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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.
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.
Overview of the Interface (BAPI)

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.
      - 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.
        Overview of the Interface (BAPI)
- 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.

Overview of the Interface (BAPI)

SAP Business Objects reside in the Business Framework and provide the interoperability of software components. Collectively, Business Objects are contained within the Business Object Repository (BOR). They cover a wide range of SAP R/3 business data and processes. BAPIs allow external non-SAP R/3 systems, such as HCL® OneTest™ Data, to access the methods on a SAP Business Object by using appropriate adapters. SAP Business Objects and their BAPIs provide an object-oriented view of SAP R/3 functionality.

BAPIs are accessed in SAP R/3 using the transaction code BAPI.

Vendor is a Business Object in the Financial Accounting area of Business Framework. Expanding the Vendor Business Object exposes the available methods.

ChangePassword is a method (BAPI) on the Vendor Business Object. This method provides the capability to change a vendor's password, which is selected by the key field VendorNo. The BAPI name of this method is found by clicking the Detail tab. The BAPI name is BAPI_VENDOR_CHANGE_PASSWORD, the name you specify in Connections and Actions.

The dialog box also provides documentation on the parameters and attributes of the BAPI. All BAPIs are composed of a combination of Importing, Exporting, and/or Table parameters. Importing parameters are input, Exporting are output, and Tables are in/out. A BAPI may have any combination of these parameter types. Documentation for the parameters, structures, and scalars of a BAPI can be found in the BAPI Browser, the SAP Assistant, and the Function Module.