The code page of the application connection must be compatible with the type of data in SAP.

For example, if you extract Unicode data from SAP, set the application connection code page to UTF-8.

The code page of the application connection must be a subset of the code page for the corresponding PowerCenter Integration Service process.

To prevent data inconsistencies, ensure that the application connection code page is a subset of the code page for the corresponding PowerCenter Integration Service.

If you configure the PowerCenter Integration Service for code page validation, the SAP R/3 application connection must use a code page that is a subset of the PowerCenter Integration Service code page.

If you configure the PowerCenter Integration Service for relaxed code page validation, you can select any code page supported by PowerCenter for the source database connection. When you use relaxed code page validation, select compatible code pages for the source and target data to prevent data inconsistencies. For Unicode, select UTF-8.

The data movement mode for the PowerCenter Integration Service must be compatible with the application connection code page.

For example, if the code page is UTF-8, set the data movement mode for the PowerCenter Integration Service to Unicode.

PowerCenter does not validate the code page and data movement mode for the SAP_ALE_IDoc_Reader application connection.

To prevent data inconsistencies, ensure that the code page for this application connection is compatible with the data in SAP and ensure that the PowerCenter Integration Service is running in the right data movement mode.