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SAP Transportation Management

Visual Business Configuration with SAP TM

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Table of Contents

Visual Business Configuration with SAP TM ................................................................................... 7

Installing the ACF Whitelist Certificate ......................................................................................... 8

Maintaining Application Definitions .............................................................................................. 9

Overwriting Map Server Default URLs ....................................................................................... 10

Defining Settings for Geographical Map .................................................................................... 11



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Visual Business Configuration with SAP TM

Prerequisites

You have installed SAP Visual Business 2.0.

If you want to configure Visual Business, you have authorization object VBC_CONF.

If you want to use the map applications in SAP TM, you have authorization objectVBC_APP.

For more information, see the SAP Visual Business 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide athttp://service.sap.com/instguides.

Configuration

SAP Visual Business requires a limited number of configuration settings, which need to be carriedout in Customizing for the SAP Visual Business back-end component ( SAP CustomizingImplementation Guide Cross-Application Components Processes and Tools for Enterprise

Applications Visual Business Visual Business 2.0 ).

Before you can customize SAP Visual Business, you must activate the corresponding business

function FND, Visual Business (FND_VISUAL_BUSINESS). For more information about business

function FND, Visual Business, see SAP Library for SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP

6.0 at http://help.sap.com/erp. In SAP Library, choose SAP Business Suite – Cross-ApplicationBusiness Functions Business Functions (SAP Business Suite Foundation 7.02) General

Business Functions for SAP Business Suite FND, Visual Business .

For more information about activating business functions, see SAP Library for SAP Solution

Manager 7.0 at http://help.sap.com/alm. In SAP Library, choose Basic Settings SolutionManager System Landscape Switch Framework Cockpit Switching a Business Function On

.

For more information about installing Visual Business, see http://service.sap.com/ SAPSupport Portal Release & Upgrade Infon Installation & Upgrade Guides SAP Business

Suite Applications Cross Application Tools SAP Visual Business Release 2.0 .

This guide is especially relevant for front-end installation procedures.

In Customizing for SAP Visual Business, you must complete the following Customizing activities:

Install ACF Whitelist Certificate

Maintain Application Definitions

Overwrite Map Server Default URLs

If you want to use Visual Business for demo purposes only, you only have to install the ACF whitelist certificate since SAP delivers default settings including a link to the Navteq-Road map.

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Installing the ACF Whitelist Certificate

Before you can use Visual Business, you have to install an ACF Whitelist Certificate on the clientmachine. The certificate is checked before loading the Visual Business browser plug-in for

security reasons.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP Transportation Management , choose TransportationManagement Basic Functions Geographical Map Visual Business ACF Install

ACF Whitelist Certificate .

2. Select the Install Certificate pushbutton.

The certificate has to be installed on each client machine before Visual Business can beused.



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Maintaining Application Definitions

In this Customizing activity you define and assign Map Products, Map Layer Stacks and Applications for Visual Business 2.0. Those settings are mandatory to operate Visual Business

2.0. The settings are client-independent and SAP and customer entries are separated bynamespace reservations.

The SAP delivered settings can be used for demo purposes. For a productive use mapproducts need to be licenced from the service provider.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP Transportation Management , choose TransportationManagement Basic Functions Geographical Map Visual Business Maintain

Application Definitions .

2. You can create a new map product including the map layer stack and the assignment tothe TM-applications which are going to use this map.



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Overwriting Map Server Default URLs

You can overwrite the map server default URLs assigned to an SAP delivered map product. Themap products are used by the Visual Business 2.0 browser plug-in.

The SAP delivered settings can be used for demo purposes. For a productive use mapproducts need to be licenced from the service provider.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP Transportation Management , choose TransportationManagement Basic Functions Geographical Map Visual Business Overwrite Map

Server Default URLs .

2. Enter the configuration ID of your map provider.

3. Enter the URL of your map provider.

4. Save your settings.



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Defining Settings for Geographical Map

In this Customizing activity, you configure the settings for the geographical map and activate thedisplay.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP Transportation Management , choose TransportationManagement Basic Functions Geographical Map Define Settings for Geographical

Map .

2. Select the Activate Map checkbox.

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