SAP Process Orchestration

The Comprehensive Guide
2. Enlarged Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4932-1559-1
Verlag: Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 908 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1815 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS Englisch

Looking for smooth integration for your complex system landscape? Whether you're starting fresh or migrating from SAP PI, we've got you covered! Learn to use the AEX to configure the system landscape directory, work with the ES repository, and manage the integration directory in SAP PO. Build integration flows, create a SAP BPM process, and get the most out of SAP BRM. Updated with the new Push API, user-defined search, the SAP Cloud Platform Integration engine, practical exercises, and more!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bilay, John Mutumba

Viana Blanco, Roberto

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

... Foreword ... 23

... Acknowledgments ... 25

... John Mutumba Bilay ... 25

... Roberto Viana Blanco ... 25

... Introduction ... 27

... Who This Book Is For ... 28

... Structure of the Book ... 28

I ... Getting Started ... 31

1 ... Introduction to SAP Process Orchestration ... 33

1.1 ... Historical Overview and Evolution ... 33

1.2 ... SAP Process Orchestration Components ... 38

1.3 ... Architectural Overview and Positioning ... 45

1.4 ... Installation Options ... 53

1.5 ... Summary ... 57

2 ... Administration and Development Tools ... 59

2.1 ... SAP Process Orchestration Tools ... 59

2.2 ... SAP NetWeaver Administrator ... 78

2.3 ... SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio ... 86

2.4 ... Summary ... 90

II ... Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX) ... 91

3 ... Configuring the System Landscape Directory ... 93

3.1 ... System Landscape Directory Components and Features ... 94

3.2 ... Registering Systems to the System Landscape Directory ... 107

3.3 ... Administration of the System Landscape Directory ... 110

3.4 ... System Landscape Directory Strategies ... 113

3.5 ... Tips and Tricks ... 118

3.6 ... Exercise: Configuring the System Landscape Directory ... 124

3.7 ... Summary ... 131

4 ... Working with the Enterprise Services Repository and Registry ... 133

4.1 ... Basic ES Repository Technical Concepts ... 134

4.2 ... Design Objects ... 141

4.3 ... Data Types and Message Types ... 149

4.4 ... Exercise: Working with the ES Repository and Registry ... 153

4.5 ... Summary ... 169

5 ... Working with the Integration Directory ... 171

5.1 ... Integration Directory Overview ... 171

5.2 ... Collaboration Profiles ... 173

5.3 ... Adapter Types ... 189

5.4 ... Integrated Configuration ... 192

5.5 ... The XI Message Protocol ... 203

5.6 ... Configuration Scenario ... 204

5.7 ... Value Mapping ... 206

5.8 ... Business-to-Business Integration ... 209

5.9 ... Axis Framework ... 212

5.10 ... Representational State Transfer Adapter ... 215

5.11 ... Message Alerting ... 218

5.12 ... Publish the Service in the Services Registry ... 225

5.13 ... Integration Directory Programming Interface (Directory API) ... 226

5.14 ... Exercise: Working with the Integration Directory ... 229

5.15 ... Summary ... 238

6 ... Building an Integration Flow ... 241

6.1 ... SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio ... 242

6.2 ... Basics of Creating and Configuring an Integration Flow ... 248

6.3 ... iFlow Example ... 256

6.4 ... New Features of the Process Integration Designer ... 273

6.5 ... Supporting Multiple Senders for Your iFlow ... 277

6.6 ... Exercise: Building an Integration Flow ... 280

6.7 ... Summary ... 289

7 ... Administration and Monitoring in AEX ... 291

7.1 ... Administration ... 291

7.2 ... Monitoring ... 296

7.3 ... Troubleshooting ... 309

7.4 ... Summary ... 316

8 ... Migrating Interfaces from SAP PI Dual Stack to SAP PO ... 317

8.1 ... Migration Strategies ... 317

8.2 ... Migrating System Landscape Directory Content ... 321

8.3 ... Migrating Enterprise Services Repository Content ... 324

8.4 ... Migrating Integration Directory Content ... 325

8.5 ... Summary ... 337

III ... Business Process Management and Composition ... 339

9 ... Introduction to SAP BPM and BPMN 2.0 ... 341

9.1 ... Managing Business Processes ... 342

9.2 ... SAP Business Process Management ... 344

9.3 ... Business Process Model and Notation 2.0 ... 351

9.4 ... Summary ... 369

