xi

[Former Member]

is sap system mandatory for xi?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi mohua,

as you know XI/PI is a part of SAP Netweaver Platform and is a product from SAP,

so the XI tools need to be accessed through the SAP system.

but, In case of sending and receiving parties of XI you may have SAP or Non SAP Systems.

In XI you have Adapters to communicate with those SAP/non SAP systems and integrate them through XI.

so it is not mandatory to have only SAP systems at the sender and receiver.

Overview:

SAP/non SAP System----->SAP PI--

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>SAP/non SAP System.

Share this info with your friends

Regards,

Sankar Choudhury

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanx shankar.

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have to import data from text files, generated by an external system, into SAP automatically without a start command by the final user and I'd like to use an xi interface to do this. Can someone help me?

[Former Member]

thanx sankar.

[Former Member]

its NOT required to have SAP system if you are using XI.

XI is a middleware tool and is independent of any system,you can have XI working just fine in any landscape(no need of any other SAP system).

Thanx

Aamir

[hemant_chahal]

It needs SAP system as all have answered, Plus You should have Configurations Specific to XI or you can say post installation steps.

[Former Member]

Hi Mohua,

The XI Integration Engine runs on the ABAP stack of SAP Web Application Server.........so XI runs on a SAP system which serves as an Integration Server for the other SAP/Non-SAP Application Servers in the system landscape. Hope this answers your question.

Regards,

Suddha

[Former Member]

yes,it is mandatory for xi

thanks

kummari

[Former Member]

Hi,

Xi operates on two stacks

1) ABAP stack it uses SAP Client

2) Java stack.

I suggest u first go through the architecture of Xi inorder to understand it in bettwe way.

Search on SDN.

Chirag