What is service group in SAP (BC-ESI - Enterprise Service Infrastructure)?

SAP Term: service group

• Component: BC-ESI

• Component Name: Enterprise Service Infrastructure

• Description: A development object used in the consumer system that wraps multiple consumer proxies in a consumer application in order to configure them together at the same time for the same Web service provider system. A service group is assigned a unique name within the system and can be transported across systems using the ABAP transport workbench. Technical receiver determination TRD and logical receiver determination LRD are only supported if consumer proxies are instantiated by means of service groups in a consumer application. An LRD filter can be defined and maintained in a service group in order to enable logical receiver determination. You can decide during development whether your service group is intended to communicate with one or with multiple provider systems at a time. Service groups are configured as a whole using business scenario configuration. You can create one fallback logical port for each consumer proxy and provider system if business scenario configu

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• Key Concepts: 
  A service group is a collection of services that are related to each other and can be used together in an SAP system. It is part of the Enterprise Service Infrastructure (BC-ESI) component of SAP. A service group can contain multiple services, such as web services, business objects, and other types of services. 
  
  How to use it: 
  Service groups are used to organize related services in an SAP system. They can be used to quickly access the services that are needed for a particular task or process. They can also be used to manage the access rights of users to different services. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When creating a service group, it is important to consider the purpose of the group and the types of services that will be included in it. This will help ensure that the service group is organized in a way that makes it easy to use and manage. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information about service groups and how to use them in an SAP system, please refer to the SAP Help documentation.