What is local shortcut in SAP BC-ESI - Enterprise Service Infrastructure?

SAP Term: local shortcut

• Component: BC-ESI

• Component Name: Enterprise Service Infrastructure

• Description: An optimized way of Web service communication if the Web service consumer calls a Web service provider within the same SAP client. In other words, it is a local Web service call within the same client. In this case, the consumer proxy can be instantiated without generating a logical port in SOA Manager. It is also not necessary to configure the Web service provider for the local call. Alternatively, a special type of logical port can be generated if the service definition name of the Web service provider is maintained in the logical port. No other information such as the endpoint URL, the host, or the port is maintained in this logical port. The consumer application can instantiate the consumer proxy using this logical port to execute the local call to the Web service. The Web service provider also does not need to be configured for these local calls. The same user context is used during communication with a local shortcut.

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• Key Concepts: 
  Local shortcut is a feature of the SAP Enterprise Service Infrastructure (BC-ESI) that allows users to quickly access frequently used services. It allows users to create shortcuts to services that they use often, so they can access them quickly and easily. 
  
  How to use it: 
  To use local shortcuts, users must first create a shortcut for the service they want to access. This can be done by right-clicking on the service in the SAP Enterprise Service Infrastructure (BC-ESI) and selecting “Create Shortcut”. Once the shortcut is created, users can access the service by double-clicking on the shortcut. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  It is important to note that local shortcuts are only available for services that are part of the SAP Enterprise Service Infrastructure (BC-ESI). Additionally, local shortcuts are only available for services that have been enabled for local shortcuts in the SAP Enterprise Service Infrastructure (BC-ESI). 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information about local shortcuts and how to use them, please refer to the SAP Enterprise Service Infrastructure (BC-ESI) documentation. Additionally, there are several tutorials available online that provide step-by-step instructions on how to create and use local shortcuts.