This section describes the SAP RFC profile and the SAP RFC Processor agent. The agent is a processing agent for real-time workflow configurations.

SAP RFC (Remote Function Call) is the interface used for communication between SAP systems. Communication using the SAP RFC protocol is provided by the SAP Java Connector (JCo) library for Java-based applications.

The SAP RFC Processor agent supports SAP JCo Release 3.1.

Prerequisites

The reader of this document should have basic understanding of the SAP JCo libraries.

Before starting with the SAP RFC Processor agent, the following is required:

• SAP JCo library

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  To download the SAP JCo library, refer to SAP JCo Library Download.

  For more information on SAP JCo library system requirements, refer to SAP Note 2786882.

• Setting up SAP JCo library's jar file

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  For more information on how to set up the jar file in Platform and Execution Container, refer to SAP RFC Agent Preparations.