Defining Service Programs
This transaction defines services available in the system. These include user interface services as well as stand-alone services that perform a specific function. A service may be referenced by a business service. Use this transaction to view existing service and introduce a new stand-alone service to be made available to a Business Service.
You can access the portal from the . You are brought to a query portal with options for searching for a specific service program. Once a service program has been selected you are brought to the maintenance portal to view and maintain the selected record.
The following zones may appear as part of the portal's Main tab page.
- Service Program. This zone provides information about the selected service program.
- Service Program References. This zone list various configuration entities referencing the current service program.
Application Service is the application service that is used to provide security for the service. If the service is related to a maintenance object, the access modes for the application service should be the standard Add, Change, Delete and Inquire. For other services, the application service should have the Execute access mode.
Service Type indicates whether the service is a Java Based Service or a Java (Converted) Service. Note that services generated to support a portal in the system will not have a service type populated.
The Programs grid shows the list of program user interface components associated with the service. For a stand-alone service, this list is typically not applicable.