SAP Cloud Platform Integration
The Comprehensive Guide
2nd Edition
Published on 23. October 2018
Book
Hardback
791 pages
978-1-4932-1706-9 (ISBN)
Description
Connect your cloud and on-premise applications! This comprehensive guide to SAP Cloud Platform Integration will teach you how to integrate processes and data in your system by developing and configuring integration flows. In this updated and expanded practical guide, explore prepackaged integration content in the Integration Content Catalog, debug and secure integration projects, enable B2B integration, develop custom adapters, and more. Follow step-by-step instructions to guide you through the full integration process.
a. Fundamentals
Find out how SAP Cloud Platform Integration fits into SAP's cloud strategy. Explore its architecture and tools, and learn how to run your first integration flow.
b. Integration Development
Whether you're using prepackaged integration content or developing custom integrations, this guide has you covered. Explore the development environment, the SAP Cloud Platform Integration runtime, and processes like debugging and error handling.
c. Updated and Expanded
Revised to include new connectivity options, keystore management, and integration flow migration. Explore new chapters on using SAP API Management and SAP Cloud Platform Integration together and business-to-business capabilities.
1) Integration flows
2) Integration Content Catalog
3) Modeling synchronous and asynchronous scenarios
4) Debugging
5) Security
6) B2B integration
7) Root cause analysis
8) Web UI
9) Message mappings
10) SAP API Management
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Persons
Author
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.
Dr. Peter Gutsche studied physics at Heidelberg University, Ruperto Carola. After getting his PhD in 1999, he started working as a documentation developer at SAP. Today he is a knowledge architect and is responsible for and coordinates the documentation for SAP HANA Cloud Integration.
Mandy Krimmel has worked at SAP since 2001, where she was responsible for the interfaces area (ALE, EDI, RFC, ICM, XI) in SAP Basis support. In September 2003 she joined the Quality Management team for SAP NetWeaver XI/PI where she is responsible, among other things, for PI demo examples and the Troubleshooting Guide for SAP NetWeaver PI.
Volker Stiehl studied Computer Sciences at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. When he joined SAP in 2004, his primary focus was on presales activities involving the Java EE stack of the SAP Web Application Server. In summer 2005, he joined the product management team of the Composite Application Framework where he was responsible for preparing specifications for composite applications development. With the introduction of SAP NetWeaver CE, his area of responsibility was extended to include the design of composite application architectures and their implementation using composition tools, such as the Composite Application Framework, Guided Procedures framework, or the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer. Volker Stiehl speaks regularly at various conferences, such as SAP TechEd, SAPPHIRE, and JavaOne, about the topics related to the architecture and development of composite applications. Prior to joining SAP, he worked at Siemens as a consultant for distributed J2EE-based architectures and integration architectures using SAP integration technologies.
Content
... Foreword by Björn Goerke ... 17
... Preface ... 19
... Structure of the Book ... 20
... Sample Applications ... 23
... Who This Book Is For ... 24
... Acknowledgments ... 27
1 ... Introduction to SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 31
1.1 ... The Role of SAP Cloud Platform Integration in a Cloud-Based Strategy ... 32
1.2 ... Use Cases ... 35
1.3 ... Capabilities ... 42
1.4 ... Editions ... 50
1.5 ... Summary ... 51
2 ... Getting Started ... 53
2.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 53
2.2 ... Tools and Processes ... 71
2.3 ... Running Your First Integration Scenario ... 80
2.4 ... Summary ... 111
3 ... Integration Content Catalog ... 113
3.1 ... Introduction to the Integration Content Catalog ... 113
3.2 ... Terms and Conditions of Using Prepackaged Integration Content ... 117
3.3 ... Consuming Prepackaged Content ... 121
3.4 ... Prepackaged Content Provided by SAP ... 137
