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Solution Guide

Publisher

1min

Publisher provides the ability to store your message output (such as SAPScript, SmartForms, AdobeForms, as well as any PDF, OTF, or Spool output) from SAP to your CMS system using Gimmal Link ECM (an\s an alternative to Gimmal Link Enterprise Content Server).  

Typically a background process, your SAP generated content is stored, optionally linked to your SAP record, and metadata can be transferred from SAP to your CMS system.  This may be implemented using various methods depending on your SAP module such as but not limited to: message output, spool generation, workflow event, business transaction events, as well as customer enhancements spots.

When utilizing Publisher for a particular message output you will need to add a call to a Gimmal Link Enterprise class-method at the end of your message output (program/function module).  If the message output is the delivered message output (program/function module) from SAP and has not be customized (sometimes referred to as a “Z” version) you will need to create an implicit enhancement point to include the Gimmal Link Enterprise code.  Creating the implicit enhancement point is outside the scope of this document.

Calling the Gimmal Link Enterprise Publisher code snippet

In your custom code or enhancements, add code that calls the “publish_message” method of the “/dflow/cl_publishing”.  

Please refer to the Gimmal Link Enterprise Development Guide for more info and an example.