... Preface ... 13
... Objective of This Book ... 13
... Target Audience ... 14
... Structure of This Book ... 14
... Acknowledgments ... 16
1 ... Introduction ... 19
1.1 ... Introduction to SAP S/4HANA ... 20
1.2 ... Architecture and Characteristics ... 25
1.3 ... Deployment Options ... 36
1.4 ... Implementation Options ... 42
1.5 ... Summary ... 46
2 ... Integration Technologies ... 47
2.1 ... SAP Strategy and Recommendations for Integration ... 48
2.2 ... Technologies from SAP ... 50
2.3 ... New and Improved Technologies ... 56
2.4 ... SAP Business Technology Platform ... 67
2.5 ... Summary ... 73
3 ... Electronic Data Interchange ... 75
3.1 ... Concept and Characteristics of EDI ... 76
3.2 ... EDI Standards for Messages ... 82
3.3 ... EDI Standards for Communication ... 96
3.4 ... Characteristics of the EDI Integration Pattern ... 103
3.5 ... Example Use Case for EDI ... 104
3.6 ... Summary ... 105
4 ... EDI Processing in the SAP S/4HANA Landscape ... 107
4.1 ... Business Process ... 107
4.2 ... Technical Solution Design ... 120
4.3 ... Summary ... 136
5 ... Prerequisites ... 137
5.1 ... Prerequisites Checklist ... 137
5.2 ... Summary ... 148
6 ... Initial Setup of the Environment ... 149
6.1 ... Readiness of the Technical Components ... 149
6.2 ... Deployment of the Trading Partner Management Package ... 150
6.3 ... Connecting SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP ... 154
6.4 ... Summary ... 181
7 ... Configuration and Development in SAP S/4HANA ... 183
7.1 ... IDoc Fundamentals ... 183
7.2 ... IDoc Selections ... 185
7.3 ... IDoc Processing ... 200
7.4 ... Handling External Identifiers during IDoc Processing ... 219
7.5 ... Summary ... 224
8 ... SAP Application Interface Framework ... 227
8.1 ... Enabling SAP Application Interface Framework ... 227
8.2 ... Customizing IDoc-Based Interfaces on SAP Application Interface Framework ... 230
8.3 ... Summary ... 271
9 ... SAP Integration Suite ... 273
9.1 ... B2B EDI on SAP Integration Suite ... 273
9.2 ... Integration Advisor ... 274
9.3 ... Trading Partner Management ... 337
9.4 ... Summary ... 373
10 ... Checking the EDI Solution ... 375
10.1 ... Verifying Inbound Processing ... 375
10.2 ... Verifying Outbound Processing ... 392
10.3 ... Negative Testing, Alerting, and Error Handling ... 408
10.4 ... Summary ... 414
11 ... Test Automation ... 415
11.1 ... Overcoming the Challenges of EDI Testing ... 415
11.2 ... The Value of and Approaches to EDI Testing ... 416
11.3 ... Automated Regression Testing for EDI with Int4 Suite ... 418
11.4 ... Summary ... 458
12 ... APIs ... 459
12.1 ... API Concept and Characteristics ... 459
12.2 ... APIs in SAP S/4HANA ... 471
12.3 ... Extending the EDI Scenario with APIs ... 491
12.4 ... Summary ... 524
13 ... Conclusion and Outlook ... 527
13.1 ... Component Versions ... 527
13.2 ... Topics Intentionally or Necessarily Overlooked ... 531
13.3 ... Summary ... 536
... The Authors ... 537
... Contributor ... 537
... Index ... 539
