EAM System

EAM System records are used to store information about your SAP or SAP PI Systems to facilitate data extracts and loads to and from SAP or SAP PI.

When you transfer data from GE Digital APM to your EAM system during any of the following workflows, the GE Digital APM system uses EAM System records to determine which EAM system to use:

In addition, EAM System records are used by the Equipment Characteristics Extraction Adapter and the Functional Location Characteristics Extraction Adapter in both of the following workflows:

When you create CMMS Classification Type records, EAM System records are used to determine which EAM system information to use to populate the CMMS System ID field.
When you refresh the GE Digital APM system to reflect the current SAP classifications and characteristics, EAM System records are used to determine the EAM system in which to look for the current classifications and characteristics.

This topic provides an alphabetical list and description of the fields that exist for the EAM System family. The information in the table reflects the baseline state and behavior of these fields.

This family is not enabled for site filtering, which means that records in this family can be accessed by any user with the appropriate license and family privileges. See the Site Filtering section of the documentation for more information.

SAP Field Descriptions

Field	Data Type	Description	Behavior and Usage
Connection String	Character	The connection information for the SAP system.	In new EAM System records, you will need to delete all angle brackets and: Replace the text SAP_SERVER_IP with the IP address of the SAP Server. Replace the text SAP_SYSTEM_NUMBER with the SAP System number. Replace the text SAP_CLIENT_NUMBER with the SAP Client number.
Connection Type	Character	The type of connection that will be used to connect to the EAM system.	This field is available on the SAP System for RCMO datasheet, and is not enabled by default. The default and recommended value is RFC. This connection type uses a REST web service call as an intermediary between SAP and GE Digital APM, thereby avoiding RFC calls directly between GE Digital APM and your SAP server. Note: If necessary, you can change the connection type to RFC Direct. Changing this value will bypass APM Connect and use a direct RFC connection when connecting your GE Digital APM system and your SAP system. To change this value, you must first enable editing on the datasheet.
Default EAM System?	Boolean	A value that indicates whether this EAM system should be used by default when transferring data between your GE Digital APM system and your SAP system.	On the datasheet, you can select the check box to identify this SAP system as the Default EAM System.
Password	Character	The password to the SAP system.	The password that you enter will be encrypted and displayed as asterisks on the datasheet.
ITS URL	Character	The URL to the ITS Server.	In new EAM System records, you will need to delete the angle brackets and replace the text its_or_integrated_its_server_url with the appropriate URL. Entering this value is optional.
Name	Character	The name of the SAP system.	You can enter any name, but we recommend that you use the format <SYSID>-<CLIENT>, where <SYSID> is the System ID of the SAP system and <CLIENT> is the Client number. By doing so, the value in the Name field will match the value that will be populated automatically in the System ID field.
System ID	Character	The ID of the SAP system.	This field is populated automatically after you test the connection to the SAP system using the Test Connection link on the Associated Pages menu. Specifically, the System ID field is populated automatically with the name of the SAP system, using the format <SYSID>-<CLIENT>, where <SYSID> is the System ID of the SAP system and <CLIENT> is the Client number.
System Type	Character	EAM system type.	SAP
User ID	Character	The User ID of a user that can log in to the SAP system.	None.

SAP PI Fields

Field	Data Type	Description	Behavior and Usage
Password	Character	The password to the SAP PI system.	The password that you enter will be encrypted and displayed as asterisks on the datasheet.
SAP PI AAE	Boolean	If you are using SAP 7.3 or above, you may use the Advanced Adapter Engine (AAE). This parameter allows this functionality to be used during extraction.	You must enter one of the following values: true: If you are using AAE. false: If you are not using AAE. This is the default.
SAP PI Host	Character	The SAP PI server host.	Enter your unique value.
SAP PI Port	Character	The SAP PI server port.	Enter your unique value.
SAP PI Receiver Party	Character	The receiver determined in the communication channel section in SAP.	This field is optional. Enter your unique value.
SAP PI Receiver Service	Character	The receiver service determined in the communication channel section in SAP.	This field is optional. Enter your unique value.
SAP PI Sender Party	Character	The receiver sender determined in the communication channel section in SAP.	This field is optional. Enter your unique value.
SAP PI Sender Service	Character	The sender service determined in the communication channel in SAP.	The default value is GE_APMConnect.
System Type	Character	EAM system type.	SAP_PI
User ID	Character	The User ID of a user that can log in to the SAP PI system.	None.