3.5 ... Creating Your Own Content Package ... 147
3.6 ... Summary ... 150
4 ... Basic Integration Scenarios ... 153
4.1 ... Working with SAP Cloud Platform Integration's Data Model ... 153
4.2 ... Using Externalization to Enable Easy Reuse of the Integration Flow ... 175
4.3 ... Content Enrichment by Invoking an OData Service ... 183
4.4 ... Working with Mappings ... 201
4.5 ... Defining and Providing an OData Service ... 224
4.6 ... Working with an Aggregator ... 238
4.7 ... Summary ... 250
5 ... Advanced Integration Scenarios ... 251
5.1 ... Message Routing ... 251
5.2 ... Working with Lists ... 262
5.3 ... Asynchronous Message Handling ... 281
5.4 ... Reliable Messaging Using the JMS Adapter ... 308
5.5 ... Summary ... 338
6 ... Special Topics in Integration Development ... 341
6.1 ... Timer-Based Message Transfer ... 341
6.2 ... Using Dynamic Configuration via Headers or Properties ... 349
6.3 ... Structuring Large Integration Flows Using Local Processes ... 365
6.4 ... Connecting Integration Flows Using the ProcessDirect Adapter ... 378
6.5 ... Versioning and Migration of Integration Flows ... 388
6.6 ... Transporting Integration Packages to Another Tenant ... 403
6.7 ... Using the Adapter Development Kit ... 411
6.8 ... Best Practices for Integration Flow Development ... 427
6.9 ... Summary ... 429
7 ... B2B Integration with SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 431
7.1 ... B2B Capabilities in SAP Cloud Platform Integration: Overview ... 432
7.2 ... Defining Interfaces and Mappings in the Integration Content Advisor ... 434
7.3 ... Configure a B2B Scenario with AS2 Sender and IDoc Receiver Adapters ... 451
7.4 ... Using the Partner Directory for Partner-Specific Configuration Data ... 482
7.5 ... Summary ... 492
8 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration Operations ... 493
8.1 ... Operations: Overview ... 494
8.2 ... Monitoring Integration Content and Message Processing ... 496
8.3 ... Manage Security ... 522
8.4 ... Manage Temporary Data ... 549
8.5 ... Access Logs ... 565
8.6 ... Manage Locks ... 570
8.7 ... Summary ... 573
9 ... Application Programming Interfaces ... 575
9.1 ... Introduction ... 575
9.2 ... Java APIs Provided by SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 576
9.3 ... Using the Java API in a User-Defined function ... 579
9.4 ... Using the Script Step ... 584
9.5 ... OData API ... 590
9.6 ... Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration with SAP Cloud Platform API Management ... 623
9.7 ... Summary ... 641
10 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration Security ... 643
10.1 ... Technical System Landscape ... 644
10.2 ... Processes ... 655
10.3 ... User Administration and Authorization ... 657
10.4 ... Data and Data Flow Security ... 665
10.5 ... Keystore Management ... 721
10.6 ... Summary ... 736
11 ... Productive Scenarios Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 737
11.1 ... Integration of SAP Cloud for Customer and SAP ERP ... 737
11.2 ... Integration of SAP Cloud for Customer with SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 743
11.3 ... Integration of SAP Marketing Cloud and Various Applications ... 744
11.4 ... Integration of SAP SuccessFactors and SAP ERP ... 745
11.5 ... Integration of SAP Applications with the Ariba Network ... 750
11.6 ... Summary ... 752
12 ... Summary and Outlook ... 755
12.1 ... Multi-Cloud Support ... 756
12.2 ... Integration Content Management ... 758
12.3 ... Predefined Integration Content ... 759
12.4 ... New Connectivity Options ... 759
12.5 ... Business-to-Business Support ... 760
12.6 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration API ... 761
12.7 ... Connectivity ... 762
12.8 ... Security ... 762
12.9 ... Harmonization of SAP Cloud Platform Integration with Other Services ... 763
12.10 ... Summary ... 764
... Appendices ... 765
A ... Abbreviations ... 767
B ... Literature ... 775
C ... The Authors ... 779
... Index ... 781
... Preface ... 19
... Structure of the Book ... 20
... Sample Applications ... 23
... Who This Book Is For ... 24
... Acknowledgments ... 27
1 ... Introduction to SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 31
1.1 ... The Role of SAP Cloud Platform Integration in a Cloud-Based Strategy ... 32
1.2 ... Use Cases ... 35
1.3 ... Capabilities ... 42
1.4 ... Editions ... 50
1.5 ... Summary ... 51
2 ... Getting Started ... 53
