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Learn more about: Get Metadata for SAP Operations in Visual Studio |
Get Metadata for SAP Operations in Visual Studio |
06/08/2017 |
biztalk-server |
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The [!INCLUDEadaptersap] provides two [!INCLUDEbtsVStudioNoVersion] components that you can use to help you develop solutions using the adapter—the [!INCLUDEconsumeadapterservlong], the [!INCLUDEaddadapterwiz], and the [!INCLUDEaddadapterservrefshort]. Adapter clients must use these components to connect to an SAP system and then generate metadata for the SAP artifacts they want to invoke.
All these [!INCLUDEbtsVStudioNoVersion] components simplify development by:
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Providing a Microsoft Windows interface through which you can browse and search for operations that you want to use in your solution.
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Retrieving metadata exposed by the adapter for these target operations.
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Converting that metadata, which is expressed as a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) document by the adapter, into a form that you can use in your solution (XSD message schemas for BizTalk projects or a .NET object representation of a service contract for the WCF service model) and adding it to your project.
This section provides instructions about how to use the [!INCLUDEconsumeadapterservshort], the [!INCLUDEaddadapterwiz], and the [!INCLUDEaddadapterservrefshort].