Configure the Context File Directory for Multiple SAP Systems

IMPORTANT: This step is required only if you are using multiple SAP Systems from which you plan on extracting data. If you are not using multiple SAP systems, you can skip this procedure and proceed to the next step, install the SAP Java connector, in the APM Connect Base First-Time Deployment Workflow.

APM Connect allows you to extract data from multiple SAP Systems using the Master Job to extract from multiple systems. You must set up the appropriate directory structures. Additionally, jobs are automatically configured to run a full extraction or load per context file for each job cycle, allowing different configurations per SAP System.

Steps

On the machine on which you installed APM Connect, navigate to the following location: C:\APMConnect\Config\.
Create a new folder for each SAP System using the following folder structure: C:\APMConnect\Config\<SAP System Name>.
In each SAP system folder, place a copy of the context file.
Label each copy of the context file using the following format: SAP_<system name>_Contextfile.xml.

IMPORTANT: You must label the context file with SAP_ at the beginning of the file name, or APM Connect will be unable to read the context file during the extraction. The only difference in the context file for each system is the value of the CMMS_ID parameter.

The directory structure is in place with the complete file path: C:APMConnect\Config\<SAP system name>\SAP_<SAP system name>_Contextfile.xml.

For example, a configured directory will resemble the following: C:\APMConnect\Config\Q-66\SAP_Q66_Contextfile.xml.

What's Next?

Return to the SAP Adapter workflow for the next step in the deployment process.