SAP Cloud Integration Cookbook
Description
Every hybrid system is different-and so are its integration needs! With this hands-on cookbook for the Cloud Integration capability in SAP Integration Suite, you'll learn advanced techniques and best practices for your unique system. Follow "recipes" for both common and complex tasks, from data mapping with Groovy and XSLT to implementing adapters and asynchronous interfaces. Need to get up to speed on artifact reusability, security, transport management, or logging? Want to see detailed, real-world integration scenarios? This practical guide will give you the insights you need to become a Cloud Integration master!
Highlights include:
1) Best practices
2) Infrastructure
3) Mapping
4) Adapters
5) Loosely coupled interfaces
6) Reusable artifacts
7) Data management
8) Security
9) Transport management
10) Logging
11) Practical interface scenarios
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PART I ... Cloud Integration Recipes ... 15
1 ... Introduction ... 17
1.1 ... Objectives and Target Group ... 18
1.2 ... Overview of Cloud Integration ... 19
1.3 ... Important Concepts and Technologies ... 32
1.4 ... Overview of Supported Adapters ... 51
1.5 ... iFlow Design Guidelines ... 59
1.6 ... Summary ... 60
2 ... Infrastructure and Configuration Best Practices ... 61
2.1 ... Architecture ... 62
2.2 ... Set Up ... 67
2.3 ... Roles and Authorizations ... 75
2.4 ... Integrating the Cloud Connector ... 81
2.5 ... Connecting to the Identity Authentication Service ... 92
2.6 ... Summary ... 99
3 ... Mappings: Groovy, XSLT, and Message Mappings ... 101
3.1 ... Introduction to Mapping and Scripting ... 102
3.2 ... Scripting with Groovy ... 105
3.3 ... Message Mapping ... 134
3.4 ... XSLT Mappings ... 155
3.5 ... Practical Design Journey ... 178
3.6 ... Summary ... 191
4 ... Adapters ... 193
4.1 ... Overview of Adapters ... 195
4.2 ... File-Based Communication ... 196
4.3 ... SAP-Specific Adapters ... 212
4.4 ... API and Web Service Integration ... 237
4.5 ... Database and Messaging Adapters ... 257
4.6 ... Summary ... 267
5 ... Loosely Coupled Interfaces ... 269
5.1 ... Introduction to Messaging and Loose Coupling ... 270
5.2 ... Structure of Messaging Architecture ... 277
5.3 ... Configuration of the Java Messaging Service Adapter ... 283
5.4 ... Error Handling and Retry Strategies ... 294
5.5 ... Summary ... 299
6 ... Artifact Reusability ... 301
6.1 ... Introduction to Reusability ... 301
6.2 ... Using Script Collections ... 305
6.3 ... Reusing Message Mappings ... 320
6.4 ... Modularization with ProcessDirect ... 325
6.5 ... Summary ... 331
7 ... Data Management and Security ... 333
7.1 ... Authentication and Authorization ... 333
7.2 ... Working with the Secure Store ... 352
7.3 ... Working with Variables and Number Range Objects ... 354
7.4 ... Working with the Data Store ... 360
7.5 ... Summary ... 371
8 ... Transport Management and Deployment ... 373
8.1 ... Transportation with SAP Cloud Transport Management ... 373
8.2 ... Version Controls and Deployment Strategies ... 405
8.3 ... Automated Transports and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery Pipelines ... 407
8.4 ... Summary ... 409
9 ... Logging and Monitoring ... 411
9.1 ... Integrated Monitoring ... 411
9.2 ... Debugging and Error Handling ... 422
9.3 ... SAP Cloud ALM ... 429
9.4 ... SAP Alert Notification Service for SAP BTP ... 437
9.5 ... Summary ... 446
PART II ... Practical Interface Scenarios ... 447
10 ... Integration with SAP SuccessFactors Integration Center ... 449
10.1 ... Overview of the Integration Center ... 450
10.2 ... Using REST Interfaces ... 453
10.3 ... Using SOAP Interfaces ... 465
10.4 ... Error Handling and Monitoring ... 472
10.5 ... Summary ... 477
11 ... Using Intelligent Services for Event Triggers in SAP SuccessFactors ... 479
11.1 ... Configuring Event Triggers in SAP SuccessFactors ... 480
11.2 ... Event Handling in Cloud Integration ... 495
11.3 ... Summary ... 503
12 ... Working with Event-Based Architectures ... 505
12.1 ... Advantages of Event-Driven Integration ... 506
12.2 ... Differences Between Point-to-Point and Event-Driven Architectures ... 512
12.3 ... Best Practices for Asynchronous Integration ... 518
12.4 ... Summary ... 528
13 ... Connecting Cloud Integration with Event Mesh ... 531
13.1 ... Central Message Broker ... 531
13.2 ... Routing and Message Processing Strategies ... 533
13.3 ... Best Practices for Event Handling ... 536
13.4 ... Event Mesh Integration for SAP S/4HANA ... 538
13.5 ... Summary ... 557
... The Authors ... 559
... Index ... 561