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Hi Experts,

I am new to SAP XI. Trying to learn about Adapters from help.sap.com but finding it hard to understand.Please provide some easy to understand docs or ppt for beginner.

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Kritika

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Adapters Link

In XI, we can categorise the adapters as follows:

<b>Technical Adapter</b>: HTTP, SOAP, JDBC, Mail, etc.

<b>SAP Application Adapters:</b> RFC and IDoc.

<b>Non-SAP Application Adapters:</b>Oracle, Seibel, PeopleSoft, etc.

<b>Industry Standard Adapters:</b> CIDX, RosettaNet, EDI, etc.

Below are few links:

Configuration steps required for posting idoc's (XI):

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/02/23/configuration-steps-required-for-posting-idocsxi

RFC Adapter: RFC adapter allows SAP XI to communicate with Integrating Systems using remote function call. It is nothing but a wrapper of SAP JCO.

Details:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/ae/d03341771b4c0de10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

JDBC Adapter: We use this adapter to connect database systems using the JDBC driver. We need to deploy JDBC driver

Details:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/ae/d03341771b4c0de10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

Mail Adapter: We can send and receive mails in SAP XI using mail adapter or by configuring SAP Connect and using SAP XI RFC Adapter

Details:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/ae/d03341771b4c0de10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

SOAP Adapter: SOAP Adapter converts the SOAP messages into SAP XI message format that is SOAP with header attachments. This in an area many needs to really concentrate as it is heart of the ESA literature going forward.

Details:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/ae/d03341771b4c0de10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

HTTP Adapter: The first thing any one need before starting is HTTP client for testing their scenarios

Refer:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/66dadc6e-0a01-0010-9ea9-bb6d8ca4...

Must fire a HTTP GET from XI?? - - Try this!!!

/people/amol.joshi2/blog/2006/06/28/must-fire-a-http-get-from-xi---try-this

JMS Adapter: I really don’t have a fair idea on this adapter and only help you in providing the links. You need JMS drivers before you start your interface.

Please go through the following links.....

Async/Sync Communication using JMS adapter without BPM (SP 19):

/people/sudheer.babu2/blog/2007/01/18/asyncsync-communication-using-jms-adapter-without-bpm-sp-19

Sync/Async communication in JMS adapter without BPM (SP19):

/people/venkataramanan.parameswaran/blog/2007/01/18/syncasync-communication-in-jms-adapter-without-bpm-sp19

First would be to deploy drivers for JMS scenarios - https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/3867a582-0401-0010-6cbf-9644e49f...

Secondly, to configure JMS adapters;

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cd/d85a9d6fab7d4dbb7ae421f710626c/content.htm

In case JMS scenario that you have is a sync one, in that case if you are below SP19 you might have to build a BPM - ref: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/83/d2a84028c9e469e10000000a1550b0/content.htm

Else ref:

/people/sudheer.babu2/blog/2007/01/18/asyncsync-communication-using-jms-adapter-without-bpm-sp-19

/people/venkataramanan.parameswaran/blog/2007/01/18/syncasync-communication-in-jms-adapter-without-bpm-sp19

How to correlate JMS messages - https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/5059f110-0d01-0010-7c8b-fdc...

How to use conversion modules in JMS - https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f02d12a7-0201-0010-5780-8bf...

Regards,

Sarvesh

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Hi,

Refer the below link for understanding the different adapters.this is very helpful.

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

Below are the different scenarios which will help you in understanding the adapters.

/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/08/introduction-to-idoc-xi-file-scenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starters - IDoc to File

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/03/14/abap-proxies-in-xiclient-proxy - ABAP Proxy to File

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/06/01/file-to-jdbc-adapter-using-sap-xi-30 - File to JDBC

/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/14/file-to-r3-via-abap-proxy - File to ABAP Proxy

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/02/introduction-to-simplefile-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart1 - File to File Part 1

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/03/introduction-to-simple-file-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart2 - File to File Part 2

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/06/24/convert-any-flat-file-to-any-idoc-java-mapping - Any flat file to any Idoc

/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/27/rfc-scenario-using-bpm--starter-kit - File to RFC

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/1685 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] - File to Mail

/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/20/dynamic-file-name-using-xi-30-sp12-part--i - Dynamic File Name Part 1

/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/28/dynamic-file-namexslt-mapping-with-java-enhancement-using-xi-30-sp12-part-ii - Dynamic File Name Part 2

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/03/07/mail-adapter-xi--how-to-implement-dynamic-mail-address - Dynamic Mail Address

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/05/25/understanding-message-flow-in-xi - Message Flow in XI

