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Michal Krawczyk - SAP Mentor – Int4

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Experience – Michal Krawczyk


Holistic Interface Handling by SAP Application Interface Framework

SAP Application Interface Framework

A powerful framework for interface implementation, monitoring and error handling

A proven solution with more than seven years of development and customer history

A cross-industry solution with customers from 25 industries

Interface Implementation (Design Time)

Interface implementation mainly through Customizing menus

Easy access to relevant data or functions of underlying SAP application

Re-use of interface components (e.g. checks, mappings, actions)

Supports variants of interfaces (exceptions or additional steps)

Independent implementation and testing of interface components and interface

variants

Monitoring and Error-Handling (Runtime & Operations)

Business user monitoring (power user)

Customizable authorizations for interface access

Overview of interface status

Error

monitoring

with focus on

business

users

Framework for

interface

implementation

Interfaces



A Mind Shift in Interface Handling

Streamline efficiency, provide better interface architecture, and

reduce costs in interface implementation and monitoring.

Improve architecture of complex information and

communication flow between different business units to

secure business goals.

Standardization and harmonization

of interface implementation and monitoring Help!

What

can I

do??

Business Monitoring


Alerting

(Business User)

Monitoring and Error Handling

(Business User)

SAP Application Interface Framework Architecture Overview

SAP Application System

SAP Application Interface

Framework

Local Variants

Customizing (Interface-specific)

SAP Standard

Application

___

Data and

Functions

Field Mappings

Checks

Actions

Alert Management

Application Log

Monitoring and Error Handling


SAP Standard Application

BAPI (BAPI®)

Standard

Function

Customer

Function

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l B

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is In

teg

rati

on

(e.g

. ID

OC

, P

rox

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BD

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Value Mappings

Interface Implementation

(Technical User)

Security/Authorizations

PI

Legend:

SAP Basis

BPM

File

…


SAP Application System

Scenario 2 Use Monitoring on top of multiple technologies (e.g. existing IDOC)

Usage Scenarios and Technology Coverage One powerful Tool for Implementation and Monitoring across Technologies

ALE /

IDOC qRFC tRFC Synch.

RFC

BDOC Customer

specific

technology

Web

Service

Files Enterprise

Service CIF

Use AIF Runtime AND Monitoring

Multiple Usage Scenarios allow Implementation of new Interfaces as well as Monitoring of existing

Interfaces. A broad range of underlying Basis Technologies can be addressed.

Batch

Input

Implementation possible (partly supported by templates) on e.g.:

Proxy

XI Runtime

Scenario 1 Use AIF Runtime AND Monitoring

Scenario 3 Use Runtime only (e.g. for synchronous interfaces RFC etc.)

Structure Mappings

Checks

Actions

Value Mappings

Structure Mappings

Checks

Actions

Value Mappings

Collaboration of PI/PO and AIF


Joint usage of PI and AIF

The answer to both questions is: yes

“I already have PI, does it still make

sense for me to use AIF?”

Customer A

“I want AIF, does it still make sense

for me to use PI?”

Customer B


Joint usage of PI and AIF (2)

Positioning

PI is an integration platform

AIF is an integration add-on for your business

applications

They have different capabilities and purposes

AIF

AIF

AIF

PI


General recommendations

…in an IT landscape with both business applications and integration platforms/middlewares

No business logic

into the integration

platform!

No integration logic

into the business

applications!


General Recommendations (2)

In a landscape with SAP AIF and SAP NetWeaver PI this means:

Business logic into AIF,

not PI!

Typical business logic patterns

Calculations

Validations

Checks

…

Integration logic into PI,

not AIF!

Integration Logic – Typical

patterns

Mapping of data structures

from different sender

formats to AIF format

Routing of messages

Connectivity to various

protocols (FTP, RFC, ….)


Target Users

The typical AIF user is

• A business user

• A functional user

The typical PI user is

• A Technical User


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