Architecture Pattern XML-Funneling of complex SAP structures for Duet Enterprise interoperability
Architectural Pattern to enable usage of SAP NetWeaver Gateway Design Tools to generate Gateway Model, Service and SharePoint BDC Model for exchanging complex SAP data structures with SharePoint via Duet Enterprise. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Feb. 11, 2012 01:57 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Integration and SAP: How much is really enough?
How much is really enough when it comes to SAP and what it is doing in the space of Enterprise Application Integration? Shabarish Vijayakumar in Business Process Management, Ranting, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Feb. 06, 2012 05:24 AM | 20 Comments | Permalink]

NetWeaver Gateway and PI - There's a place for both!
A recently converted RESTafarian talks about why both PI and NetWeaver Gateway have their places in an architecture; as separate products. Sascha Wenninger in Enterprise Architecture, Ranting, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Jan. 31, 2012 01:46 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

Tiers Of Cloud Delivery
Public cloud computing models have received a fair share of concern about performance and security. That conversation has distracted many from seeing the value of it service orientation. Perhaps if cloud providers provided options for cloud delivery, the conversation could be properly focused around business enablement. Sina Moatamed in Emerging Technologies, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP Business ByDesign, Service-Oriented Architecture, Virtualization [Jan. 30, 2012 07:34 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Opinions on deploying NetWeaver Gateway
Local or Remote? Integrated or Stand-alone? Those are the questions when it comes to deploying NetWeaver Gateway. This blog proposes one answer. However the real answer is "it depends". Sascha Wenninger in ABAP, Mobile, Ranting, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jan. 09, 2012 03:16 AM | 25 Comments | Permalink]

Assert4Soa: Advanced Security Service cERTificates for SOA
The Assert4Soa project aims at filling the gap between the need for lighter-weight, automatically processable security certificates and the current state of the practice. In order to do so, the Assert4Soa consortium is committed to producing novel techniques and tools for expressing, assessing and certifying security properties for service-oriented applications, composed of distributed software services that may dynamically be selected, assembled and replaced, and running within complex and continuously evolving software ecosystems. Antonino SABETTA in Service-Oriented Architecture, Security, SAP Research [Jan. 03, 2012 04:03 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Consolidated Operational Information for IWAY adapters
Consolidated Operational Information for IWAY adapters Piyush Gakhar in Business Process Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Support and Maintenance [Jan. 03, 2012 02:26 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Consolidated Operational Information for Seeburger Adapters
Consolidated and Updated operational information for Seeburger adapters Piyush Gakhar in Business Process Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Support and Maintenance [Dec. 30, 2011 02:10 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Configuring services for SAP Credit Management-FSCM
SAP Credit Management-FSCM pavan kumar in ABAP, Application Server, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Dec. 22, 2011 06:54 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Solman - Set Up Automatic Confirmation / Changing User Status of Messages using report: AI_SDK_SP_AUTO_CLOSE_2
This blog explains the case when solution manager service desk message has been confirmed automatically from SAP side after certain time but User status is not Confirmed. This also deals with the case when customer wants to change the status of the service desk message to confirmed or any other desired status. Vikram Jain in ABAP, Application Server, SAP Solution Manager, Service-Oriented Architecture [Dec. 20, 2011 10:53 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Introducing SAP Social Media Analytics by NetBase
SAP is pleased to announce it will resell the NetBase social media analytics solution. SAP Social Media Analytics by NetBase is sold and supported by SAP as a solution extension. Blair Wheadon in Service-Oriented Architecture, Social Media and Social Networks [Dec. 12, 2011 08:32 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Code Free Development of Services with BPM
This Blog explains the idea of using SAP BPM to develop new web services by leveraging and reusing existing service in the landscape. The approach is explained with the out of the box MDM Web Services: By putting different MDM Web Service operations togther in a well defined sequence you can implement your own services and the desired business logic. Steffen Ulmer in Business Process Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 09, 2011 07:42 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

