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Reference Guide
This guide describes conceptual information about data design environment components when you want to use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server.
Connections
A connection defines the properties that are required to connect to an external resource. An action uses a connection to provide source data to a project or write data from a source to a target. Multiple actions can use the same connection. You can define both connections and actions at the project level.
Resource adapters
HCL® OneTest™ Data resource adapters are used to retrieve data. These resource adapters provide access to the databases.
SAP applications
This topic provides an information about integration of SAP applications with HCL® OneTest™ Data.
Introduction
The Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP) applications acts as resource adapters. HCL® OneTest™ Data integrates with the SAP application to generate a schema, and then generate the test data to perform application testing.
SAP applications overview

Reference Guide
This guide describes conceptual information about data design environment components when you want to use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server.
- Files
  You add a file to a project to use it as input in the project. You can upload a file from your local file system to a project from the Files tab to generate test data. Alternatively, you can upload it when you define an action.
- Connections
  A connection defines the properties that are required to connect to an external resource. An action uses a connection to provide source data to a project or write data from a source to a target. Multiple actions can use the same connection. You can define both connections and actions at the project level.
  - Project-level connections
    You can reuse project-level artifacts in multiple projects. You use the Connections tab to define a new project-level connection and its actions or to select an existing project-level connection and its actions.
  - Connection testing
    You can test project-level connections. When the Design Server has access to an external resource, testing validates the properties of the resource connection. If the Design Server can not access the external resource, the connection test fails, even if the connection properties are correct.
  - Resource adapters
    HCL® OneTest™ Data resource adapters are used to retrieve data. These resource adapters provide access to the databases.
    - SAP applications
      This topic provides an information about integration of SAP applications with HCL® OneTest™ Data.
      - Introduction
        The Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP) applications acts as resource adapters. HCL® OneTest™ Data integrates with the SAP application to generate a schema, and then generate the test data to perform application testing.
        SAP applications overview
        Overview of SAP R/3 interfaces
      - The R/3 adapters
        The SAP specific components for the SAP R/3 runtime environment are the R/3 adapters for Windows™ based and UNIX™ based platforms.
      - Intermediate Documents (IDocs)
      - Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI)
        The BAPI adapter (JBAPI) enables full Unicode support when installed with the latest version of ITX. The JBAPI adapter provides unified access to both Unicode and non-Unicode systems.
- Schema design
  A schema is a graphical data dictionary that contains metadata definitions of the structure of a document to generate test data. Schema provides visual cues for understanding the structure and complete definition of an object.

SAP applications overview

The SAP applications is a unique data transformation technology for interfacing SAP R/3 software applications with third-party applications and legacy systems. Connectivity to the SAP R/3 environment is provided for both inbound and outbound data, and is supported on the major SAP platforms.

Pack for SAP Applications makes use of SAP's synchronous and asynchronous (transactional) Remote Function Calls (RFCs). This approach ensures effective and secure communication between external systems and SAP R/3. Detailed knowledge of RFCs is not required to create interfaces for SAP R/3 that are reliable, efficient, and easy to maintain. Some knowledge of Remote Communication Basis is helpful but not required.

In addition, the pack can be used with several file-based interfaces, such as SAP DXOB/DMI and EDI subsystems.

The Pack for SAP Applications is used for:

Initial data load
Ongoing real-time or near-real time interfaces
Note: The Pack for SAP Applications is applicable to the following versions: SAP R/3 4.6, 4.7, mySAP 2004 (ECC 5.0) and mySAP 2005 (ECC 6.0).