Configure Lookup for SAP > Name/Value

Configures a lookup with name/value pairs from SAP.

Prerequisites

Good to Know

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How to Start

  1. On the Application Explorer screen, do one of these:
  2. Do one of these:
    • Add a Single Select Lookup Auto Lookup icon control:
      1. On the eForm Builder screen, in the Toolbox, open the Advanced Controls Advanced Controls icon tab.
      2. On the Advanced Controls Advanced Controls icon tab, drag a Single Select Lookup Auto Lookup icon form control onto your eForm.
    • Change a Single Select Lookup Auto Lookup icon control:
      1. On your eForm, click the control, and click Edit Edit icon.
  3. On the Single Select Lookup screen, in the Configure tab, click Add Lookup Add Lookup icon.
  4. On the Select Data Source Type screen, select SAP SAP icon.
  5. Click Next.
  6. On the Lookup Details screen, select Name/Value.
  7. Click Next.

Request tab

Configures a lookup using the existing data format from your data source.

Figure: Request tab

Request tab

Fields

Field Name Definition

BAPI Method Name

Function:
Specifies the name of the BAPI method.
Accepted Values:
A valid BAPI method name.

Click the Ellipses (...) button to open the BAPI Method Search Results screen and select a method.

Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Request Mapping

Function:
Connects the SAP call function request to your process schema.
To Open this Field:
  1. Select a BAPI method name from BAPI Method Name list.
Accepted Values:
To open the Schema Mapper screen, click the Ellipses (...) button.

Use this screen to connect the response to the data model for your process.

Default Value:
None

Response tab

Configures to connect response data from the web service call to your process.

Figure: Response tab

Response tab
Field Name Definition

BAPI Method Name

Function:
Specifies the name of the BAPI method.
Accepted Values:
A valid BAPI method name.

Click the Ellipses (...) button to open the BAPI Method Search Results screen and select a method.

Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Map Response to AgilePoint Schema

Function:
Specifies the connection from the SAP database response parameter to your schema.
To Open this Field:
  1. Select a BAPI method name from BAPI Method Name list.
Accepted Values:
To open the Schema Mapper screen, click the Ellipses (...) button.

Use this screen to connect the response to the data model for your process.

Default Value:
None

Store the Response in Custom Attribute

Function:
Specifies the variable that contains the response to a method call. The method must call a web service.
Accepted Values:
A process data variable.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Error Messages tab

Configures the message to show if the lookup does not return any data.

Figure: Error Messages tab

Error Messages tab

Fields

Field Name Definition

BAPI Method Name

Function:
Specifies the name of the BAPI method.
Accepted Values:
A valid BAPI method name.

Click the Ellipses (...) button to open the BAPI Method Search Results screen and select a method.

Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

No Items Available

Function:
Specifies the error message to show if the lookup does not return any data.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None

Failure Messages

Function:
Specifies the message to show if the data fails to load.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
Failed to load data.