USDL takes important step towards standardization
The Unified Service Description Language is used to describe almost any kind of services from business and operational in addition to the technical points of view. SAP chaired a W3C Incubator Group that has finished its work on October 27th, 2011. Kay Kadner in Service-Oriented Architecture, Standards [Oct. 28, 2011 06:29 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Open Source Development Tools updated to latest USDL version
The USDL Editor and USDL Model library have been updated to the latest version of USDL 3M5 and are available as download from SourceForge. Kay Kadner in Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 28, 2011 06:25 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

AEX Enablement of the SAP Business Suite
SAP Business Suite 7 and i2010 have recently been enabled for the usage of AEX. AEX (Advanced Adapter Engine Extended) is a light-weight installation option of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.3 (SAP NW PI 7.3). AEX consumes up to 60% less memory compared to the traditional PI dual stack. So you might consider the usage of AEX instead of PI dual stack. Bernhard Fippel in SAP Business Suite, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 27, 2011 12:23 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Security management on Service-based SCM Control system
Following a serie of posts on Aspect-Oriented Programming and its applications, we are presenting an idea developped in a recent publication. It shows how AOP can ease enforcement of cross-cutting concerns, with the illustration of security concerns management in service-based supply chain management systems. Gabriel SERME in SAP Research, Security, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 26, 2011 06:43 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Deploying SAP Sourcing Optimizer in Wave 7 OP
SAP Sourcing Optimizer is often a source of confusion for on premise implementations. In this blog post I cover some issues I've seen recently and some ways af fixing them. Paul Wagner in Composition Environment (CE), Procurement and SRM, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Support and Maintenance, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS) [Oct. 24, 2011 02:46 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Data architecture considerations and guidelines for retrieving SAP data via Duet Enterprise into SharePoint
Data architecture considerations and guidelines for defining proper Gateway Model service interfaces for retrieving SAP data into SharePoint context. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 23, 2011 02:03 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

WEBINAR: SAP NetWeaver® Gateway: Making development simple to bring SAP applications to your users
Peter Ng in SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 20, 2011 11:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Unlocking SAP data via Duet Enterprise Feature Pack 1 in more agile approach
Duet Enterprise Feature Pack 1 largely improves the design time effort by using standard Gateway generation tools plus BDC publisher. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability .NET, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 15, 2011 08:21 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Results of the global NetWeaver PI Survey 2011
The blog gives an overview of the results from the global PI survey 2011, which was conducted by the Global Special Interest Group for Process Integration (GSIG) between April and July 2011. Holger Himmelmann in SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 12, 2011 01:26 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

When 3 become 1: Introducing Process Orchestration
New market opportunities, increased competition, and the need to comply with internal and external regulations are forcing businesses to constantly evolve. This article takes a look at SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration — which blends SAP NetWeaver BPM, SAP NetWeaver BRM, and SAP NetWeaver PI — a solution designed to help companies keep up with these rapid changes and provide a foundation to generate better business and IT alignment. Eduardo Chiocconi in Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 06, 2011 01:25 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Fixed Cost Warning Label
The goal of this write up is simple; I want potential customers of SaaS ERP to be aware of some common hazards with SaaS ERP fixed cost implementations and to serve as a guide for successful engagements. Sina Moatamed in Business Solutions, ERP, Improving My Experience, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 03, 2011 08:59 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Cloud Usage at SAP
Update on public cloud usage at SAP Frank Stienhans in Application Lifecycle Management, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture, Virtualization [Sep. 30, 2011 11:19 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Acquires Crossgate – Offerings and Uncertainties
SAP is acquiring Crossgate. What does it mean for B2B landscapes? Prateek Raj Srivastava in SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 22, 2011 08:31 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Create CDATA elements with XSL in SAP PI
How to use implement an CDATA element in an XSL mapping with SAP PI. Daniel Graversen in SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 22, 2011 05:57 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The Crucial Role of Solution Architects in Banking Project
Banking projects are welll known for their complexity. A typical solution for a bank usualy includes multiple systems, technologies, standards and processes and it is clear that in such an almost chaotic environment there is a need for a very centric role: The Solution Architect. In this blog I compare the Solution Architect in a banking project to the classical Architect in the civil engineering environment in order to learn from that field and use the experience in oour IT world. Avi Malamud in Banking, Business Process Expert, CRM, Enterprise Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 20, 2011 07:25 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Realizing Web Services Inter-Operability using SAP PI 7.1 - Part III
This document intends to share the learnings while trying to make the Web Services exposed from SAP PI 7.1 inter-operable with other applications in the landscape. Amit Dingorkar in Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 18, 2011 12:05 PM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Realizing Web Services Inter-Operability using SAP PI 7.1 - Part II
This document intends to share the learnings while trying to make the Web Services exposed from SAP PI 7.1 inter-operable with other applications in the landscape. Amit Dingorkar in SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture, Interoperability [Sep. 18, 2011 12:04 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Realising the benefits of Visualization Solutions by Nakisa (VSN)
Realising the benefits of Visualization Solutions by Nakisa (VSN) Luke Marson in Composition Environment (CE), ERP, Human Capital Management, Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 13, 2011 09:12 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

