This book provides technical consultants, system architects, and administrators with a complete and comprehensive introduction to SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI), Release 3.0 Feature Pack (SP4).

Learn the ins and outs of SAP's Integration Broker, and get a guided tour of the design of collaborative processes, the development of interfaces, Messages, Proxies, Mappings, and more. You'll also receive in-depth information and learn how to configure the system-spanning process for a specific system landscape, based on these development objects.

Readers will also benefit from chapters devoted to running-time components (Integration Server, Integration Engine, Proxy Running Time, and Monitoring Tools) as well as system-spanning BPM.

Highlights

• Basic principles of process modeling
• First steps in Integration Builder
• Design and Development - Collaborative Processes, Interfaces, Messages, Proxies, and Mappings
• Configuration of system-spanning processes
• Running time - Integration Server, Integration Engine, Proxy Running Time, Monitoring Tools
• Case scenarios - System-spanning BPM, B2B Communication

About the Author(s)

Jens Stumpe joined SAP in 1998 with a degree in computer science. Since then, he has been responsible for documentation in several different technical areas. Currently, he is part of the SAP NetWeaver Product Management team. He spent the last three years documenting SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI), putting his many experiences with various SAP XI workshops to good use.

Dr. Joachim Orb completed his doctorate in meteorology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. In 1998, he started working at SAP Labs France, where his main focus was the development of SAP standard interfaces. In 2002, he joined SAP AG’s SAP NetWeaver Regional Implementation Group (RIG). Since then, he has been involved in the rollout of SAP XI in Europe, where he develops workshops, holds training courses, and advises customers on SAP XI implementation.

Table of Contents

Introduction ... 9

1. Overview ... 13
... 1.1 Introduction ... 13
... 1.2 Process Integration with SAP XI ... 19

2. First Steps ... 31
... 2.1 Overview ... 31
... 2.2 Introduction to the Integration Builder ... 34
... 2.3 Demo Examples ... 39

3. Designing Collaborative Processes ... 43
... 3.1 Introduction ... 43
... 3.2 Development Organization ... 43
... 3.3 Modeling the Collaborative Process ... 51

4. Interfaces, Messages, and Proxy Generation ... 65
... 4.1 Introduction ... 65
... 4.2 Developing Using the Proxy Model ... 66
... 4.3 Supporting Adapter-Based Communication ... 78
... 4.4 Enhanced Concepts ... 83

5. Mappings ... 93
... 5.1 Overview ... 93
... 5.2 Java and XSLT Mappings ... 101
... 5.3 Developing Mappings in the Integration Builder ... 105

6. Configuration ... 115
... 6.1 Introduction ... 115
... 6.2 Describing Systems and Services ... 117
... 6.3 Configuring Internal Company Processes ... 125
... 6.4 Configuring Cross-Company Processes ... 137
... 6.5 Adapter Configuration ... 145
... 6.6 Adapters for Industry Standards ... 153
... 6.7 Transports Between the Test and Productive Landscape ... 158

7. Runtime ... 161
... 7.1 Introduction ... 161
... 7.2 Integration Server and Integration Engine ... 161
... 7.3 Proxy Runtime ... 169
... 7.4 Monitoring ... 178

8. Integration Processes ... 185
... 8.1 Introduction ... 185
... 8.2 Designing an Integration Process ... 188
... 8.3 Configuring Integration Processes ... 199
... 8.4 Monitoring the Execution of an Integration Process ... 204

9. Cross-Component Business Process Management at the Linde Group ... 207
... 9.1 Business Background of the Scenario ... 207
... 9.2 Technical Description ... 209
... 9.3 Implementing the Scenario at the Linde Group ... 213
... 9.4 Summary ... 237

10. Cross-Company Communication Using SAP XI ... 239
... 10.1 Business Background of the Scenario ... 239
... 10.2 Technical Description ... 239
... 10.3 Implementing the Scenario ... 241
... 10.4 Summary ... 259

Appendix
... A. Glossary ... 261
... B. The Authors ... 265

Index ... 267