Reg: Creating an Application definition file using WSDL

[Former Member]

Hello all,

In Our requirement is to display the SAP R/3 data in MS Office Sharepoint2007 using Business Data Catelog (BDC). We have Web services to fetch the data from SAP R/3 with authorization(Username/Password) to access. Create an application definition file which is an xml file using WSDLs.After creating application definition have to import into Business Data Catelog (BDC). In which editor tool is available for creating application definition using web service without Single SignOn?

Is it possible to create application definition using multiple web services? If Yes, how to do that?

Please share your ideas regarding this.

Regards

Prakash T

[Former Member]

Hi Prakash,

there are 2 main editors for defining BDC application files;

• Microsoft itself provides the free BDC Definition Editor tool; this is part of the downloadable [MOSS 2007 SDK|http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en]. By the way, the MOSS SDK contains ao a SAP BDC sample

• Lightning Tools provides the [BDC Metaman |http://www.lightningtools.com/bdc-meta-man/default.aspx]tool; this is commercial software

Both are visual tools for creating an Application Definition for the BDC

A BDC Application Definition abstracts [the access to] a Line-of-Business system (LOBsystem); it is not at the same level as a single webservice. Indeed you can utilize within your BDC application multiple webservices, e.g. for different defined entities and entity methods.

Good luck, William.