Software guidelines – Why are they rarely adhered?
The blog is not about the benefits of Software Guidelines. It is about the hidden reason behind our nature to not follow these guidelines and how to rectify it. Sharath M G in Best-Built Applications, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture [Aug. 17, 2011 10:17 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

Podcast: SOA Manager in July 2011
Podcast: Paul Read talks with Harish Mehta and Martin Plummer about the latest features in SOA Manager. Paul Read in ABAP, Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture, Web Dynpro [Aug. 01, 2011 01:14 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Cloud, SOA and Virtualization – The story behind the three sister technologies(Continued)
The emerging technologies: SOA, Virualization and Cloud computing. The scenarios in which they can be deployed. Sharath M G in Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture, Standards [Jul. 22, 2011 03:49 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

A Performance Analysis between point to point Web Service call Vs Brokered Web Service call via PI
We once had a requirement to integrate a 3rd party IVR system with SAP ECC. As a standard practice we approached the solution to be brokered , ie interfacing via SAP PI. The interfacing solution agreed upon was a synchronous webservice call. We would be exposing the web service and IVR would be consuming it. However, at that point of time, we also noticed a performance requirement, that IVR would need the response back in 3 secs time frame. This requirement lead to further brainstorming on if we should make expose the web service directly from SAP ECC, bypassing the middleware PI. Apparently, bypassing a hopping layer would help eliminate some form of time. However, with PI 7.1 's advanced adapter engine's local processing ability, we wanted to actually evaluate performance of both the scenarios(with and without PI) by a simple POC. Himadri Chakraborty in Enterprise Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Jul. 12, 2011 01:40 PM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

Determine the SOA readiness of your System with the ES Workplace (Part 1)
The ES Workplace has a lot of new features implemented. The Technical Data for Enterprise Services has been enhanced and the new entities Business Functions and Product Versions are now available. This information is the basis for a report which helps you to identify the SOA readiness of your system during the project planning phase. Marcel Podieh in Enhancement Packages, ERP, SAP Business Suite, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jun. 26, 2011 09:07 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Determine the SOA readiness of your System with the ES Workplace (Part 2)
The second part of this blog explains how to use the report which helps you to identify the SOA readiness of your system during the project planning phase. I have also setup a simple flow diagram to show the various steps involved to give your first SOA project a successful start. Marcel Podieh in Enhancement Packages, ERP, SAP Business Suite, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jun. 26, 2011 09:07 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Extracting content from a P7M file
Decrypting PKCS7 signed files Paolo Romano in Code Exchange, Security, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jun. 26, 2011 01:36 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

