Question:
Please explain ports in instance profiles for displaying reports?
what is the meaning of 8000 ports and the parameters and how do I configure this?
Thanks
ChazWaz
Answer:
Assuming you are using BW version 3 which resides on the Web Application Server (WAS) ....
The BW WAS is a web server in itself hence the server name forms part of the URL. The port is used to define which application or client the page is pointing to. For example if you had R/3 and BW applications running on the same server the URL would have the same server name but would be differentiated via the port number.
The port number can be anything as long as it is not used elsewhere. Web settings are defined in the server parameters - transaction RZ10. parameter icm/server_port_0 - parameter value PROT=HTTP, PORT = nnnn, EXTBIND = 1 where nnnn is the port number you choose.
Hope this helps
Answer:
Additionally.... you would then use the port address in referencing the URL of reports on the web server, for example:
http://<BWSERVER>:8000/path_of_report....
- Stephen