to connect SAP Snaps with data sources that use the SAP Load Balanced JCo account. The SAP Load Balanced JCo Account is used to connect to a message server (MSHOST - Message Server Host). Learn more about SAP Configuration.
Prerequisites
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Known Issues
In version 4.28 ( In version 3.0.21 of SAP: The default login behavior of the JCo library changed. The default value of property The above changes will impact your pipelines if you use a username/password for RFC login. Login would work with the SAP Snap Pack versions before 4.28 but will fail with versions 4.28 or later. The following workarounds can help mitigate the issues: Add the Select the Permit Password Logon for SAP GUI (User-Specific) in SAP portal. The permit password option is effective only if the profile parameter main14627), the SAP Snap Pack's bundled JCo library was upgraded to 3.1.4. Prior to that, version 3.0.6 was used.jco.client.snc_sso was changed from 0 to 1 (enabled).jco.client.snc_sso JCo property with a value of 0 (disabled). If the account still fails with a "Name or password is incorrect (repeat logon)" error, even after adding this property, then reach out to the SAP team to enable the option "Permit Password Logon SAP GUI" for that specific user.snc/accept_insecure_gui is set to U. (Unsecure login is permitted for specific users).
Limitations
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Account Settings
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
The SAP Load Balanced JCo Account is used to connect to a message server.
Field Name | Field Type | Description | |
Label* Default Value: None | String | Specify a unique and meaningful label for the account instance | |
Username* Default Value: N/A | String | Specify the SAP username for the account. For SAP SNC authentication, Username is not required for authentication through SAP SNC. See Advanced JCo Properties for more details. | |
Password Default Value: N/A | String | Specify a password for the username. For SAP SNC authentication, Password is not required for authentication through SAP SNC. See Advanced JCo Properties for more details. | |
Language* Default Value: N/A | String | Specify the SAP language code. | |
Client* Default Value: N/A | String | Specify the SAP client. | |
Message server* Default Value: N/A | String | Specify the SAP message server address. | |
System ID* Default Value: N/A | String | Specify the SAP system ID. | |
Logon group Default Value: N/A | String | Specify the SAP logon group. | |
Peak limit* Default Value: N/A | Integer | Specify the maximum number of active connections that you can create simultaneously for a destination. Recommended value could be <100 as too many connections may impact JCC performance. | |
Connection pool capacity* Default Value: N/A | Integer | Specify the maximum number of idle connections to be kept open by the destination. No connection pooling takes place when the value is 0. | |
Router string | 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 For more information on router strings, see Router Strings in SAP Help. | |
Enable trace Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Activates the JCo traces to get more information that can help analyze the connection-related errors. | |
Reload Metadata on Validate Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Select this checkbox to clear the JCo Metadata cache on the plex node before validating the account. | |
Advanced JCo properties | This field set enables you to specify JCo parameters and respective values for SAP Secure Network Communications (SNC) authentication. Only one JCo parameter can be specified in each row. Click to add a new row in this table and define the values accordingly. This fieldset comprises the following fields:
For SAP SNC authentication, leave the Username and Password fields blank while passing their values in the form of JCo properties, as part of SAP SNC authentication. | ||
Property name Default value: None | String/Expression/Suggestion | Specify the name of the JCo parameter to be passed for SAP SNC authentication. Alternatively, select the parameter from the Suggestions drop-down list. | |
Property value Default value: None | Integer/Expression | Specify the value for the JCo parameter needed for SAP SNC authentication. If you have the JCo parameters defined at a Pipeline-level, pass the Pipeline parameter names as expressions. | |
Account Encryption
Standard Encryption | If you are using Standard Encryption, the High sensitivity settings under Enhanced Encryption are followed. | |
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Enhanced Encryption | If you have the Enhanced Account Encryption feature, the following describes which fields are encrypted for each sensitivity level selected for this account. Account:
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