SAP EA Bundled Services

[Former Member]

My company is planning to migrate to SAP ES Services and I have been reviewing the offering found at the ES Workplace and have notice many of the custom services we have built, SAP does not seem to the have a Standards offering for, for example a services that retrieves Order Status for a given Customer, Order History for a given Customer, Delivery Schedule, etc.....

It appears like the only offering is centered around the major business processes. Are most companyu2019s continuing to build custom Services? Is there an SAP guideline (document) that outline what they plan to build and what customers should plan to build?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This is common practice to develop custom service if required functionality doesn't exist however to avoid uncontrolled service development it is recommended to follow proper governance model.

Extensive list of SAP ES can be found here: http://help.sap.com/content/documentation/esoa/index.htm

Guideline document is also available in SDN (sorry I don't have link but search for SOA governance). You can also look into ES enhancement guide: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c0bb5687-00b2-2a10-ed8f-c9af69942...

Governance is basically based on following factor:

- Stable service interface.

- Should cover maximum possible scenario.

- Correct level of service granularity.

- Avoid duplicate services.

- Adhere to Industry standards.

Regards,

Gourav