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Role of Technical Consultant in SAP MII

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Dear All,

I am new to SAP MII. As everything is config based. Also we have to create Web Portal for execution. In addition we need functional knowledge also. I would like to know what is the exact role of Technical Consultant in MII Implementation?

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Hi Anand,

That is a pretty open ended question. And really depends upon what a specific customer needs in their implementation. I would suggest that you google search for MII and see what various Partners are presenting in their projects. It might get you started with your understanding.

Regards,

Mike

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Hi Anand,

Perfectly said by Mike and In addition to that I would like to add that since MII is more or less an integration tool which sits between the SAP ECC or similar ERP functions and the shop floor systems, so to be a useful technical consultant of MII, you need to have atleast average understanding of almost everything around you.

Remember that, in any such scenario the design and architecture is the key to projects' success and low maintenance. and you should be good at all supporting and involved systems to decide their share of roles and make an optimal architecture.

for example, you can use MII to use its own presentation layer for projects where client is not expecting much of dashboarding and good front ends. but if the client wants something jazzy or the requirement demands a lot of user interaction or the MII implementation is more inclined towards execution layer then its better to choose XSL or some other third party tool like xcelcius. this would save the amount of javascript and css coding required otherwise. Now to take this decision you need to have fair knowledge of all such options and the amount of effort required.

you need to be very good at databases, and visualizing the data flows between various systems and layers.

Functionally, on one hand you should have good understanding of work flows at shop floor level, various industries, the way they work, the nature and amounts of data they may generate and the level of importance of real time data for them, the level of automated system where you can comfortably hook the MII, the nature of automation. on the other hand how ECC is organized, how it deals with the chunk of data, various modules of ECC, their underlying tables, A bit of ABAP knowledge always comes handy. basically you need to be very comfortable with turning stones in ECC. even if someday you get stuck and google your problem, you should be able to understand the solution and give it a try.

SAP XI/PI is been out a long ago doing a bit similar tasks like MII, and you you may actually need its help in lot of implementation scenarios. So Knowledge of SAP XI/PI is desired too in order to decide upon the design an optimal architecture.

and one last thing...you won't need this always, but its always good to have BASIS level knowledge of Netweaver installation and MII installation, how the files are organized internally, how you can go inside and tweak things, set and change the log levels, setup the gateways, destinations etc..

Hope this would help you and answer your query.

Thanks

Piyush Govil

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Hi Piyush,

Thanks...u have posted very useful information.