Preface


This guide explains the basics of the Connector concepts, the Management Console, and Data Mining,. It also contains examples of how to program servlet and EJBs. This preface contains the following sections:

• What's in This Guide

• What You Should Already Know

• Typographic Conventions

• User Roles

What's in This Guide

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The following table provides a quick overview of what is in this guide.

See this chapter	If you want to do this
Chapter 1 "Basic Connector Concepts"	Describes concepts you should be familiar with before you set up iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for SAP R/3 or use the API in servlets or EJBs.
Chapter 2, "SAP R/3 Repository"	Describes how to use the repository browser to view and modify iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for SAP R/3 information.
Chapter 3 "Programming Examples"	Describes the procedure for acquiring Unified Integration Framework objects and executing function objects.
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What You Should Already Know

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This guide assumes that you are familiar with the following topics:

• iPlanet Application Server programming concepts

• The Internet and World Wide Web

• SAP programming concepts

• Java programming language and Java servlets

• Enterprise JavaBeans

Typographic Conventions

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This guide uses URLs of the form:

http://server.port/path/file.html

In these URLs, server is the name of server on which you run your application; port is your Internet domain number; path is the directory name on the server; and file is an individual filename. Italic items in URLs are placeholders.

This guide uses the following font conventions:

• The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), file names, path names, directory names, and HTML tags.

• Italic type is used for book titles, emphasis, variables and placeholders, and words used in the literal sense.

User Roles

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People with different skill sets are typically involved with the set up of iPlanet Application Server for SAP:

System Administrator	Installs iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for SAP R/3.
Systems or Business Analyst	Uses the SAP R/3 Data-Mining tool to define the SAP R/3 transactions that are available through iPlanet Application Server for SAP R/3. Uses the Management Console to specify levels of security, the end users that have access to specific kinds of data, and performance characteristics, such as pooling.
Applications Programmer	Writes servlets and EJBs that call the UIF APIs. Uses the Repository Browser to determine the available data types and access methods.