Integrate with SAP NetWeaver Portal

We can use IBM WebSphere Portal Integrator for SAP to integrate content from an SAP NetWeaver Portal into your IBM WebSphere Portal. We can integrate navigational structures and single content pieces.

Prerequisites

Recommended reading: Interoperability of SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3 and IBM WebSphere Portal

Integrator for SAP integrates the SAP NetWeaver Portal navigation into WebSphere Portal. The navigation is retrieved new from the SAP NetWeaver Portal for each WebSphere Portal session and used for the duration on that session.

By default, the installation names the SAP NetWeaver Portal integration page SAP. WebSphere Portal users can navigate to this page by selecting Applications > IBM WebSphere Portal Integrator for SAP > SAP.

For integrating individual pieces of SAP NetWeaver Portal content, WebSphere Portal provides a portlet named IBM WebSphere Portal Integrator for SAP.

The following topics describe the prerequisites and procedure for setting up Integrator for SAP.

• Prerequisites and support for Integrator for SAP
  Integrator for SAP works with the prerequisites and under the conditions and limitations listed in the following.
• Prepare the system environment and the prerequisites
  To prepare the WebSphere Portal and the prerequisites for installing Integrator for SAP, make sure that you have all the required files and configure the Ajax proxy.
• Install Integrator for SAP
  Integrator for SAP is delivered as a portal application archive (PAA) file. You find it under the following location: PORTAL_HOME/base/wp.integration/sap.package/installableApps/sap_integration.paa . You install it using WebSphere Portal Solution Installer.
• Configure Integrator for SAP
  Before we can use the SAP navigation and the SAP integrator portlet, perform the configuration.
• Performance tuning for Integrator for SAP
  

  See the following hints and tips that might help improve performance of the Integrator for SAP.

• Tips for Integrator for SAP
  Observe the following hints and tips in case of problems with Integrator for SAP.
• Use Web Application Bridge
  To use IBM Web Application Bridge, configure all remote context roots.

Parent: Integrating