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Unit 2: System Landscape
System Alias
Figure 41: System Alias – Configuration Areas
An SAP system alias is needed as the logical name of a system connection, that is, you specify
where the SAP system alias should point to. Depending on the SAP Gateway content scenario
and your system landscape you thus set up the system alias.
Figure 42: System Alias – Purposes
The system alias is the result of the routing for an inbound request on SAP Gateway. It can be
a remote or a local system. If that system alias is flagged as a Local GW (Local Gateway)
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