when to create SAP IAC i-view and SAP transaction i-view

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

Could you please tell me when to create SAP IAC iview and when to create SAP transaction i-view.

Regards

Indranil

[Former Member]

IAC i-views are safer for exposure to the external clients, like Internet users, because it is limited to one piece of functionality. It is also easier to do URL filtering based on the IAC service path, which increases the security.

ITS version of SAP transaction i-view (SAPGUI for HTML) are not easy to lock down. By default it will have an SAP command window where user can type any transaction T-code. No way to do URL filtering.

Windows version of SAP transaction i-view is great for high performance internal users who have SAPGUI for windows installed on their computers. Great for remotely located branches as well. Network consumption of this type of iviews is about 4 times less then the ones mentioned above, providing great response time and overall performance.

Java version of SAP transaction i-view is not very popular. It's hard to tell when it would make the best fit.

Regards,

Slava.

[Former Member]

Hi Bala & Slava,

Thanks for replying.I have Two doubts

1) I am having a ztransaction that need to be published in the portal, which i-view I should use?Later the ztransaction need to transported to the QA & Production server.

If I use SAP-Transaction i-view will it cause any problem at the time of transporting?

2) For any Ztransaction is it necessary to use the SAP-IAC iview?

3) Is there any rule that ztransaction need to be published in portal by IAC only.?

Regards

Indranil

[Former Member]

Hi Indranil,

Go for transaction iview in your case. It will work fine.

Regards

Deb

[Former Member]

Hi Deb,

We are implementing an External Facing Portal Here.Is it suggestable to use SAP transaction iview,though it takes little bit more time to load.

Regards

Indranil

[Former Member]

Indranil,

check this from one of the threads

Transaction iViews as the name suggests point to SAP transactions. These iViews can be presented in three flavors out of portal - Win,Web and Java GUI. All have their different advantages. One rule of thumb I have been followins is that if the SAP transaction has a lot of user input go with WinGui (talk to users who use these transactions the most and find out what GUI would make them more happy)

WebGui is pretty good in scenarios where the transaction is going to be mostly getting the information a some little interaction. Haven't had a chance to try Java GUI.

Now about IAC or internet application component iviews. These iviews mostly point to services based on ITS i.e. web applications which are served thru ITS. How are they different from SAP transactions served thru webgui is that these have more web like look and feel. A good exampple of this kind of application is Shopping Cart in the Enterprise Buyer Professional. The web like look and feel is given by the service files in ITS.

some questions

1. Is one preferable to the other?

ans: Please read above

2. Is there a corresponding IAC for every SAP Transaction?

ans :No

3. Can either use WebGui or WinGui mode?

ANS: IACs don't have wingui mode.

4. Why do IAC Services need to be "activated"?

ANS: Otherwise they won't be published to ITS and you cannot access them.

Thanks

Bala Duvvuri