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SAP Ninja

Installation Guide

SAPlink Code Project

for

SAP Nuggets and Slinkees

Prepared by

Jim Cooke

www.sapninja.comsapsplunk@gmail.com

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TableofContentsTableofContents................................................................................................................................2

Background...........................................................................................................................................2RegisterandDownloadSAPlink...................................................................................................2

DevelopmentClass.............................................................................................................................3

CreatetheSAPlinkInstallerProgram........................................................................................6ExecutetheSAPlinkInstaller........................................................................................................9

ImportPlug-InNuggets..................................................................................................................13

BackgroundThisdocumentisnotintendedasareplacementguideforthedocumentation

providedbytheSAPlinkcodeproject.IthasbeenincludedintheSAPNinjasitetoprovidesomeadditionalsupporttopeoplewhowishtoloadthenuggets

suppliedonthissite.

RegisterandDownloadSAPlinkInreality,thisdocumentmerelysuppliessomescreenshotstoaugmentthe

officialdocumentationwhichcanbefoundathttp://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP/SAPlink+User+Documentation.

Youwillstillneedtovisitandregisterwiththecodeprojectathttps://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/groups/saplinktodownloadTheDailyBuildand

thefollowingitemsfromthecodeproject:

NuggetforDDICobjects Nuggetforfunctiongroups

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DevelopmentClass

WhileyoucanjustassigntheSAPlinkobjectsaslocalobjects,itisbettertodothingsproperlyandsetupanewdevelopmentclassfromtransactionSE80andcallitsomethinglikeZSAPLINK.

StarttransactionSE80,choosePackageastheobjecttypeandenterZSAPLINK.PressontheViewbutton.

Attheprompt,chooseYestocreatethepackage

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GivethepackageadescriptionlikeSAPlinkPackage,andassignittotheBC

applicationcomponent.Ifyouintendontransportingtheseobjectstoother

systems,youcanenteratransportlayerhere,butthisisunlikelytobeneededbecauseyouwillonlyeverreallytransporttheobjectsthatarecreatedby

SAPlinkandnottheSAPlinkapplicationitself.

Youwillbepromptedtocreateatransportrequest.PresstheCreatebuttonontheleft-hand-sideoftheOwnRequestsbutton

Atthefollowingscreen,giveadescriptionforyourtransportrequest.

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Clickthegreentickatthefollowingpop-uponceyourtransportrequesthasbeen

created.

Youhavenowfinishedcreatingthedevelopmentpackage.

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CreatetheSAPlinkInstallerProgram

TheSAPlinkapplicationisdeliveredasanuggetitself.Youneedtocreateaspecialprogramtouploadthisnugget.StarttransactionSE38,enteraprogramnameofZSAPLINK_INSTALLER_TEMPLATEandpresstheCreatebutton

Atthenextscreen,givetheprogramatitleandsettheattributesasshown

below.PresstheSavebuttonwhendone.

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Atthenextscreen,yougettoassigntheZSAPLINK_INSTALLER_TEMPLATE

programtotheZSAPLINKpackage.

Youwillbepromptedforatransportrequest,sojustusetheoneyoucreated

earlier.

Fromwithintheprogramsourceeditor,choosefromthemenuUtilities->More

Utilities->Upload/Download->Upload

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WhenyouunpackedtheDailyDownloadbundlefromthecodeproject,oneofthe

filesextractediscalledzsaplink_installer.txt.Choosethisfileforupload.

Oncecodehasbeenimported,presstheSaveandActivatebuttonsasshown

below.

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ExecutetheSAPlinkInstallerNowyoujustneedtheexecutethecodeyouimported.FromtransactionSE38orSA38,entertheprogramnameZSAPLINK_INSTALLER_TEMPLATE.PresstheExecutebutton.Entertheinstallationnuggetthatyouunpackedearliercalled

SAPlink_Daily.nuggandpresstheExecutebutton.

Foreachoftheobjectsthatgetsimported,youwillbepromptedforapackagename.EnterZSAPLINKforeachoneasshownbelow.

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Youwillbepromptedforatransportrequest,sousetheonepreparedearlier.

Oncetheprogramhasloadedeverything,youwillgetalistingofalltheobjects

thatwerecreatedasshownbelow.

StarttransactionSE24andenterthefirstobjectoftypeCLAS(fromabove)andentertheobjectname(eg.ZCX_SAPLINK).PresstheActivatebutton.

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Youwillbepresentedwithalistofallobjectsthatneedtobeactivatedforthisclass.Youacceptthedefaultsandallowactivationtotakeplace.Youneedto

repeatthisforeveryobjectoftypeCLASshowninthescreenshotaboveafterthe

installertemplateexecuted.

Alternatively,youcanpressthebuttonWholeWorklistatthescreenshown

belowanditwillshowallofyourinactiveclasses.SelectallobjectsandpressEntertoactivatethelotatonce.

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ImportPlug-InNuggets

ExecutethemainSAPlinkprogramZSAPLINKfromSA38.Youwillbepromptedtoactivatetheprogramasshownbelow.

ThenextscreenisshowstheZSAPLINKapplicationinaction:1. SelecttheImportNuggetradiobutton2. EnterapackagenameZSAPLINKtoowntheobjects3. EnterthenuggetfilenamefortheDDICpluginsthatyoudownloaded

fromthecodeproject(NUGG_SAPLINK_DDIC-0.1.0.nugg)

4. ClicktheOverwriteOriginalscheckbox5. ClickonExecutetoimportthenugget.

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EntertheSAPlinktransportrequestyoucreatedearlierwhenprompted.

Likebefore,theprogramwillreturnwithalistofobjects(allCLAStypes)thatwereimported.TheyallneedtobeactivewithtransactionSE24asdescribed

above.

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Repeatthestepsabovetoimportthefunctiongroupnugget.

Again,thereisalistofobjectstobeactivatedfromSE24.

YounowhavetheSAPlinktoolinstalledcorrectlyandarereadytostart

importingNinjanuggets.