10 ... Creating Your First SAP BPM Process ... 371

10.1 ... SAP BPM Positioning and Development Environment ... 371

10.2 ... Creating and Modeling an SAP BPM Process ... 377

10.3 ... Configuring the BPMN Model ... 396

10.4 ... Flow Objects ... 407

10.5 ... Build and Deploy Your Process ... 452

10.6 ... Advanced Mapping ... 455

10.7 ... Implementing Error Handling ... 462

10.8 ... Combining SAP BPM and the AEX ... 464

10.9 ... Exercise: Creating an SAP Business Process Management Process ... 470

10.10 ... Summary ... 498

11 ... Applying Advanced SAP BPM Concepts and Extensions ... 501

11.1 ... Service-Oriented Architecture Configuration ... 501

11.2 ... Testing and Running an SAP BPM Process ... 517

11.3 ... Custom Enterprise Java Bean Functions ... 523

11.4 ... Using the Claim Check Pattern ... 532

11.5 ... SAP BPM Application Programming Interface ... 536

11.6 ... SAP Business Process Management OData ... 539

11.7 ... Using the Push API to Access SAP BPM Lifecycle Events ... 542

11.8 ... Debugging and Troubleshooting SAP BPM Processes ... 545

11.9 ... Tuning SAP BPM-Related Performance Parameters ... 549

11.10 ... Best Practices for Your SAP BPM Application ... 551

11.11 ... Exercise: Applying Advanced SAP BPM Concepts and Extensions ... 554

11.12 ... Summary ... 566

12 ... Combining SAP BPM and UI Technologies ... 567

12.1 ... Web Dynpro Java User Interface Technology ... 567

12.2 ... Integrating SAPUI5 into an SAP BPM Process ... 578

12.3 ... Other User Interface Technologies ... 592

12.4 ... Summary ... 595

13 ... SAP Business Rules Management ... 597

13.1 ... How Business Rules Work ... 597

13.2 ... SAP Business Rules Management ... 601

13.3 ... Modeling Business Rules with Rules Composer ... 610

13.4 ... Testing Business Rules ... 623

13.5 ... Best Practices for Modeling Business Rules ... 625

13.6 ... Exercise: SAP Business Rules Management ... 627

13.7 ... Summary ... 650

14 ... Implementing Java Proxies ... 653

14.1 ... Java Proxy Concept and Considerations ... 654

14.2 ... Implementation Approaches ... 655

14.3 ... Technical Implementation ... 656

14.4 ... Building an Orchestration ... 687

14.5 ... Exercise: Implementing Java Proxies ... 688

14.6 ... Summary ... 714

15 ... Administration and Monitoring Message Processing in SAP BPM ... 715

15.1 ... Monitoring ... 715

15.2 ... Administration ... 733

15.3 ... Summary ... 736

16 ... Migrating ccBPM from SAP PI to SAP PO ... 737

16.1 ... Motivation for Migration ... 737

16.2 ... Migration Approach ... 740

16.3 ... Recommendations ... 755

16.4 ... Summary ... 757

IV ... Advanced Concepts ... 759

17 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration for SAP PO ... 761

17.1 ... Enable Cloud Integration Content in SAP PO ... 762

17.2 ... Reusing Cloud Integration Content ... 763

17.3 ... Monitoring ... 767

17.4 ... Summary ... 770

18 ... Additional Components for SAP Process Orchestration ... 771

18.1 ... Component Model ... 772

18.2 ... SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure ... 781

18.3 ... SAP Composite Application Framework ... 804

18.4 ... Service Registry ... 812

18.5 ... Enhanced Change and Transport System ... 815

18.6 ... Exercise: Create an SWCV ... 821

18.7 ... Summary ... 830

19 ... Landscape Setup Considerations ... 833

19.1 ... Java System Configuration ... 833

19.2 ... Handling Certificates ... 846

19.3 ... Housekeeping ... 847

19.4 ... Monitoring ... 848

19.5 ... Summary ... 857

... Appendices ... 859

A ... Orchestration Outlook ... 859

B ... The Authors ... 885

... Index ... 887

Über Autor(innen)

Viana Blanco, Roberto
Roberto Viana Blanco is an experienced SAP integration architect and co-founder of Rojo Consultancy. He has over 15 years of SAP integration experience working across a number of industries. He has been working with SAP since the early versions of SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (XI) and has helped several organizations adopt first SAP NetWeaver Process Integration and then SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration.

Bilay, John Mutumba
John Mutumba Bilay is a senior software engineer and enterprise integration consultant at Rojo Consultancy. With more than 12 years of international experience in information technology, including eight specifically devoted to SAP, his speciality is software development, integration, and business process automation.