XI vs. webservices

[Former Member]

Hi,

I've heard of an architecture for communication between two parties, using XI.

Party one called a webservice of party two. The webservice is hosted on a Microsoft server. This server sends a message to SAP XI, and XI sends an IDOC to SAP R/3.

I was wondering: could it be more simple to directly call a webservice hosted on R/3, and why/why not ?

thanks,

Rolf

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[Former Member · Accepted solution]

HI,

How will you convert the any file(.txt, .xml,ansi12) into IDOC .

Then in Xi mapping is used so that we can populate some field according to requirment and according to the data coming.

In direct scenario how will u do this.

Regards

Hemant

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[Former Member]

Hi,

thanks for all your answers !

[udo_martens]

Hi Rolf,

PI / XI is an integration platform to avoid point-to-point-connections. Escpially if you have in greater landscapes, which are typical for companies, many connections, it is a strategic advantage to have a

- a central repository for interfaces and mappings for better reuse,

- a central place for configuration for better maintenace,

- a central monitoring for easier error find out

- a central platform for cheaper hosting

- a central alerting for faster correcting of failures

and some more.

Regards,

Udo

[bhavesh_kantilal]

Do you have XI in the landscape with multiple interfaces running. If yes, use XI.

If plan is to use XI only for this, then consider direct connection

Regards

Bhavesh