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Interfaces

General Information

Agents communicate with the SAP system via SAP's RFC (Remote Function Call). Functional modules are called in this process. The agentA program that enables the de-centralized execution of processes (such as deployments) on target systems (computers or business solutions) or a service that provides connectivity to a target system (such as for databases or middleware). An agent is also an object type in the Automation Engine. [Formerly called "Executor."] See also: host can use the standar interfaces but also the AE interfaces which allows using additional functionalities.

This documentation addresses the two types of interfaces as shown below:

*)Note that the XBP 2.0 interface must be activated using the program INITXBP2. This is part of the XBP 2.0 installation. Otherwise, you cannot use parentThere are different ways of activating objects. The originator of an activation is referred to as the superordinate task (parent). See also: Child; Children-childA subordinate task (such as a task that runs in a workflow). relations and intercepted jobAn Automation Engine object type for a process that runs on a target system. functions.

The Automation EngineThis component drives an Automation Engine system and consists of different types of server processes. supports the SAP NetWeaver XBP 2.0 and XBP 3.0 interface. Therefore, you can use SAP modules that use this interface (such as SAP 4.7, NetWeaver Stack 2004s, ECC5, ECC6).

The XBP interface version is not relevant for the Kernel version. SAP ensures compatibility by supporting a particular number of new Kernel versionsAn application version holds zero or more deployment packages and may have dependencies to zero or more application versions of the same (or to different) applications that still support the old interface when a new interface version is released.

The AE interface requires BABP XBP V2.0. Check the version in your SAP system and install an up-to-date support packageA Package is an instance (a version, a revision, a tag, …) of your application and defines the content which you want to deploy. Here you decide, if you want to deploy the entire application or just a few specified components..

 

 


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