Compare PI 7.0 latest SP -VS- PI 7.1

[Former Member]

Hi all,

We have PI 7.0 in place. Now going fwd, we looking at PI 7.1.

I am evaluating the following options we have:

1. going for the latest service pack on PI 7.0

2. Upgrade to PI 7.1.

Any thoughts on this are welcome.

reg

[Former Member]

Hi,

Refer

PI 7.0 Vs PI 7.1

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/forums

Refer the below link for new featurs of PI 7.1 which are not there in PI7.0

New highlights for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 are:

Enterprise Services Repository as a central storage location for enterprise service definitions and lifecycle management data for all enterprise services

Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) 3.0–compliant services registry for runtime management of enterprise services

Improved support for standards such as Web Service Reliable Messaging (WS-RM), WS Policy, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

Extended support for high volume scenarios

Business Activity Monitoring for process definition of milestone monitoring (event correlation)

Improved SAP NetWeaver Administrator support for central configuration and administration of both mediated and point-to-point scenarios

Further functional enhancements include:

XML payload validation

Process editor modeling enhancements: step groups, integrated alert management, configurable parameters

Integration of human interaction (generic user decision)

WS-BPEL 2.0 preview

Features of PI 7.1

/people/udo.paltzer/blog/2007/04/26/new-sap-netweaver-process-integration-release-planned-for-2007

Advance adapter engine:

/people/william.li/blog/2008/02/07/display-adapter-synchronous-message-content-in-rwb-of-pi-71

/people/william.li/blog/2008/02/07/display-adapter-synchronous-message-content-in-rwb-of-pi-71

Plesae go through below links to know the advaced features of PI 7.1

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 - Overview of New Capabilities

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/706005a3-3bd6-2910-91ae-a2016239...

Usability Features in SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 Development and Configuration Times

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/a0e7734f-e969-2a10-24b6-df58a710...

SAP Network Blog: Share User-Defined Functions in Message Mappings of PI 7.1

/people/william.li/blog/2008/01/02/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-share-user-defined-functions

Preview on New Features of the Integration Directory in SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10c0de4b-7876-2a10-e286-84126686...

SAP Network Blog: Mapping Enhancements in SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI) 7.1

/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/01/11/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-mapping-enhancements-demo

New Business Process Engine Features in SAP NetWeaver Process Integration

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/e0068bc1-6f8c-2a10-52bb-c6ee3562...

ESOA:

Please go through the below links, it will give you the idea about the key role of PI7.1 in E-SOA.

Enterprise Services Repository: Importance in Enterprise SOA Architecture

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/4073b4c4-7137-2a10-a5a9-abb618b7...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/e0301486-758c-2a10-9d84-a195556d...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/903a4127-5403-2a10-0a96-e9452c3a...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c0f90f22-678c-2a10-91a0-f1f1bf7f...

PI 7.1 will be in rampup then - not global availibility

when it will be available you will get an upgreade guide as always

Currently PI 7.0 is only available for real time implementation. You could have the version of PI 7.1 from SDN, but that not for the real time implementation. Its limited only for individual usage.

There is huge difference between PI 7.0 and PI 7.1.

1. PI 7.0 is the part of Netweaver 2004s and PI 7.1 is key entity in eSOA.

2. PI 7.1 have various mapping Enhancements as well as reusability of UDFs across the mappings etc. which is not available in PI 7.0

/people/william.li/blog/2008/01/02/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-share-user-defined-functions

3. PI 7.1 comes with the concept of folders for more flexibale and Organized way of developements.

/people/william.li/blog/2007/08/07/using-folders-in-pi-71 -- Folders in PI 7.1

4. Advanced adapter engine is used in PI 7.1, which have overcome the various communication related limitations of previous versions

Refer

Upgrade to SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/8085e299-718c-2a10-de94-928f62b7...

High Volume support in PI 7.1

/people/holger.faulhaber/blog/2007/12/12/high-volume-support-in-pi-71

Usability Features in SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 Development and Configuration Times

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/a0e7734f-e969-2a10-24b6-df58a710...

[justin_santhanam]

Naveen,

I'm not in PI 7.0 SP 14 nor PI 7.1, hence I can't give you the difference. But you can compare them in the below links

PI 7.1 -http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwpi71/helpdata/en/38/5cc53f3e0f0228e10000000a114084/frameset.htm

PI 7.0 -http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/43/01322a7af25285e10000000a1553f7/frameset.htm

raj.