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About Adapter meta data

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In IR Adapter objects are there, in that what is the Adapter Metadata ?

At what time it is useful ?

Edited by: Venkataramesh B on Feb 19, 2008 10:17 PM

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Hello,

it's explained in SAP Help:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/10/cd6040bc1ccd01e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

But you don't need them in standard scenarios, only for developing new adapters like described here:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/12/f9bb2fe604a94cbcb4c50dc510b799/frameset.htm

Hope it helps.

Regards

Patrick

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Adapter Metadata is the definition of what you can see in the Integration Directory when you configure a communication channel. It's like a template that defines the window to configure the communication channel.

You can see an example in the Integration Repository if you go into SAP BASIS component, http://sap.com/xi/XI/System namespace. Here you can see the metadata of standard adapters.

If you developed an Adapter you would need to configure your adapter metadata in the corresponding namespace.

Regards,

Gari.

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Hi,

Metadata defines the part of a communication channel that is specific to the adapter type. The functions for creating and editing adapter metadata are intended for parties developing new adapters. It is a data about the data.

Its used for following the user interface in ID and save the configuration data in the database. The adapter metadata is an XML document.

In the adapter metadata schema, a differentiation is made between the sender/inbound direction and the receiver/outbound direction.

A sender adapter sends from the connected system to XI, a receiver adapter receives from XI for the connected system. The view is always that as seen from the connected system.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/12/f9bb2fe604a94cbcb4c50dc510b799/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/5d/986740eded960ae10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Thanks

swarup