SLD

Former Member · ‎10-18-2007

What are all the Fundamental role of an SLD, other than keeping track of the Business Partners. Where elese an SLD is used?

Why do we need to maintain the Product level details at the SLD, whats the advantage or Use of maintaining some other products information in SLD.

Former Member · ‎10-18-2007

Hi Jenni !

for more details on SLD just go through these

will take a general entity and explain you the terms like Product ,SWCV,BS and TS

1)Product : consider microsoft office is a product

2)SWC : S/w components are the entities in the Product

Initially Product which is super set of SWC will be released ....After some time they will release the same product with improvements .So this is a next version.

This is called SWCV(Software Component Version)

3) TS : For example in XI you want to send the data from one system to another system ie., it can be SAP to Non-SAP system

Then the both sender and receiver systems we call them as Technical Systems.

4) One technical System can consists any number of Business Systems

Business system is logical representation of the TS in configuration

SLD GUIDE+FLAT FILE TO FLAT FILE

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/xi/flatFILETOFLATFILE&

Working with SLD

https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/XI/WorkingwithSystemLandscapeDirectory+%28SLD%29

Also have a look at this document

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9e76e511-0d01-0010-5c9d-9f7...

I hope this pdfs must help you to understand about SLD

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/95a6c790-0201-0010-0f81-bf74c089...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9e76e511-0d01-0010-5c9d-9f768d64...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9e76e511-0d01-0010-5c9d-9f7...

Also check this Blog this is really good

/people/sap.india5/blog/2005/11/03/xi-software-logistics-1-sld-preparation

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/25/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-i

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/26/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-ii

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

useful notes

#764393 Configuration of the SAP System Landscape Directory

#768148 Using a separate SLD for XI

#939592 PI Usage Configuration versus Central SLD

#720717 Reduce the number of System Landscape Directories (SLD

System Landscapes have 3 dimensions:

Solution dimension(What s/w processes are installed)

Transport dimension(DEV,QAS,PRD for instance)

Technical dimension(what products are installed on which hosts on particular networks)

The SLD should capture all dimension of the syetm Landscape.

SLD itself is a central repository of information about softwares and systems in the data center..

Thanks!!!

Former Member · ‎10-18-2007

The SLD contains a description of your system landscape (the software components that are actually installed) and a repository of software components that you can theoretically install in your landscape (such as the software components that are available from SAP). Since the data about your system landscape is updated automatically, the SLD always provides you with reliable and up-to-date information. Thus, the SLD is a central information provider for

SAP and third-party tools that use this data to deliver the services that you need to keep your landscape up and running.

It also helps in integration with different services to make message flow happen...

Former Member · ‎10-18-2007

Hi Jenni,

SLD acts as a server for XI.All the information related to products are maintained in SLD.XI gets all those info from SLD.

check this useful pdf...

http://www.sappro.com/downloads/nov06/XIandSLD.pdf

And check these threads for more info...

Regards

Biplab

nisarkhan_n · ‎10-18-2007

SLD acts as a server to XI......SLD is used to drect the data flowing from the NON SAP System to the IS ( pushing data from the AE to IS)

it not only stores the information about systems also validates there existence before running the interface....

Former Member · ‎10-18-2007

System Landscape Directory

Central Information Provider For SAP NetWeaver® System Landscapes

Today, system landscapes consist of multiple distributed software components with different platform dependencies, different interfaces and different requirements regarding installation and change management. To create an overall concept that facilitates the implementation, upgrade and maintenance of even complex system landscapes, comprehensive information is required. This is where System Landscape Directory of SAP NetWeaver comes into play.

System Landscape Directory contains two kinds of contents: the component information and the landscape description:

The landscape description provides an exact picture of installed landscape elements including the connections between the systems. The content of the landscape description is created during the landscape implementation and automatically maintained through the whole software life-cycle.

The component information describes the building blocks of solutions and their possible combinations and dependencies. It describes the world of installable landscape elements. The various types of dependencies between building blocks play an important role in landscape implementation, change management and solution validation. The content of the component information is delivered by SAP and can be updated - for more information about updating the component information, see SAP Note 669669 and the user manual available in the Media Library.

http://service.sap.com/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000674001&;