How different is SAP Web AS from ITS?

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

Hi,

ITS (WGATE=AGATE) is not a integrated part of SAP.We need to install separate servers and here maintanance is high.

From SAP webas on worads ITS is integrated into the SAP that is ICM.

For sap webas no need to maintain the separeate servers and easy to maintanance.

i hope it will help u.

kiran kumar.v

[Former Member]

Well, Talking about ITS, it stands for Internet Transaction Server... It is part of the kernel 4.6D version and supports till 4.6C version of kernel..

With the presence of ITS user can able to send requests to SAP server from browser. But the disadvantage is ITS is completely platform dependant and again you need a web server to maintain these requests.

So SAP released a new version of kernel 6.10...With this released they introduced ICM and its part of the architecture as such it started accepting requests from different platforms...

so, with ICM's presence sap is called as Web AS ....

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[thorsten_domsalla]

Hello Rakesh,

> Well, Talking about ITS, it stands for Internet Transaction Server... It is part of the kernel 4.6D

> version and supports till 4.6C version of kernel..

I do not understand your answer. This is many years ago. Standalone ITS 6.20 supports any systems up to Netweaver 2004. From Netweaver 2004 the ITS is integrated.

> But the disadvantage is ITS is completely platform dependant

Yes, it needs either Windows or Linux. And this is true only for the standalone ITS.

Since WebAS 6.40 the ITS is part of it and exists further on any platform the Netweaver can run on.

TJ

[Former Member]

Well, Talking about ITS, it stands for Internet Transaction Server... It is part of the kernel 4.6D

version and supports till 4.6C version of SAP..

sorry it was not kernel ...thanks for letting me know tht ...

[p190355]

Hi,

1)SAP Web Application Server is integrated with ITS functionality, the Web browser communicates directly with the SAP system.

This is in contrast to the standalone ITS where the AGate played the role of a SAP GUI logging on to the SAP Web Application Server.

2) With the integrated ITS, there is no need to install additional files on the server file system: templates and MIME files are stored in the database and most of the settings that were previously done with *.srvc service parameter files are now maintained in transaction SICF.

With the standalone ITS, templates and MIME files had to be published to the ITS server while the integrated ITS retrieves these files from the database at runtime.

3) As the integrated ITS is an integrated part of the SAP Web Application Server, you can only use it to log on to the SAP system that it is a part of.

The integrated ITS does not contain a WGate component. You will not need to set up a standalone Web server either. The ICM now performs these tasks.

The integrated ITS exclusively supports screen-based applications. Therefore, programs based on the programming models ITS Flow Logic, WebReporting, WebRFC or GUI XT do not run with the integrated ITS. If you want to use a program based on one of these programming models, you still have to use a standalone ITS.

Integrated ITS does not use its own session and workthread management. Instead, the normal SAP work processes are used. Session handling is taken care of by the ICF session management.

Configuration parameters for the integrated ITS are not maintained in a separate ITS registry; instead, standard transactions (RZ11, SICF) are used for this purpose.

There are no global settings for ITS services anymore. With the standalone ITS, service parameters were set in the files global.srvc, webgui.srvc and <servicename>.srvc, but these files no longer exist for the integrated ITS. As all service parameters are maintained separately in ICF now, hierarchical replacement (settings in specific service file take precedence over settings in global.srvc) is no longer available – there are no more global settings.

4) Above all, the underlying Architecture of both is different.

Cheers,

Remi

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[former_member316351]

They're different and the same. It really depends on what you're referring to and how you're referring to it though. Both are SAP products so they're the same in that sense.

If you need a more specific answer then you will need to ask a more specific question. For general knowledge on the ITS you should see the ITS wiki and FAQ, both links are available at the top of the ITS forum.

Thanks,

Edgar