/people/krishna.moorthyp/blog/2005/06/09/walkthrough-with-bpm - Walk through BPM

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/05/22/schedule-your-bpm - Schedule BPM

/people/sriram.vasudevan3/blog/2005/01/11/demonstrating-use-of-synchronous-asynchronous-bridge-to-integrate-synchronous-and-asynchronous-systems-using-ccbpm-in-sap-xi - Use of Synch - Asynch bridge in ccBPM

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/1403 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] - Use of Synch - Asynch bridge in ccBPM

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/08/22/xi-maintain-rfc-destinations-centrally - Maintain RFC destination centrally

/people/sameer.shadab/blog/2005/09/21/executing-unix-shell-script-using-operating-system-command-in-xi - Call UNIX Shell Script

/people/r.eijpe/blog/2005/11/04/using-abap-xslt-extensions-for-xi-mapping - Using ABAP XSLT Extensions for XI Mapping

/people/prasad.ulagappan2/blog/2005/06/07/mail-adapter-scenarios-150-sap-exchange-infrastructure - Mail Adaptor options

/people/pooja.pandey/blog/2005/07/27/idocs-multiple-types-collection-in-bpm - Collection of IDoc to Single File

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/10/xi-the-same-filename-from-a-sender-to-a-receiver-file-adapter--sp14 - The same filename from a sender to a receiver file adapter - SP14

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/23/xi-html-e-mails-from-the-receiver-mail-adapter - XI: HTML e-mails from the receiver mail adapter

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/22/xi-faqs-provided-by-sap-updated - XI : FAQ's Provided by SAP

Thanks and Regards,

Chirag Gohil

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vikas_agarwal
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Hi Krithika,

For learning more about adapters use TBIT 42

https://websmp206.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT42&LA...

Use this blog, to know more about XI

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/25/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-i

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/26/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-ii

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

Thanks

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Vikas Agarwal

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Hi Kritika Saluja ,

Adapter framework

What are XI Adapters?

Adapters enable communication between the XI integration engine and an application system. This leads to the compatibility between heterogeneous systems.Adapters convert the XI protocol (SOAP with attachments over HTTP) to the protocol spoken by the application system and vice-versa.The key purpose of XI is to integrate heterogeneous systems and adapters are the key enabler to achieving this goal

Adapter Categories

Application adapters provided by SAP (IDoc and RFC) and 3rd party vendors (Seeburger, Siebel, Oracle, ...)

Technical adapters relate to specific protocols

File systems (FTP / File)

RDBMS systems (JDBC)

Messaging systems (JMS)

Web services (SOAP)

Mail servers (SMTP)

SAP Business Connector

Marketplaces

Industry standard adapters

RosettaNet

CIDX

The Adapter Engine

The XI Adapter engine is the home of the majority of the XI adapters. Only the IDoc adapter and the plain HTTP adapter do not reside on the adapter engine. They reside on the Integration Server.

It is fully integrated in to the XI landscape with tools provided for configuration, logistics and monitoring. It's Adapter Framework is based on the JCA.

SAP XI requires an adapter framework to communicate outside of the SAP system. These adapters translate code from external applications to an XML message for NetWeaver processes using the Java Connector Architecture.It is a part of the Adapter Engine, which provides interfaces for configuring, managing, and monitoring adapters.

Structure of the Adapter Framework

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fd/16e140a786702ae10000000a155106/content.htm

Adapter for SAP XI environment

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wbihelp/v6rxmx/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.wbia_adapters.doc/d...

List of all adapters compatible with XI 3.0

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnswer/0,289625,sid21_gci1229988_tax304527,00.ht...

Adapter and Module Development

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/8b/895e407aa4c44ce10000000a1550b0/content.htm

Legacy Integration with the SAP XI Adapter

http://www.makdata.de/www_makdata/sites/www.makdata.de/en/solutions/solutions02/downloads/SAP_XI_Ada...

Installing the SAP XI Integration Components of the XI Adapter

http://documentation.softwareag.com/crossvision/xio311/install/sapXiInstall.htm

cheers!

gyanaraj

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Hi,

If your new SAP XI , then its better to read TIBIT. Below are the links of TIBIT

which are very helpful in understanding the End-to-end process of XI. And you can even do some exercies here which very helpful.

And of course u have documentation abt adapters

TBIT40:

https://websmp109.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT40

TBIT41:

https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT41&LA...

TBIT42:

https://websmp206.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT42&LA...

TBIT43:

http://www50.sap.com/useducation/curriculum/course.asp?cid=60161651

TBIT44:

https://websmp102.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT44

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Regards

Sai Ganesh