1. Start the Business Connector by calling <BC_dir>/bin/server.bat. If you want to have a debug output, enter server.bat –debug <debuglevel> –log <filename>. debuglevel cannot be > 10.

2. Open the Business Connector administration screen into a web browser window. Enter your Username and corresponding password.

3. If you want to transmit data from an SAP system to the BC, you need to have the same user in both systems. For creating users in the BC click Security > Users and Groups > Add and Remove Users.

4. Enter the desired SAP User, assign the corresponding Password and click Create Users. This creates a User. Mark the just created User in the Groups box section and make sure that the ‘Select Group’ ="Administrators". Now, add the User into the Administrators group by clicking (below the right selection box). Click Save Changes to save the settings.

5. All the proposed SAP system(s)should be added within the Business Connector. To achieve this, click Adapters > SAP which opens a new window. In the new window click SAP > SAP Servers > Add SAP Server.

6. Enter the necessary information for the SAP server (System, Login Defaults, Server Logon, and Load Balancing. "Save" (as illustrated in screen 1).

7. All incoming calls to Business Connector are scrutinized and routing information is extracted about the ‘Sender’, ‘Receiver’ and ‘Msg Type’. Using the Rules it finds the recipient and the format that should be used to send the call to this particular recipient. Clicking Adapters > Routing opens a new window. Enter information like ‘Sender’, ‘Receiver’ and ‘MsgType’. With "Add Rule" the rule is created on other details like "Transport" and "Transport Parameters" must be provided.

8. After entering all the details, click Save and enable the rule by clicking No under the "Enabled?" column.

9. Post a document containing the XML format of the Idoc or BAPI/RFC-call to the Business Connector service.

For example: Use the following statements to post a document to the /sap/InboundIdoc service of the Business Connector.

You cannot use the SAP Business Connector in a web application (e-Commerce, Procurement, etc), but can use it to facilitate a business-to-business transaction in an EDI-like manner. For example: You can send an XML document to your vendor, and they send you an XML packet back.