Development. Practical Guide to SAP NetWeavef. Galileo Press

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1 Valentin Nicolescu, Burkhardt Funk, Peter Niemeyer, Matthias Heiler, Holger Wittges, Thomas Morandell, Florian Visintin, Benedikt Kleine Stegemann, and Harald Kienegger Practical Guide to SAP NetWeavef PI - Development Galileo Press Bonn Boston

2 Contents Foreword 13 Preface 17 PART I Basic Principles 1.1 Basic Principles Historical Development Reasons for and Goals of Integrating IT Systems Characteristics of Integration Practical Integration Example Integration Concepts and Technologies Architectures Integration Approaches Technologies EAI Platforms and Their Significance in Enterprises Basics of BPAA Use of ARIS Business Architect and SAP Solution Manager Concept Bidirectional Integration SAP NetWeaver PI as Part of SAP NetWeaver Challenges of PI SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver PI as a Central Infrastructure ofsoas IT Practices Functionality of SAP NetWeaver PI Address Example 69

3 2.2.2 Classification of Messages Steps for Implementing a Message Flow Components SLD Enterprise Services Repository and Services Registry Integration Directory Runtime Workbench SAP NetWeaver Administrator (NWA) IS Objects Software Products in the Enterprise Services Repository Service Interfaces and Mapping Objects in the Enterprise Services Repository Configuration Objects in the Integration Directory Advanced Concepts Outside-ln vs. Inside-Out Communication Components SAP NetWeaver PI Connectivity Adapter Quality of Service (QoS) Message Queues Mappings New Concepts in SAP NetWeaver PI Local Processing on the AAE Integrated Configuration Enhanced (Dynamic) Receiver Determination XML Validation Interface Pattern: Communication Patterns between Sender and Receiver Direct Communication Web Service Reliable Messaging Message Packaging Mapping Lookups 125

4 PART II Basic System Configuration 3.1 Prerequisites Defining the Connected Systems in the SLD Creating the Systems: Technical Systems Creating the Systems: Business Systems Integrating the SAP Systems with the SLD Creating the RFC Connections Configuring the SLD Integration Configuring the Local IE Defining the Role of the Business System Defining and Activating Message Queues Activating the XI Service Establishing the Connection to the Integration Builder and the Runtime Workbench Adapter-Specific System Settings Checking the ABAP-Proxy Integration Settings for Using the RFC Adapter Settings for Using the I Doc Adapter Adding ABAP Mappings to the Available Mappings (Optional) Preparations for Using Alert Monitoring (Optional) Course-Specific Preparations Creating and Assigning the Software Product Importing the Software Product in the Enterprise Services Repository and Setting it Up 175 ^^^^^^^^^^^B 4.1 Exercise 1: RFC-to-File Basic Principles Design Configuration 201

5 4.1.4 Process and Monitoring Alternative Mapping: ABAP Mapping (Optional) 215 Exercise 2: File-to-IDoc Basics Design Configuration Process and Monitoring 235 Exercise 3: ABAP-Proxy-to- Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Basics Design Configuration Process and Monitoring 253 Exercise 4: Business Process Management (BPM) Basics Design Configuration Process and Monitoring Extending the Exercise by Alert Monitoring (Optional) 284 Exercise 5: File-to-JDBC Basics Design Configuration Process and Monitoring Alternative Java Mapping (Optional) 300 More Adapters Java Message Service (JMS) Adapter SAP Business Connector (BC) Adapter Plain HTTP Adapter Java Proxy Generation RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) Adapter CIDX Adapter 310

6 SHH^^^^^^^E^^^ffl^^^ffiM^^^B^^^^^^E 5.1 Creating the Query Basic Principles Design Configuration Process and Monitoring Submitting the Quotations Basic Principles Design Configuration Process and Monitoring Entering a Sales Order Basic Principles Design Configuration Process and Monitoring Delivering the Invoice Basic Principles Design Configuration Process and Monitoring Manual Decision on Queries Basic Principles Design Configuration Process and Monitoring Possible Enhancements to the Case Study Extending the Breadth of the Case Study Extending the Depth of the Case Study Beer Distribution Game Predefined Software Components Design and Implementation Options for Enhancement 434

7 6.3 SAP NetWeaver PI and SOA Further Development of SAP NetWeaver PI Development of SAP NetWeaver PI Roadmap of the SOA Middleware Summary 456 A Exercise Materials 459 B Bibliography 479 C The Authors 483 Index 487