A
lot of partners can’t wait to test and work with the Browser Access function in
SAP Business One 9.2.
The
installation is straight forward and simple! It will be explained in this
document in a few steps:
Step 1 : Installation
files:
The
9.2 version contains the installation files to set-up Browser Access. During an
upgrade you can choose to install it directly (then it will be installed on the
machine where you executed the upgrade, if that is the database server it
doesn’t make sense in a lot of cases) or you can install it on a later moment.
Once your installation is
upgraded the shared folder contains as usual a Client folder, in that folder a
new component is added:
SAP Gatekeeper Installation.
Step 2: Installation:
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Go
to the specific folder and execute the setup.exe. During the installation you
will be asked to connect to the SLD. A connection string will be created and
will be saved also in the SLD. If you would like to use a certificate, enter it
during the installation otherwise a self-signed certificate will be created.
SAP Business One 9.2 contains the
installation files to set up Browser Access. During SAP Business One 9.2
Installation or upgrade, you can choose to install it directly, or you can
install it later.
Step 3 : Post
Installation Steps:
In
the SLD a new tab is added:
The line with
Browser Access Server is added automatically when installing it on a Presentation
Server. Here you also find the link to access SAP Business One in the Browser.
Per Browser Access server you
can setup some parameters, select and click on edit:
The Initial Process Pool
Size means the number of client already running in a kind of silent mode,
to improve the logon time. (you can see them as active processes on the
presentation server even if users aren’t logged on to the system)
The Max. Process Pool Size
means the maximum number of clients running on a presentation server.
SAP Business One
Browser Access Supported Browser:
- Google Chrome version 47 or
later
- Mozilla Firefox version
41 or later
- Microsoft Edge
- Apple Safari (MAC, iPad,
iPhone)
Details on Web Browser Access/supported Web Browser per
version are documented in the recent SAP Business One Platform Support Matrix:
(S-User Id Required)
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Use SAP Business One in the Browser:
Open the browser and navigate to
the URL listed in the SLD, a verification will happen against the SLD (a pop-up
can appear with the message you have to accept the website as trusted). The
login screen will appear:
Enter you credentials and click log On, the client
will be available in the Browser in a few seconds:
Setup
External Access
In System Landscape Director
(SLD) under “External AddressMapping” tab, You can register an external
Address to map the internal Browser Access Server to an external
IP address for public visit.
Update: Hostname
and IP address are both supported
The
external access URL must have the format
<protocol>://<Path>:<Port>
Example: http://10.58.9.100:8080
In
a Web browser, navigate to the external URL of the Browser Access service. For
example: http://10.58.9.100:8080/dispatcher
More Info about the cloud hosting with Browser Access. Open PDF link below.
Trouble Shooting
Browser Access is
written in Java and running on tomcat server. You can find all log
files under “C:\Program Files
(x86)\SAP\SAP Business One BAS GateKeeper\tomcat\logs” and provide them to
SAP
As of release 9.2 PL02, you can
also monitor the Browser Access processes in a Web page using this
URL: https://dispatcherHostname:port/dispatcher/serviceMonitor/
You can kill the threads as
needed.
Common Errors People
are getting on this and the solution mentioned by experts in SCN
Running Add-On
Through Web Clients common Add-Ons
will not run at the moment. For that you need to open SBO Common from any usual
client machine and execute the query:
EName is the EXE file name of Addon.
UPDATE
SARI SET ClientType = 'A' WHERE EName = 'YOURADD-ON.exe'
The Add-On will be available in
Browser Access.
File Dialog Box for Browser
The normal dialog doesn't work in browser access. You can use SBO_Application.GetFileFromBrowser() to send a file to the server.
Note that GetFileFromBrowser should be used only when in Browser mode. You can use the ClientType property to check.
Marketing Documents
Relationship Mapping between Marketing
documents not shown in Browser Access. This is not an error, rather this
feature is not available with Browser Access.
No Excel Import
This is a known limitation, might be
resolved in next Patch Level.
SAML2Response issue
instant is not valid
This is a login issue. Database Server
and Presentation Server might have different date and/or time.
HTTP Status
404-/Dispatcher
Possibly port issue, uninstall browser
access and reinstall it with the alternative port 8100. Also check if Tomcat is
conflicting with browser access. In that case you can try to switch off Tomcat.
Error 1633- This Installation
package is not supported by this processor type
Installation Error, possibly you tried
to execute 64-bit Gatekeeper in a 32-bit system. SAP Business One 9.2 PL00
doesn’t support 32 Bit System.
