AW: linking SAP to MS Outlook - Issues

[Mike Pokraka]

Hi Vijay,

Work is not mail is not work. MAPI is dead, gone, dodo, no more, kaputt.
Been announced years ago, and you should find notices to this effect in
OSS.

There are other third-party products that provide various levels of
integration with Outlook, but from a pure SAP point of view it's been
superceded by the UWL because MAPI was a pain and quite limited.

Cheers,
Mike

> If that being the case, and assuming my company doesn't use MAPI
> servers/protocols for outlook, does it mean that I can't access SAP
> workitems in my inbox at all?
>
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
>
>
>>From: "Pflug, Brigitte" <brigitte.pflug at bearingpoint.com>
>>Reply-To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>>To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>, <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>>Subject: AW: linking SAP to MS Outlook - Issues
>>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:51:39 +0100
>>
>>Hi Vijay,
>>
>>I don't know if there is more for you to do with the Sapgui installation,
>>but as for Outlook 2003:
>>you should find the right place under extras-options-E-Mail-Setup-Mail
>>Accounts. There is an assistant to guide you through adding a new
>> account.
>>For "Server type" you choose "additional server types" (?, the last
>> option
>>in the list), and on the next screen you should find the MAPI. Then
>> follows
>>the configuration described in the excerpt you added.
>>
>>However, I found that with MAPI, Outlook (at least the 2003 version) only
>>opens if it can get a connection to the configurated SAP system.
>> Otherwise,
>>you don't get access to your Outlook at all. So I decided against it.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Brigitte
>>
>>	-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>	Von: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu im Auftrag von vijay srikanth
>>	Gesendet: Mi 02.08.2006 15:12
>>	An: sap-wug at mit.edu
>>	Cc:
>>	Betreff: linking SAP to MS Outlook - Issues
>>
>>
>>
>>	Hi all,
>>
>>	I'm trying to receive work items in my MS Outlook Inbox. The basic
>>necessity
>>	is to install MAPI service provider from my SAP Setup.
>>
>>	1. I'm unable to find any placeholder during the Setup to install these
>>MAPI
>>	services onto my computer. I'm installing SAP GUI 640 on my PC.
>>
>>	2. I can only see one 'Outlook Integration' checkbox during my set up.
>> Is
>>	that enough to intall MAPI services on my desktop.
>>
>>	3. I'm unable to find the exact place in outlook where I should add the
>>	''SERIVCE" required in my profile to actually connect to SAP.
>>
>>	I've attached below an excerpt that I took out from SAP WUG messages
>> only.
>>	This service option - I"m unable to find in my outlook. Please instruct
>>me.
>>
>>	I'm using MS Outlook 2003 Serivce Pack 2. Is there anything extra I need
>>to
>>	do to get this thing going.
>>
>>	Thanks & Regards,
>>	Vijay
>>
>>	Linking SAP to Outlook
>>	Barna Kardos Barna.Kardos at unilever.com
>>	Mon Nov 13 23:10:15 EST 2000
>>
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>>
>>	HI Tony,
>>
>>	The setup of linking SAP inbox to the Microsoft Outlook is the
>> following:
>>
>>	You have to install MAPI by run SAP gui setup and on the component
>> screen
>>	you
>>	have to choose the Desktop interfaces and click on the Change options
>>button
>>	and choose SAP MAPI Service Provider. After the installation you have to
>>add
>>	this to the Services option in the Outlook Tools menu. Here you will
>> have
>>to
>>	give all the logon informations for the required SAP system /system,
>>client,
>>	user and password/. Finally on the configuration screen choose the
>> Message
>>	store sheet and tick the Workflow enable function.
>>
>>	The result should be that a new Inbox /name: 'system nr.'+ 'client'
>>	SAPoffice -
>>	'user'/ would appear. The Inbox folder will contain the content of your
>>SAP
>>	inbox /you can set up online and offline link/. The message subject
>> field
>>	will
>>	contain the task description, the message body will contain the long
>> text
>>of
>>	the task description and the execution buttons, which by doubble
>> clicking
>>	logs
>>	on the SAP system and goes directly to the required transaction. After
>>	executing the message will dissapear /online link/, just as in the SAP
>>	inbox.
>>
>>
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