Creating Transaction IView in SAP EP prior 7.3

You can integrate SAP transactions as an IView with no difficulty by selecting the SAP Transaction template in the IView Wizard. The template is automatically installed with SAP Enterprise Portal.

This post discusses about, How to create a SAP Transaction IView in SAP EP Portal.
Here in this post I will create a SAP Transaction IView for integrating Tcode SU01.
We create Transaction Iview when we want to integrate a Back end Tcode as a IView in to portal.


Prerequisites:

You should have Portal Credentials.
You should have content Admin Role assigned to your ID.

Procedure:

 Logon to portal with the following URL

http://<hostname>.<domain name>:<port number>/irj/portal

Note:
The above URL is also called as FQDN (fully qualified domain name) of Portal.
SSO ( Single sign on ) works only on FQDN.


Go to > Content Administration  > Portal Content Management > Portal Content

First you have to create a folder in which you want to create this IView, if you do not have a folder already created.

For how to create a folder please go through the following link.
How To Create a Folder in SAP EP



After creating  the folder.

Before creating SAP Transaction IView you will also need to create System Object for that, to create a System Object, please follow the below link.

How to Create System Object in the Portal for Connecting to SAP Backend Systems


Now after creating System object,

Right click on the folder created earlier and select New > IView.




following screen will be displayed.
select IView template.




following screen will be displayed.
select SAP Transaction IView.




provide the following parameters as shown in the below screen shot.

 Enter the required details.

Name: name of the IVIEW ( Spaces are accepted as a character )

ID: ID of the IVIEW, ID will be unique. ( Spaces or not accepted here, Mostly '_' (Underscore) is used to differentiate two words ).

ID Prefix : com.company. ( company name will be your clients company name, this helps in distinguishing the standard and the custom ones ).

Description: give some description about it.

Master Language: Select the master language.

Click on NEXT.





Select SAP GUI for Windows.

Transactions can be started in the following GUI variants: SAP GUI for HTML (WebGui), SAP GUI for Java (JavaGui) or SAP GUI for Windows (WinGui). 

·        SAP GUI for HTML:

The SAP GUI for HTML is used in combination with the ITS technology. It runs inplace in the browser. The contents are generated by the Internet Transaction Server (ITS). The SAP GUI for HTML need not be installed separately on the client computers.

·        SAP GUI for Java: 

This GUI runs as Java applet inplace in the browser.
You must provide users with the SAP GUI for Java on the Web server and edit the properties in service file Transaction_Configuration.

·        SAP GUI for Windows:

SAP GUI for Windows must be installed locally on the client. It is started in the browser.

After Selecting SAP GUI for Windows.



Click on Next.
Select the system alias which was created previously.
Enter the T-Code  as per requirement.
Enter Application parameters if any..
click on next.



Following confirmation screen of the process showing the data entered till now will be displayed. Clicking the finish button will create the iView in the PCD





Once created we can open the IView in the explorer to display and further maintain its properties. The IView can now be incorporated in worksets and roles.





Save the changes and test the iview by clicking Preview Button.