What is the advantages nd disadvantages of BPM?

[Former Member]

Hi All

I m new to SAP XI

Plz tell me

what is value mapping nd context object?

What is the functionality for HTTP?

Thanks all

[Former Member]

<b>BPM</b>

+ve

Helps in taking decision during processing of messaged

Can persist data for a while

Can easily handle sync and async message

Can be used to take business decision

-ve

It is an overhead

Messages are processed in BPM engine

Consumes memory a lot

<b>Value mapping</b>

/people/sreekanth.babu2/blog/2005/02/23/value-mapping-replication

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2a/9d2891cc976549a9ad9f81e9b8db25/frameset.htm

/people/sukumar.natarajan/blog/2006/10/23/accessing-value-mapping-defined-in-directory-using-java-functions

<b>Context Object</b>

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/6e/ff0bf75772457b863ef5d99bc92404/frameset.htm

refer this forum discussion

regards

Ramesh P

[Former Member]

Hi Vivek,

Value mapping: Using value mapping we can assign a value in runtime.

for example ur Source Structure having a field with value Rupees but u want to assign as INR in the target structure.these value will be assigned in runtime using value mapping.

Refer these links

Value Mapping:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9202d890-0201-0010-1588-adb5e89a...

/people/community.user/blog/2007/01/08/valuemapping-using-the-graphical-mapping-tool

Context Object:

It represents a perticular element in complex structure which can be assigned in message interface.

and also which is an alternative to XPath.

thanks,

kalyan

[Former Member]

vivek,

--->What is the advantages nd disadvantages of BPM?

first make subjects some what related to the content..

1. Advantages of BPM : It helps in achieving stateful integration..

Disadvantages : Brings complexity in the scenario...

there could be many more adv and disadv,..

Regards,