B2B Integration Using SAP Netweaver PI

Sam Raju is a Platinum Expert at the SAP NetWeaver Regional Implementation Group (RIG) at SAP Labs. His primary focus is SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, and he partially works with master data management and global data synchronization. Sam has over 20 years of IT experience including in the areas of SAP R/3, EDI, B2B (business-to-business), data warehousing, and enterprise application integration. As a B2B expert, Sam has successfully led several national and international SAP NetWeaver PI and B2B implementation projects for customers from multiple industries including high tech, chemical, consumer products, petroleum, banking, and pharmaceuticals. He also works with internal development teams that build the SOA content for industry standards such as RosettaNet, CIDX, and PIDX. Prior to joining SAP Labs in 2003, Sam worked for British Petroleum/Amoco in Houston as a senior exploration systems analyst and as an SAP and B2B consultant at National Oilwell, Solvay Chemicals, Hewlett Packard, and several marketplaces in Houston. Sam holds a master's degree in computer science and a postgraduate diploma in business administration. Sam Raju is married with two children and resides in Houston, Texas. Dr. Claus Wallacher has worked at SAP for over 15 years in different roles in development and product management. He designed and developed a number of industry-specific solutions, which are available as part of the SAP Business Suite, including for the petroleum industry, utilities, and the construction industry. For the past four years Claus has headed a development team focusing on collaboration topics such as out-of-the-box support of different industry standards, global data synchronization, and the support of B2B scenarios via enterprise services. Prior to joining SAP, Claus studied mathematics and physics at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, where he received his doctorate in the area of mathematical optimization. Claus lives with his family in the Bay Area in California.

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 ... 276 ... 8.4 ... Mapping Techniques ... 311 ... 8.5 ... Process Integration Scenarios ... 348 ... 8.6 ... Integration Processes ... 355 ... 8.7 ... Summary ... 363 9 ... Configuration ... 365 ... 9.1 ... Overview ... 365 ... 9.2 ... Collaboration Profiles ... 371 ... 9.3 ... Logical Routing ... 385 ... 9.4 ... Collaboration Agreements ... 396 ... 9.5 ... B2B Configuration Scenarios ... 404 ... 9.6 ... Use of the Model Configurator ... 407 ... 9.7 ... Advanced Features ... 414 ... 9.8 ... Summary ... 426 10 ... Security Considerations ... 427 ... 10.1 ... Overview ... 428 ... 10.2 ... Authentication and Authorization ... 431 ... 10.3 ... Dialog and Service Users ... 443 ... 10.4 ... Transport-Level Security ... 445 ... 10.5 ... Message-Level Security ... 453 ... 10.6 ... Summary ... 459 11 ... Testing Considerations ... 461 ... 11.1 ... Overview ... 461 ... 11.2 ... Testing the Connections within your System Landscape ... 463 ... 11.3 ... Testing the Process in the Integration Engine ... 465 ... 11.4 ... Testing the Process in SAP NetWeaver PI ... 470 ... 11.5 ... Testing the Process in your System Landscape ... 471 ... 11.6 ... Testing the Complete Scenario ... 472 ... 11.7 ... Summary ... 474 12 ... Real-Life Test Scenarios ... 475 ... 12.1 ... Backend Preparation ... 476 ... 12.2 ... SAP NetWeaver PI Preparation ... 483 ... 12.3 ... B2B Integration Using the CIDX Standard ... 488 ... 12.4 ... B2B Integration Using the PIDX Standard ... 498 ... 12.5 ... B2B Integration Using the RosettaNet Standard ... 508 ... 12.6 ... B2B Integration Using the EDI Standard ANSI X12 ... 520 ... 12.7 ... Smmary ... 533 A ... Message Mapping Examples ... 537 ... A.1 ... Simple Looping ... 537 ... A.2 ... Message Splitting ... 543 ... A.3 ... Duplicating Nodes ... 552 ... A.4 ... Java Mapping Example ... 561 B ... Integration Process Examples ... 565 ... B.1 ... Establishing a Correlation between Messages ... 565 ... B.2 ... Collect Data ... 575 C ... Enterprise Service Enhancements ... 585 D ... Process Component Architecture Models ... 587 E ... XML Schema Validation ... 591 F ... The Authors ... 595