Difference in ITS-URL between .../<service>?... and .../<service>/!?...

[tom_kiemes]

Hi everyone.

I found in various documentations two kinds of notation for the ITS-URL.

http(s)://<icman-host>:<icman-port>/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/webgui

and than ? followed by the additional parameters

or /!? followed by the additional parameters.

Is there any difference in processing the URL?

I tried both ways for one transaction.

The observed behavior was the same.

Kind regards, Tom

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

An URL for the call of an ITS service with the standalone ITS looks as follows:

<protocol>://<its_server>:<server_port>/scripts/wgate/<its_service_name>/!<service_parameter>

Example: http://server2.sap.com:1082/scripts/wgate/bbpstart/!?~client=000

With the integrated ITS, the call has changed:

<protocol>://<icm_server>:<icm_server_port>/<icf_path>/<its_service_name><service_parameter>

where icf_path is the path under which the ICF service was defined (default is sap/bc/gui/sap/its).

Example: http://server1.sap.com:1081/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/bbpstart?sap-client=000

[tom_kiemes · Accepted solution]

Thanks Deepak for the quick response.

I just learned that the questionmark is a startindicator for the query.

I'm using the integrated ITS.

Than regarding to your statement the one without the exclamation mark is the correct one.

But why is the other one working too?

Does the ITS ignore unknown parts in the url?

Kind regards, Tom

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

In Integrated ITS you cannot view the major differences but in Standalone ITS you can easily view the differences.