What is PCK ?

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

Can any one help me out of this,

what are the required things we need to do when working with pck.

[Former Member]

Hi HAri

Partner Connectivity Kit

PCK enables small business partners with no native XML capablity to connect to Xi > PCK uses XI protocol to connect small partners to connect to SAP XI

Purpose

The Partner Connectivity Kit (PCK) enables you to connect to SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI).

The PCK is a J2EE-based application that uses the Adapter Framework, which is also based on the SAP XI Adapter Engine. The adapter framework is based on the SAP J2EE Engine (part of the SAP Web Application Server) and the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA).

Implementation Considerations

The Partner Connectivity Kit is based on the SAP Web Application Server 6.40 J2EE server.

Features

● Using the PCK, you can configure how messages are exchanged between senders and receivers by defining collaboration profiles (communication parties, services, and communication channels).

● The PCK enables you to convert information to the SAP XI messaging protocol. This conversion is made possible using adapters.

Conversely, you can convert the data that you receive from the Integration Server to other formats so that it can be used by your applications. When defining the flow of messages that are processed by the PCK, one of the end points is always the Integration Server.

● The SAP Conversion Agent by Informatica allows you to convert unstructured, semi-structured, and structured data in XML format using an adapter module. See: Conversion Agent

● A graphical mapping editor enables mapping between source and target structures. If you have implemented XSLT or Java mappings and packed them in a JAR or Zip file, you can import these archives.

● Monitoring is available to enable you to monitor and track messages that flow through the PCK, and to monitor the adapters.

● Information on adapter development is available for partners. This also contains information on how to create a module to extend the adapter functions. See: Adapter and Module Development

● The configuration example shows you which objects must be created in the PCK and in the Integration Server of the XI customer to configure a message exchange.

Hope this has cleared you PCK

Regards

sandeep Sharma

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[former_member556603]

Hello Hari,

Partner Connectivity Kit

Purpose

The Partner Connectivity Kit (PCK) enables you to connect to SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI).

The PCK is a J2EE-based application that uses the Adapter Framework, which is also based on the SAP XI Adapter Engine. The adapter framework is based on the SAP J2EE Engine (part of the SAP Web Application Server) and the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA).

Implementation Considerations

The Partner Connectivity Kit is based on the SAP Web Application Server 6.40 J2EE server.

Features

● Using the PCK, you can configure how messages are exchanged between senders and receivers by defining collaboration profiles (communication parties, services, and communication channels).

● The PCK enables you to convert information to the SAP XI messaging protocol. This conversion is made possible using adapters.

Conversely, you can convert the data that you receive from the Integration Server to other formats so that it can be used by your applications. When defining the flow of messages that are processed by the PCK, one of the end points is always the Integration Server.

● The SAP Conversion Agent by Informatica allows you to convert unstructured, semi-structured, and structured data in XML format using an adapter module. See: Conversion Agent

● A graphical mapping editor enables mapping between source and target structures. If you have implemented XSLT or Java mappings and packed them in a JAR or Zip file, you can import these archives.

● Monitoring is available to enable you to monitor and track messages that flow through the PCK, and to monitor the adapters.

● Information on adapter development is available for partners. This also contains information on how to create a module to extend the adapter functions. See: Adapter and Module Development

● The configuration example shows you which objects must be created in the PCK and in the Integration Server of the XI customer to configure a message exchange.

This will help you

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/08/30/pck-cross-sectional-analysis-part-1

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/08/30/pck-cross-sectional-analysis-part-2

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/4256 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken]

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/3f9fc190-0201-0010-0cbd-87f...

Thanks,

Satya Kumar..

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[Former Member]

Hi Hari,

Small companies or subsidiaries of a company having smaller landscape or tighter security constraints install PCK to communicate with XI placed somewhere outside the organization boundaries. It offers mini solution to connect to different system. It doesn't have all the capabilities like XI.

It mainly consist of Adapters to communicate with XI and its landscape where it is installed.

Piyush

[Former Member]

PCK is nothing but an instance of XI, it will work as a stand alone IS to make conectivity to other R/3 and XI systems.

if you have TBIT material then u can check this there.

below is the info to start PCK,

Starting the PCK

On your PCK host, enter the following URL in your Web browser:

http://<PCK_host>:<J2EE_port>/pck/start

where <PCK_host> is the host name on which you installed the PCK and <J2EE_port> is the HTTP port of the SAP J2EE engine with the following naming convention: 5<J2EE_instance_number>00 (50000, for example, if your J2EE instance is 00).

Starting the PCK GUI on a Client

To start the PCK GUI on a client you need the Java™ Web Start 1.4.2 installed on that client. For more information on how to install and configure Java™ Web Start 1.4.2, choose Client Installation Guidelines on the PCK start page.

To start the PCK GUI, choose PCK on the PCK start page.

If you start the PCK GUI for the first time on the client, the software packages are prepared for the download to the client. After a few moments (depending on the hardware of your J2EE host) you may use the same link again to launch the PCK UI.

This will help you

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/08/30/pck-cross-sectional-analysis-part-1

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/08/30/pck-cross-sectional-analysis-part-2

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/4256 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken]

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/250b2646-0a01-0010-c1a7-bbbb4dad...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/dd96a63d-0801-0010-288a-a4f3aa41...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b39b11e0-0701-0010-3c89-8e2...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/3f9fc190-0201-0010-0cbd-87f...

[Former Member]

HI,

Refer the below step by step process of PCK installation.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/4256 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken]

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/3f9fc190-0201-0010-0cbd-87f50e40...

/people/jin.shin/blog/2006/03/09/pck-for-enabling-testing-sap-netweaver-xi-adapter-scenarios

chirag

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check this

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/3f9fc190-0201-0010-0cbd-87f50e40...

Regards

Seshagiri