Reading from a Local Repository
To read BAPI or RFC metadata from a local repository file, log on to a system in offline mode instead of from a live R/3 system. Choose File, Open File. Browse the Open Local Repository dialog box for the local repository file with which you wish to work. Select the desired file, and choose Open. If the local repository file contains data from more than one system, then you must specify a system. The Available SAP Systems dialog box displays the list of systems whose data is included in the current local repository. Select one of these systems and choose Open. Remember that the system includes only the business objects that have been saved into the local repository file, not all of the business objects that exist in the R/3 system. The practice of using the local repository is sound because BAPIs and RFCs normally do not change often. This approach allows you to work offline and to view the data more quickly.
You can create multiple local repositories that each contain a different set of RFCs, BAPIs, or functions. You can save RFCs or BAPIs into your local repository file from any R/3 system. However, if you are saving RFCs or BAPIs from various R/3 systems in one local repository file, you have to log on to the appropriate system.
You have the option to delete the business objects from a local repository file, but be sure to log off from the R/3 system first. To delete all the RFCs, BAPIs, or any business objects from a local repository file, choose File, Open File. When the Open Local Depository dialog box appears, select the desired file and choose Open. SAP Assistant selects the system whose data you want to delete. Choose Delete and confirm the deletion at the SAP Assistant dialog box.
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