How to solve JMS reconnection issue between SAP PI and Oracle Fusion Application Server (BEA/WLS)
This blog explains in detail how to solve an issue detected when using JMS as transport protocol between SAP PI and Oracle/BEA Application server acting as JMS server. Applicable for SAP PI 7.1 EHP1 and OSB 10.x Roberto Viana in SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Jun. 24, 2011 02:37 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Working with complex SAP business entities in Duet Enterprise
Duet Enterprise natively only supports flattened SAP data entities. Typically however business data exhibits a complex structure. Via custom programming against the SharePoint BCS ObjectModel it is possible to integrate complex SAP business entities via Duet Enterprise in SharePoint. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jun. 19, 2011 02:33 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver Gateway speaks OData with SAP Annotations
The recently announced SAP NetWeaver Gateway enables accessing Business Suite data via REST and OData. You may wonder why we opted for OData instead of brewing our own dialect for REST service. Here's why. Ralf Handl in SAP NetWeaver Gateway, Enterprise Architecture, Mobile, SAP Business Suite, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jun. 09, 2011 06:13 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver 7.3 Goes Green
The notion that energy savings can be achieved through SAP NetWeaver was first raised during the SAP Influencer Summit in December 2010 by SAP Chief Sustainability Officer Peter Graf. He used similar data to show how SAP development takes advantage of energy savings possibilities, which results in lower costs for operating our software and reducing carbon emissions. Using SAP NetWeaver Process Integration as an example, Holger Faulhaber from Cross Product Management of Technology and Innovation Platform, makes the case for potential savings in energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and of course, the cost to the customer. On the heels of the announcement of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 becoming generally available to all customers, marrying the topics of sustainability and SAP's technology platform couldn't be more timely. Holger Faulhaber in Green IT, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Sustainability, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jun. 06, 2011 02:56 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Quo vadis SOA?
As the echo of #SAPPHIRENOW resonates through the ecosystem people keep talking about the new trinity of on-device, on-demand and in-memory computing. Personally I feel it may be about time to re-cap on the technology that has brought us here in the first place and then move to the here and now. Why's that? Well, to paraphrase one of my favorite artists: You know where it ends? Well, it usually depends on where you start! Matthias Steiner in Beginner, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, Service-Oriented Architecture [May. 25, 2011 06:07 AM | 35 Comments | Permalink]

DMS documents via HTTP service
This blog explains how to read SAP DMS documents by calling an custom HTTP service within the ECC system. Gerwin de Groot in ABAP, Mobile, Service-Oriented Architecture [May. 03, 2011 11:05 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

SAP for Healthcare gets Stamp from Global Authority on Standards for Interoperability
SAP sucessfully participated in the European Connectathon 2011 at Pisa Bettina Lieske in Healthcare, Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 26, 2011 02:26 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Bringing Comments to SAP Notes with SAP Note Viewer v1.2
SAP Note Viewer v1.2 is now in the app store and ready for download. A major feature enhancement is the addition of Comments. Users can add and read comments added by other users and brings a social aspect to the notes. Paul Aschmann in Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Architecture, Mobile, Service-Oriented Architecture, Widgets [Apr. 20, 2011 03:49 PM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

The time was ripe
There are new enterprise services for SAP Patient Management with ECC 6.0 Enhancement Package 5. Bettina Lieske in Healthcare, Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 19, 2011 06:44 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAPPHIRE 2011 Preconference Workshop: INNOVATING ON AN INVESTMENT IN SAP® SOFTWARE
Invitation for the upcoming Pre-Conference Workshop Sascha Kuhlmann in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture, Master Data Management (MDM), Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 16, 2011 04:52 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Do End Users accept End User Development?
Do end-users accept end-user development by using mashups? Using the technology acceptance model, we have investigated the acceptance of the mashup platform FAST (http://demo.fast.morfeo-project.org), which enables end-users to build their own application by simply drag and drop graphical building blocks onto a canvas. Andrea Giessmann in Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP Research, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Business Process Modeling [Apr. 14, 2011 01:07 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Wanted technical features across SAP products
Cross-landscape product features Patrik Fiegl in Application Lifecycle Management, Business Process Management, Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 11, 2011 11:20 AM | 15 Comments | Permalink]

Ups and Downs of Duet Enterprise Implementation
Duet Enterprise answers the call to provide a positive user experience for SAP Users. The development poses some unique challenges and companies should be sure not to underestimate this activity. Gavin P. Quinn in Duet Enterprise, Security, Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 11, 2011 02:14 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]