Applies to: NW2004s, For more information, visit the Application Management homepage. Summary This is a step by step configuration guide for SAP Biller Direct 6.0. It covers the XCM settings as well as the ECC system configuration require to implement Biller Direct. It also explains how we can integrate Biller Direct in SAP Enterprise Portal At the end it mentions some common checks to be performed. Author: Debasish Sarkar Company: IBM India Pvt. Ltd Created on: 11 J une 2008 Author Bio Debasish Sarkar is working in IBM India as an SAP Portal Consultant. Debasish has around 2.6 years of SAP EP experience. Before that he was working as an SAP Basis Consultant. SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 1 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide Table of Contents 1. Settings in the J 2EE server ............................................................................................................................3 2. Settings in the Backend ECC System............................................................................................................9 3. Integration with SAP Portal...........................................................................................................................12 4. Some Common Checks................................................................................................................................13 Related Content................................................................................................................................................15 Disclaimer and Liability Notice..........................................................................................................................16 SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 2 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide 1. Settings in the J2EE server Go to the URL http://<Host_Name>:<Port>/bd/admin/xcm/init.do
Select FI_UserManagement under Application Configuration ->SAP
Click on the Edit button.
SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 3 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide Give a name to the custom configuration, say BDTest. Then click on Create Button.
Select the checkbox corresponding to default configuration.
Leave the default UserManagement value as fi.
In Application Settings select the option Accounts Receivable (FA-AR). SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 4 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide
In UserInterface select the option Private Customer View (B2C).
In ConnectionManager select the option Select to create component configuration and click on the button ConnectionManager.
SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 5 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide Give a name say BD_CM and click on Create button.
Mention the parameters to connect to your backend ECC system.
Select to go back to your main screen. Select the option BD_CM corresponding to ConnectionManager. SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 6 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide
Click on the Display button to display advance settings.
Corresponding to JCoRFCServer select the option Select to create component configuration . Then select the button JCoRFCServer.
Give the name as BD_J CoRFC and click on Create button. SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 7 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide
Mention the programID as BillerDirect. The gwServer should be mentioned as sapgw<system_no>. Mention the other parameters as defined below.
Select to go back to your main screen. Corresponding to JCoRFCServer select the option BD_J CoRFC. SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 8 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide
Click on the Save configuration button.
Restart the BD application for the changes to take effect. 2. Settings in the Backend ECC System In the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Tools ->Administration ->Administration -> Network ->RFC Destinations. SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 9 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide
Choose Create.
Create a new RFC connection with the name J CO_LDAP_RFC_DEST. Do not change this name as it is used as a reference. Enter T (Start an external program via TCP/IP) as the connection type. SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 10 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide
On the Technical Settings tab, set the activation type to Registered Server Program and enter the same ID in the Program field as in the XCM in the J CoRFCServer component (in the example, BillerDirect).
Enter the host of the SAP system you are using as the host under Gateway Options (such as pwdf0143.wdf.sap-ag.de) and under Gateway Service enter the same setting as in the J CoRFCServer component in the XCM (such as sapgw10).
Go to the tab MDMP & Unicode and select Unicode.
SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 11 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide Click on the button. You can test the connection by choosing Test Connection in the application toolbar, providing you have started the J ava server. 3. Integration with SAP Portal Create a portal system under System Administration -> System Configuration -> Portal Content of type com.sap.portal.howtos.webapp (portal archive). Open the system. Under Portal Category System Definition mention the properties as shown below. Name of the server: <HostName> Port number: <PortNumber> Protocol of target system: Http/Https URL of web application: bd/public/frameset_top_html.jsp
Under Property Category UserManagement mention the properties as shown below: Logon Method: UIDPW User Mapping Type: admin,user Give a system alias for the system. Create an iview of type com.sap.appintegrator.sap under Content Administration -> Portal Content. Open the iview. Mention the properties as shown below: System: <SystemAliasOfThePortalSystem> URL Template: System.protocol>://<System.server>:<System.port>/<System.uri>?<Authentication> URL Template fragment for User Mapping: j_user=<MappedUser>&j_password=<MappedPassword>
In the Authentication Scheme select uidpwdlogon.
SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 12 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide Refer to the Application Integrator guide for more information. https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/bf8cc890-0201-0010-00b1-8d04e5f4378a 4. Some Common Checks Go to transaction SU01 and display data corresponding to USER sapjsf.
Under tab Logon data check that the usage type is Communication Data.
Go to the Roles tab and check that role SAP_BC_JSF_COMMUNICATION is assigned to it. Remove all other roles.
Go to User administration http://<HostName>:<Port>/useradmin. Click on User Management Configuration. SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 13 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide
Go to the SAP System tab and maintain the parameters as shown below. Make sure you specify the User Id and Password for sapjsf user and the Client should point to the SAP Client where you are maintaining your user information. Also the application server connection parameters should be maintained properly.
Click on the Test Connection button. It should show a successful test result.
SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 14 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide Related Content http://www,sdn.sap.com http://help.sap.com https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/bf8cc890-0201-0010-00b1-8d04e5f4378a For more information, visit the Application Management homepage. SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 15 SAP Biller Direct Step by Step Configuration Guide SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 2008 SAP AG 16 Disclaimer and Liability Notice This document may discuss sample coding or other information that does not include SAP official interfaces and therefore is not supported by SAP. Changes made based on this information are not supported and can be overwritten during an upgrade. SAP will not be held liable for any damages caused by using or misusing the information, code or methods suggested in this document, and anyone using these methods does so at his/her own risk. SAP offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the content of this technical article or code sample, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between the content within this document and the materials and services offered by SAP. You agree that you will not hold, or seek to hold, SAP responsible or liable with respect to the content of this document.