B2B Integration Using SAP NetWeaver Process Integration

Introduction 17
1 B2B Integration and SAP NetWeaver 23
1.1 What Is B2B Integration? 24
1.2 Intra-Company and Cross-Company Application Integration 25
1.3 Making the Business Case for B2B Integration 26
1.4 Evolution of Business-to-Business Integration 27
1.5 Electronic Trading and Interchange 29
1.6 EDI versus XML 30
1.7 Emergence of Industry Standards 32
1.8 Service-Oriented Architecture 33
1.9 SAP NetWeaver's Role in B2B Integration 35
1.10 Summary 37
2 General Concepts 39
2.1 Overview 39
2.2 System Landscape Directory 44
2.3 Overview of Enterprise Services Repository 48
2.4 Overview of Integration Directory 78
2.5 Process Integration Runtime 98
2.6 Summary 106
3 Adapter Concepts 107
3.1 Overview 107
3.2 Architectural Overview 109
3.3 Interoperability with other EAI Tools 115
3.4 Adapters 121
3.5 Partner Connectivity Kit 135
3.6 Summary 136
4 B2B and Industry Standard Support 137
4.1 Overview 137
4.2 Industry-Specific Standard Support 141
4.3 Cross-Industry Standards 153
4.4 Predefined Integration Content (SOA Business Content) 160
4.5 Connectivity Using Industry Standard Adapters 161
4.6 Summary 166
5 Central Monitoring 167
5.1 Overview 167
5.2 Component Monitoring 170
5.3 End-to-End Monitoring 174
5.4 Message Monitoring 176
5.5 Integration Engine Monitoring 181
5.6 Performance Monitoring 183
5.7 Alerting Capabilities 184
5.8 Summary 193
6 Business Process Management Capabilities 195
6.1 Overview 195
6.2 Architecture 199
6.3 Integration Process Design with Graphic Modeler 203
6.4 Process Step Types 206
6.5 Process Patterns 211
6.6 Business Process Standards Support 216
6.7 Monitoring and Trouble Shooting 219
6.8 Summary 221
7 Implementation 225
7.1 Overview 225
7.2 System Landscape 228
7.3 Reusing Existing SAP NetWeaver PI Content 234
7.4 Choosing the Right Adapter 239
7.5 Backend Adoption 240
7.6 Summary 257
8 Development 259
8.1 Overview 259
8.2 System Landscape Directory 262
8.3 Interface Definitions

Sam Raju is a Platinum Consultant specializing in SAP NetWeaver PI with more than 18 years of experience in SAP applications. He is member of the SAP NetWeaver Regional Implementation Group (RIG) at SAP Labs and has worked on multiple B2B implementation projects at various SAP customers. His contributions also include preparing training material for SAP NetWeaver PI training classes, and he has written composite guides, e-learning material, how-to guides, and SDN web logs.

Dr. Claus Wallacher started working for SAP in 1993. For the past 3 years he has been head of a development team that focuses on the development of SAP NetWeaver PI content packages that provide out-of-the-box support for different industry standards, like RosettaNet, CIDX, PIDX, and others. As part of the partner initiative he also took part in the definition of a certification process for XI Content based on Industry Standards. Furthermore, he has written a number of web logs on SDN.

"SAP PRESS has released a new book that covers the B2B integration capabilities of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration. The book, written by SAP NetWeaver Platinum RIG Expert Sam Raju and Development Manager Dr. Claus Wallacher, is based on SAP NetWeaver PI release 7.1 and is targeted at new as well as experienced users of SAP NetWeaver PI."