SAP NetWeaver

Process Integration

Lazaros Lazaridis
Business Development

SAP NetWeaver

SAP EMEA NEWS / SAP Hellas

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Process Integration

Data Unification
 Typical Approach To Integration is costly…

Gartner AMR Research

“40% of a typical IT budget is spent “Almost half of the
on building and maintaining respondents are still hand-
interfaces” coding integration”

- 648 IT Mgrs Surveyed

Meridian
The Integration component of the typical
application system represents 60% of the
overall scope.

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 SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI)

; Reduce complexity by consolidation

Minimize number of connections using an integration hub
Single platform to integrate multiple information and systems

; Reduce custom integration costs

Maintainable and configurable system
Easy to use web based tools
Extensive connectivity options

; Ensure long – term investment

SAP XI
Integrated into SAP Solutions
(i.e. RFID, BW, etc)

Basis for the implementation of SAP’ s

Enterprise SOA

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 SAP XI Features: Architecture

Central Monitoring Runtime Workbench

SAP
Integration Builder Integration Server (IS) System

Business Process Engine

3rd Party
Integration Application
Integration Integration Adapter
Integration Builder Server
Repository Directory Integration Framework
(IS) Engine
(IR) (ID) 3rd Party
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Marketplace
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System Landscape Directory (SLD)

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 XI Features: Scalability & Availability

■ XI runs on a proven platform (Web Application Server) for:

■ Scalability,
■ High Availability,
■ Load balancing, XI Integration Server

■ Security. Business Process Engine

■ All SAP solutions run on the same Integration Engine

technology platform (NetWeaver) Adapter Engine

Web Application Server

Java Engine ABAP Engine
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Schema
ABAP
Java

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 SAP XI Features: Product Overview

■ Connectivity / Communication
■ Open standards (SOAP/XML, HTTP,
JDBC, …)
SAP Exchange Infrastructure

■ Industry Specific (EDI, CIDX, …)

■ Data Formats / Mappings
■ XML, Database Tables, HTML, … 3rd
pary

■ EDIFACT, Excel Worksheets, Flat

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Files, … main-

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frame
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integration
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■ Central monitor interface

pary

■ Runtime status and error log

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 SAP XI Features: User Experience & Implementation

■ XI reduces time in implementation XI:

XI:User
UserInterface
Interface
■ Web-based user friendly
experience
■ Mostly configuration
adjustments with little or no
coding
■ Visual Data Mappings
■ Provides ready-to-run XI:
XI:Business
BusinessProcess
ProcessModeling
Modeling
integration objects like adapters
and business content
■ Automatic code generation

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 SAP XI Features: Business Process Management

Cross-Component Business Process Management

„ Graphical Modeler to Design, execute and monitor automated

processes across applications and systems
„ Provides central process control in the technology layer
„ Integral part of XI
„ BPM runtime is embedded in the Integration Server
„ Modeling links to XI objects (interfaces, mappings, …)

„ Adheres to standards
„ Industry Standard
(BPEL4WS)
„ Import / export of
process definitions

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 SAP XI Features: Connectivity

■ Together with leading partners

■ Adapters to all major packaged solutions
■ Adapters to legacy systems
■ Adapters to open standard protocols

Applications Technical Industries Legacy

File/FTP, JDBC, JMS, Mail, HTTP,
RFC, BAPI & IDoc SOAP, Business Connector, CIDX, RosettaNet
MarketPlace
Oracle, Siebel , Baan, JDE TIBCO RDV UCCnet CICS,
World, PeopleSoft EDIINT AS2 Transora IMS/TM
QAD MFG/PRO EDIINT AS1 SWIFT Telnet (3270),
JDE One World XE Telnet (5250)
Automotive , Paper, Chemical,
Cross-Industries, OFTP, VAN High Tech, Retail,
Access, GenericEDI, EDIINT AS2 Pharmaceutical, Aerospace
Defense , CPG
PDF, MS Excel, MS
GenericEDI, EDI X12, … HL7, HIPAA,, … Word, Cobol,
PostScript, …
Cobol, Natural,
RPG, PL/1,
Assembler, C, ..

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 SAP XI Features: Business Content

■ SAP delivers and maintains configurable ready-to-

use adapters and packaged content

■ For Applications like CRM, RFID, IS Retail, SRM,

SCM, Finance, MDM their integration metadata

■ For Industry specific processes like in HiTech,

CP, Retail, Chemical, Manufacturing

■ From Partners like Seeburger, iWay, Software

AG, IDS Scheer, ItemField with packaged adapters

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 SAP XI Features: Reduce TCO

■ Business content for SAP systems

■ Process Integration
■ Less development costs
■ Specialized Adapters
■ Industry specific scenarios
■ Scalability & Robustness
■ For administration
■ For runtime

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 SAP XI ensures Long Term Investment

■ XI is 100% part of SAP strategy

■ Hosts the Enterprise Services Repository
■ Will orchestrate Enterprise Services Architecture
■ Is the foundation of our Business Process Platform
■ Integral part of Composite Applications (xApps)

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 XI Runtime Workbench Monitoring

Apply
selection
filters

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 Monitoring of Alerts

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 Retry unsuccessful messages

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 Summary

1 Process Integration and Data

Unification are core practices for
a consolidated and robust IT
infrastructure reducing costs
from custom projects

2 SAP XI is a reliable integration

solution for simple and complex
business processes. Integral
part of SAP strategy.

3 SAP MDM targets a major issue

every company faces focusing
on flexibility, automation and
innovation

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 Summary

SAP NetWeaver
Process Integration

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 Enabling Enabling Business-
End-to-End Process Business Process Enabling Platform Business Task
Application-to-App. to-Business
Integration Management Interoperability Management
Processes Processes

■ Process Integration with SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI)

■ SAP XI is 100% part of SAP strategy
■ Hosts the Enterprise Services Repository
■ Will orchestrate Enterprise Services Architecture
■ Is the foundation of our Business Process Platform
■ Platform used to develop mySAP sophisticated solutions
■ Integral part of Composite Applications (xApps)

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