Unicode support on r3batch
Starting with R/3 version 4.7 (R/3 Enterprise), Unicode is used
on all layers of the R/3 system:
- UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 on the database
- UTF-16 on the application server and graphical user interface
r3batch uses the UTF-8 code page internally. Because it communicates with SAP R/3 at the application server layer, it uses UTF-16 when communicating with Unicode-enabled SAP R/3 systems.
To use Unicode support, the following conditions must be met:
- Access method for SAP must
run on one of the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and later on IA32, 32-bit
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and later on x64, 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and later on IA64, 64-bit
- IBM® AIX®, 64-bit
- Sun Solaris Operating Environment, 64-bit
- Sun Solaris Operating Environment for Opteron
- HP-UX for Integrity
- HP-UX for PA-RISC, 64-bit
- Linux on xSeries
- Linux on zSeries, 64-bit
- The SAP R/3 systems that communicate with r3batch must be running Unicode-enabled SAP R/3 versions.
If these conditions are not met, you cannot use Unicode support and must make sure that r3batch, the Dynamic Workload Console, and the target SAP R/3 system code page settings are aligned. Use the options related to national language support described in SAP R/3 supported code pages.