Data flow in FlexNet Manager for SAP Applications

Communication between FlexNet Manager Suite and the SAP Admin module is facilitated using web services. Web services need to be configured on the SAP Admin module (see Configuring the Web Service on the SAP Admin Module System for Communication with FlexNet Manager Suite) and on the FlexNet Manager Suite web server (see Communication between FlexNet Manager Suite and the SAP Admin Module).

The SAP Admin module connects to its dependent SAP systems using RFC-enabled functions and collects user and consumption data. The collected data is held in a staging database. The SAP Inventory Agent reads the data and transfers it to the FlexNet Manager Suite database. The data is analyzed in FlexNet Manager Suite, and the resulting license-type and user recommendations are staged on the FlexNet Manager Suite server.

The SAP Admin module connects to the FlexNet Manager Suite server and retrieves the recommendations for processing. Any modifications of the user primary data are distributed to the dependent SAP systems.

Independent SAP systems are not connected to the SAP Admin module. The SAP Inventory Agent accesses and collects the user primary record information via Remote Function Call (RFC).

Figure: Data flow between the components in an on-premises implementation