2.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 53
2.2 ... Tools and Processes ... 71
2.3 ... Running Your First Integration Scenario ... 80
2.4 ... Summary ... 111
3 ... Integration Content Catalog ... 113
3.1 ... Introduction to the Integration Content Catalog ... 113
3.2 ... Terms and Conditions of Using Prepackaged Integration Content ... 117
3.3 ... Consuming Prepackaged Content ... 121
3.4 ... Prepackaged Content Provided by SAP ... 137
3.5 ... Creating Your Own Content Package ... 147
3.6 ... Summary ... 150
4 ... Basic Integration Scenarios ... 153
4.1 ... Working with SAP Cloud Platform Integration's Data Model ... 153
4.2 ... Using Externalization to Enable Easy Reuse of the Integration Flow ... 175
4.3 ... Content Enrichment by Invoking an OData Service ... 183
4.4 ... Working with Mappings ... 201
4.5 ... Defining and Providing an OData Service ... 224
4.6 ... Working with an Aggregator ... 238
4.7 ... Summary ... 250
5 ... Advanced Integration Scenarios ... 251
5.1 ... Message Routing ... 251
5.2 ... Working with Lists ... 262
5.3 ... Asynchronous Message Handling ... 281
5.4 ... Reliable Messaging Using the JMS Adapter ... 308
5.5 ... Summary ... 338
6 ... Special Topics in Integration Development ... 341
6.1 ... Timer-Based Message Transfer ... 341
6.2 ... Using Dynamic Configuration via Headers or Properties ... 349
6.3 ... Structuring Large Integration Flows Using Local Processes ... 365
6.4 ... Connecting Integration Flows Using the ProcessDirect Adapter ... 378
6.5 ... Versioning and Migration of Integration Flows ... 388
6.6 ... Transporting Integration Packages to Another Tenant ... 403
6.7 ... Using the Adapter Development Kit ... 411
6.8 ... Best Practices for Integration Flow Development ... 427
6.9 ... Summary ... 429
7 ... B2B Integration with SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 431
7.1 ... B2B Capabilities in SAP Cloud Platform Integration: Overview ... 432
7.2 ... Defining Interfaces and Mappings in the Integration Content Advisor ... 434
7.3 ... Configure a B2B Scenario with AS2 Sender and IDoc Receiver Adapters ... 451
7.4 ... Using the Partner Directory for Partner-Specific Configuration Data ... 482
7.5 ... Summary ... 492
8 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration Operations ... 493
8.1 ... Operations: Overview ... 494
8.2 ... Monitoring Integration Content and Message Processing ... 496
8.3 ... Manage Security ... 522
8.4 ... Manage Temporary Data ... 549
8.5 ... Access Logs ... 565
8.6 ... Manage Locks ... 570
8.7 ... Summary ... 573
9 ... Application Programming Interfaces ... 575
9.1 ... Introduction ... 575
9.2 ... Java APIs Provided by SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 576
9.3 ... Using the Java API in a User-Defined function ... 579
9.4 ... Using the Script Step ... 584
9.5 ... OData API ... 590
9.6 ... Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration with SAP Cloud Platform API Management ... 623
9.7 ... Summary ... 641
10 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration Security ... 643
10.1 ... Technical System Landscape ... 644
10.2 ... Processes ... 655
10.3 ... User Administration and Authorization ... 657
10.4 ... Data and Data Flow Security ... 665
10.5 ... Keystore Management ... 721
10.6 ... Summary ... 736
11 ... Productive Scenarios Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 737
11.1 ... Integration of SAP Cloud for Customer and SAP ERP ... 737
11.2 ... Integration of SAP Cloud for Customer with SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 743
11.3 ... Integration of SAP Marketing Cloud and Various Applications ... 744
11.4 ... Integration of SAP SuccessFactors and SAP ERP ... 745
11.5 ... Integration of SAP Applications with the Ariba Network ... 750
11.6 ... Summary ... 752
12 ... Summary and Outlook ... 755
12.1 ... Multi-Cloud Support ... 756
12.2 ... Integration Content Management ... 758
12.3 ... Predefined Integration Content ... 759
12.4 ... New Connectivity Options ... 759
12.5 ... Business-to-Business Support ... 760
12.6 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration API ... 761
12.7 ... Connectivity ... 762
12.8 ... Security ... 762
12.9 ... Harmonization of SAP Cloud Platform Integration with Other Services ... 763
12.10 ... Summary ... 764
... Appendices ... 765
A ... Abbreviations ... 767
B ... Literature ... 775
C ... The Authors ... 779
... Index ... 781