SLD creation

System Landscape Directory is the place where you define the clients landscape information (Technical System and Business System) and also describe the Products and Software Components that is been installed on these systems. Apart from just defining these information we can also facilitate installations, upgrades and transports using SLD. I like to always spell it as "Information Provider for XI".

Landscape Information: It is also called as "Systems Catalog". This basically describes the systems in two views Technical system (Physically) and Business System (Logically)

If R/3 is installed on one machine and this R/3 has multiple clients on the same system. Then the system is called as Technical system and multiple Clients are called as Business Systems.

Component Information: It is also called as "Software Catalog". This is straight forward as I said above that this will hold information about the software that Customer or Vendors are having. Say if they are having Microsoft Office software and some of the components installed (Access, Word, PowerPoint) on the Technical System. So, Microsoft office is called as Product and Access, Word and PowerPoint are called as Software Components.

So we can say each product has multiple  software components.

System Landscape Directory: System Landscape Directory is the place where you register the meta data about integration systems in the landscape. You create software components, products, technical and business systems. Integration Repository uses the details of software component created here as a shipment unit for developing the message interfaces and mapping objects etc. Integration Directory uses the details of business systems for configuring the adapters and technical routing.

Objectives:

   After this tutorial you will master

1. 1. How to create a product
   
2. 2. How to define a software component
   
3. 3. How to create technical and business systems 
   
4. 4. How to import Software component version into IR.

Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Login into XI

• Login into the SAP XI server using the logon pad.
• Type sxmb_ifr transaction code to launch the Integration Builder.

      

Page will popup showing the first screen of the integration Builder which looks similar to this.

Step 2: System Landscape Directory
» Click on the “System Landscape Directory” link.
» This will open up the first screen of the SLD (System Landscape Directory). Here we are going to define our Product, Software Component, Technical System and Business System.

Give Your User ID and Password.

Step 3: System Landscape Directory - Define a Product

Now define the Product as per the inputs and click on “Create” button.

Name: - can be anything as per the user requirement.

Vendor: - Company name.

Version:- 1.0 (because it’s a new one).

Give a technical Name in name.

You have created a Product successfully.
Step 4: System Landscape Directory - Define a Software Component
Next step is to create a Software Component. To make the life easier XI automatically takes u to the Software Component page and by default it will select the Product that you have created.
» Now define the Software Component as per the inputs and click on “Create” button.

Enter the credentials.

Here the name what you give will be displayed in your Integration Builder.

Fine! You are done with Product and Software Component. If you see this screen then lets go back to main SLD screen as we have created the product and software component successfully. To go back to the main SLD screen click on "Home" Link on the top of the page.

Step 5: System Landscape Directory - Define Technical System
Now we need to define two Technical Systems (One for Sender and another for Receiver).
» Click on “Technical Landscape” from the SLD main page.

» When the page opens up select the “Third-Party” from the Technical System Type drop-down and press on the “New Technical System” button.

Note: For abap systems you should select as ABAP system. You should specify client and Host name.

If the technical Systems are already created then we can select in the dropdown which system we have created.

For Example: - Web as ABAP. All the abap systems which have been created will come.

Here am  Creating a third party.

A page will pop-up asking for details of creating a Technical System.

Click on "Next>" button and then Fill all the values and then click on "Next>" again.

• Your next screen will ask you where is your product? Just search in the box or select it from the list and when it is listed just double click it or select it and say "Add".

Points to be noted before pressing Finish:
- Check that your Product is listed in the "Selected Products box"
- In the Components is your Software Component is selected. It should be selected as per the figure shown below.

Step 6: System Landscape Directory - Define Business System

» Click on the “Business Landscape” on the SLD Main Page.
» This will open up the Business Landscape page. Just click on “New Business System” button.
» Enter the Business system name and Press “Next>"

Select as Third party

Now select the Technical System for which you are creating the Business System.

Click next to give a name.

Click Next. » Select the Integration Server from the Drop down and Click on "Finish".

Succefully business System Created.

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We have done with the SLD (Products, Software Component, Technical System and Business System)
» Just close the SLD window and now come back to our main XI screen.

Import the Software Component.

You can See your Software Component

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