What is consumer proxy in SAP BC-ESI - Enterprise Service Infrastructure?

SAP Term: consumer proxy

• Component: BC-ESI

• Component Name: Enterprise Service Infrastructure

• Description: An SAP development object generated in the form of an ABAP class which acts as a local representation of a Web service. It is generated from a WSDL document or an ESR/MDR interface. A consumer proxy is used in an application to call consume a Web service and supports various receiver determination mechanisms like logical port, PI, technical receiver determination, and logical receiver determination

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• Key Concepts: 
  Consumer Proxy is a component of the SAP Enterprise Service Infrastructure (BC-ESI) that acts as an intermediary between a service consumer and a service provider. It is responsible for routing requests from the consumer to the provider, and for providing additional services such as authentication, authorization, and logging. 
  
  How to use it: 
  The Consumer Proxy is used to provide a secure connection between the consumer and the provider. It can be configured to authenticate and authorize requests, as well as to log all requests and responses. It also provides additional services such as message transformation, message routing, and message logging. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When configuring the Consumer Proxy, it is important to ensure that all requests are authenticated and authorized before they are routed to the provider. Additionally, it is important to ensure that all messages are logged for auditing purposes. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on the Consumer Proxy, please refer to the SAP documentation on Enterprise Service Infrastructure (BC-ESI). Additionally, there are several online tutorials available that provide step-by-step instructions on how to configure and use the Consumer Proxy.