Connector for SAP Gateway

Very often, Intrexx is used to enable better accessibility to information in SAP systems. For example, requisitions are mapped via an easy-to-use store in Intrexx, and item availability, production times, and production data can be retrieved, enriched, and visualized. With the secure connection using the SAP gateway and the deep integration in Intrexx, virtually any desired use cases can be mapped via the path preferred by SAP. The underlying technology is the OData protocol recommended by SAP, which is also excellently supported by SAP products. The Connector for SAP Gateway is the perfect pipeline for your data and documents as a "ready-to-go interface". Create processes in your Intrexx platform and integrate SAP data and functions. Use the Open Data Protocol (OData) to provide data and documents in a web-based manner via Intrexx and access product images, order confirmations, invoices, etc., including while on the go.

The integration of SAP data takes place in three simple steps: You select the service to be accessed. You then determine the Intrexx application in which the data is to be mapped. In the last step, the desired service functionality such as read, change, delete data is selected.

Gateway Content Services can be operated both on the SAP NetWeaver Server as well as directly on an SAP backend system. In both cases, they allow REST web services to be generated according to OData. The web services can be created from BAPIs, RFCs and Dynpro, or they can be developed on the basis of ABAP objects. Validation of data takes place in the SAP system, and existing SAP business logic can be used directly. Only the data that you want to make available from SAP is also available in Intrexx. However, this also makes it very easy to enrich SAP data with data from other systems.

This is a maximum low-code approach to the development of applications with the inclusion of SAP data, especially through the simple service integration in Intrexx through guided configuration dialogs. The clear separation of development in SAP and application development in Intrexx is also particularly noteworthy here.

The Open Data Protocol (OData) is a standardized web protocol. It supports the simple integration and manipulation of data and is designed in a significantly more user-friendly way than previous web services for developing web and mobile applications. OData is based on open web standards like HTTP, Atom Publishing Protocol and JSON, and like the World Wide Web, is constructed based on the REST (Representational State Transfer) architectural style. Complex database queries can be performed even with just the URL with OData. Consequently, OData is also known as ODBC for the web.

With the Connector for SAP Gateway, the following features are available for integrating SAP systems into Intrexx:

  • Create applications (web/mobile) with the Intrexx Portal Manager based on the service functionalities

  • Integrate SAP systems into Intrexx processes

  • Read and write access to SAP data in real-time

  • Navigate through data records that are in a relationship

  • Call service functions

  • Access binary files (documents, images, etc.)

  • Various authenitation methods, user permissions concept of the respective portal is upheld

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System requirements

Consume data

Integration in applications

Use in processes

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