sapnwrfc.ini

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Since shortly BODS 4.0 SP2 supports something like SAP Message servers via the sapnwrfc.ini.

Note 1644583 - Release Notes for SAP BusinessObjects Data Services 4.0 ADAPT01582276
Support for sapnwrfc.ini not working from Data ServicesSAP datastore. This issue has been fixed in this release. With this fix, the load balancing/Message server feature of SAP can be used with Data Services.

Using the sapnwrfc.ini file
To change or add parameters without modifying the datastore settings, you can specify them in an sapnwrfc.ini file.
Place your sapnwrfc.ini file in the same directory as the RFC client/server program (for Data Services, commonly %LINK_DIR\bin).
You can specify an sapnwrfc.ini file for two different applications in Data Services:
To use an sapnwrfc.ini file to override datastore settings, edit the SAP datastore in the Designer. From the object library, open the editor for the SAP datastore to configure and click Advanced. Under the “SAP” option category, for Use sapnwrfc.ini, select Yes and enter the appropriate Destination name.
To use an sapnwrfc.ini file for real-time IDocs, configure the RFC client in the Administrator. Expand the Real-Time node, and for the Access Server to configure, click Client Interfaces. Open an instance of the RFC client, and select the check box to Use sapnwrfc.ini and enter a destination name.
For more information about how to use the sapnwrfc.ini file, refer to the SAP documentation at:
SAP Library - Components of SAP Communication Technology

However I cannot seem to get it working. Does someone have a working example of the sapnwrfc.ini?

The only respons I get back from BODS is that the parameters are incorrect. The error message is the same as when I create an empty saprfc.ini…[/u]

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Johannes Vink (BOB member since 2012-03-20)

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Did you get this to work?

Also on the “Destination name” field below the “Use sapnwrfc.ini” is not clear whether you have to put the path of the file or the path and the name of the file. Either way I still can not get it to work.

Also by comparing the two versions of Dataservices 3.x and 4.x it looks like they have changed the name in version 3.x the file is called saprfc.ini but in version 4.x the file is sapnwrfc.ini.

Any help will be appreciated.

I tried creating a file following these templates but no luck so far. Always the same error, I am not even sure whether is reading the file or not

I have done some research and only could find the following:
Type R: Register an RFC server program at an SAP gateway
DEST=rfctest
TYPE=R
PROGID=hw1145.rfcexec
GWHOST=hs0311
GWSERV=sapgw53
RFC_TRACE=1
Type B: SAP system - Load Balancing feature
DEST=BIN
TYPE=B
R3NAME=BIN
MSHOST=hs0311
GROUP=PUBLIC
RFC_TRACE=0
ABAP_DEBUG=0
USE_SAPGUI=0
Type A: SAP system - specific application server
DEST=BIN_HS0011
TYPE=A
ASHOST=hs0011
SYSNR=53
RFC_TRACE=0
ABAP_DEBUG=0
USE_SAPGUI=0
Type 2: R/2 System (IBM)
DEST=K50
TYPE=2
GWHOST=is0001
GWSERV=sapgw00
RFC_TRACE=0
Type E: External Program (will be started by SAP gateway)
DEST=RFCEXT
TYPE=E
GWHOST=hs0311
GWSERV=sapgw53
TPHOST=hs0311
TPNAME=/rfctest/srfcserv
RFC_TRACE=0

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asandino (BOB member since 2011-06-02)

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I vaguely remember that something was so clumsy in the documentation.

Sure I made that work…

I will dig on my e-mails and see how I made that work.

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ganeshxp (BOB member since 2008-07-17)

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Any one manage to get this working. I need to set this one to use two different groups, one for the Application servers, and one for the messaging servers.

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amuh10 (BOB member since 2012-04-11)