Server based SAPUILandscape.xml not working

[Private_Member_12198]

Hi folks,

according to note 2075150 it should be possible, to have the SAPUILandscape file on a central server (setting LandscapeFileOnServer in KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SAP\SAPLogon\Options to something like "http://server:port/config/SAPUILandscapeOnServer.xml "). Since I have a heterogeneous client landscape, I can't provide the file by means of UNC-capable file server.

However, if I do so, and start saplogon (7.40PL2), it complains about not beeing able to download the file and I also don't get a hit on my http-Server.

If I start NWBC5, I get a hit on the http server and NWBC display correct connections etc, and I'm able to launch NWBC-stuff, but sapgui fails to start (error parsing command line).

Any body els with that problem?

Edit:

Some further investigations revealed, that note 2075150 seems not to work at all. Also there seems to be a bug, as they reference '\\Servername\Saplogon\Configuration\SapLogonTree.xml', which shouldbe no longer in use (?). Also, other notes state, that this file will be generated automatically, but nothing happens here.

When I craft an own "SAPUILandscape.xml" with "Include"-Statements, as the note recommands, after I launch SAPlogon, the XML gets mangled anf I have unwanted tags, f.ex. a '</Services>'-Tag, which never was opened. Depending of NWBC or SAPlogon opening the XML, the GUID gets changed, therefore it is impossible to use some sort of version control.

I think, I have to revert to 7.30 and and keep this stuff alone...

Best regards,

Jürgen

Message was edited by: Jürgen Gärtner

[eduardo_jarauta]

Hi Jurgen,

I'm experiencing some similar problems.  I don't have  <Services/>, I have </Services> that doesn't match with a tag <Services>

I don't know how you migrate starting Saplogon or NWBC for the first time. The error appears in my case starting SAP GUI, when I start NWBC this is migrated properly

I have an aditional error. My local favorites are not migrated correctly and the merge between local and server SAPUI files are not done. But in this case I can see an error in config file which says that the Includes are not correct. I'm using

<Includes>

<Include url="%APPDATA%\SAP\Common\SAPUILandscape.xml" name="user">

</Include>

</Includes>

Any idea?

[Private_Member_12198]

Hi Eduardo,

concerning the migration, I was able to migrate correctly, when I put "service.ini" and "sapmsg.ini" into the correct places (i.e. %WINDIR%). Since I never used them (as I'm using saprouterstrings), I had to create them.

Concerning the Include's: For me it didn't work, because I referred to a https-URL. Aparently NWBC is able to cope with https, SAPgui isn't. Also, I had to provide an aditional attribute to the "Include"-Tag (index="1"), before it worked. I'm also not sure,if UNC-Names and expansion of %APPDATA% will work? Maybe you really have to use URL-Convention (i.e. file:///C:\\...).

The XML-Parser the are using is really pricky: it will not forgive case-sensitviness errors, or any other stuff which is not _exactly_ matching the crump in "SAPUILandscape.xsd".

Good luck,

Jürgen