Call Function activity

Display Name

Function:

Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.

Accepted Values:

One line of text that can have spaces.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

No

Example:

This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:

• Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Function:

Specifies an optional text description for your activity.

Accepted Values:

More than one line of text.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

No

Transaction Name

Function:

Specifies a name for the SAP transaction.

If you use a Begin Transaction activity, a session starts with the transaction name and in End Transaction activity if you give the same name, the session is closed. Between these two activities, you can use one or more Call SAP Function activities with or without transaction names. If you give the same transaction name as in Begin Transaction activity, it will use the same session. If not, it will create a new session. In this way, you can use the same session for all SAP calls.

Accepted Values:

One line of text that can have spaces.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

No

SAP

Function:

Specifies the access token that connects to your SAP system.

If the Connection Mode specified in your access token is User, you can configure the Advanced Configuration tab to connect to the SAP database with the runtime app user credentials.

Accepted Values:

A list of access tokens configured for your environment.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

No

Create

Opens this Screen:

Access Token for SAP

Function of this Screen:

Configure an access token to connect to SAP.

BAPI Method Name

Function:

Specifies the name of the BAPI method.

Accepted Values:

A valid BAPI method name.

Click the Schema Mapping button to open the BAPI Method Search Results screen and select a method.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

No

Limitations:

Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

Input Mapping

Function:

Connects the SAP API input parameter to your process schema.

To Open this Field:

1. On the SAP Configuration screen, click the Input tab.

Accepted Values:

Click the Schema Mapping button to open the Schema Mapper screen.

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

Default Value:

None

Example:

Refer to:

• (Example) Schema Mapper

Output Mapping

Function:

Connects the SAP API output parameter to your process schema.

To Open this Field:

1. On the SAP Configuration screen, click the Output tab.

Accepted Values:

Click the Schema Mapping button to open the Schema Mapper screen.

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

Default Value:

None

Example:

Refer to:

• (Example) Schema Mapper

Use end user credentials from secure credential store

Function:

Specifies to connect to the SAP database with the credentials of the user who completes the eForm.

This improves the security and traceability of an SAP transaction.

The runtime app user must have an SAP user account.

To Open this Field:

1. On the SAP Configuration screen, click the Advanced Configuration tab.

Accepted Values:

• Selected - Lets you use the credentials of the specified user to connect to SAP database.
• Deselected - Does not let you use the credentials of the specified user.

Default Value:

Deselected

User Name

Function:

Specifies the user name of the person whose credentials are used to connect the SAP database.

To Open this Field:

1. On the SAP Configuration screen, click the Advanced Configuration tab.
2. Click User Name.

Accepted Values:

• A process data variable.
• A valid SAP user name.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

Yes

Clear SAP credentials from secure credential store after successful completion of the task

Function:

Deletes the SAP user password in the AgilePoint database after the task is complete.

By default, the password is encrypted when it is stored in the AgilePoint database, and is deleted when the process instance is complete.

To Open this Field:

On the SAP Configuration screen, click the Advanced Configuration tab.

Accepted Values:

• Selected - Deletes the user password from the AgilePoint database after the task is complete.
• Deselected - Deletes the password when the process instance is complete.

Default Value:

Deselected