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on 04-14-2008 8:37 AM
Hello,
Could you tell me that in which application areas SAP XI can be used.Presently in which SAP modules it is been using.
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HI,
SAPXI is used in all A2A, B2B applications ......hence this is bascially middleware tool and used the pass on the messages from one business system to other.....
IF you want to have a complete picture of XI system then follow the related links mentioned below and also welcome to XI.............
TBIT40:
https://websmp109.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT40
TBIT41:
TBIT42:
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
Thanks
Sai
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Hi,
Applications of XI
1) Apps(Such as XRPM, resource and Program management)
2) MDM(SAP Master data Management)
3) SRM(SAP Supplier relationship management)
4) ICH(SAP Inventory collaboration Hub within SAP SCM)
5) BI(SAP Business Intelligence)
6) R/3 enterprise
7) CRM(SAP Customer Relationship Management)
😎 SBO(SAP Business One)
Thanks,
Satya Kumar
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Hi,
Jyotsna Fallow the following link (SAP XI HELP) this will really useful to you...
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/14/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
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Satya Kumar
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Hi Jyotsna,
SAP Exchange Infrastructure
Purpose
SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) enables you to implement cross-system processes. It enables you to connect systems from different vendors (non-SAP and SAP) in different versions and implemented in different programming languages (Java, ABAP, and so on) to each other. SAP Exchange Infrastructure is based on an open architecture, uses open standards (in particular those from the XML and Java environments) and offers those services that are essential in a heterogeneous and complex system landscape:
Features
SAP XI is based on general standards so as to enable external systems to be integrated. At the center of the infrastructure is an XML-based communication that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). The application-specific contents are transferred in messages in user-defined XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema from the sender to the receiver using the Integration Server.
In the above graphic, Integration Broker is an SAP NetWeaver capability (that is, the features for a technological area of SAP NetWeaver) that is supported by SAP XI. The Integration Server, on the other hand, is an XI runtime component.
Senders and receivers that exchange messages using the Integration Server are separated from one another. This separation makes it easier to connect systems that are technologically different. Every system that can exchange messages with the Integration Server can also exchange messages with all other systems that are connected to the Integration Server. SAP XI supports the following methods of communication with the Integration Server:
● Direct communication using proxies, which you generate in the application systems using a description in WSDL (Web Service Description Language).
● Communication using adapters. In this case, you create interfaces for message exchange in the application system, or use existing interfaces.
Simple message processing on the Integration Server is stateless. This means that the Integration Server does not know of any connections between various messages. Cross-component integration processes, on the other hand, describe related processes, which can use the knowledge about messages that have already been processed to further control the process (for example, waiting for the corresponding response for a message in order to start further actions). You can use SAP XI to model, change, and manage these cross-component integration processes centrally. These processes are executed on the Integration Server and are included in message processing by configuration.
As with cross-component integration processes, you save the entire integration knowledge of a collaborative process centrally in SAP XI: Objects at design time in the Integration Repository and objects at configuration time in the Integration Directory. In this way, SAP Exchange Infrastructure follows the principle of shared collaboration knowledge: You no longer need to search for information about a collaborative process in each of the systems involved, but can call this information centrally instead. This procedure considerably reduces the costs for the development and maintenance of the shared applications.
Areas of SAP XI in Detail
Area
Description
Integration Builder
Central tool for the design and configuration of the collaborative process. All the basic functions of the Integration Builder are described in this section. All subareas for design and configuration, and their editors (often graphical) in the Integration Builder, are documented in the subsections for Design and Configuration (see below).
Software Logistics for XI Objects
Organization of objects within SAP XI, versioning and transport of these objects.
Design (Integration Repository)
Designing Integration Scenarios
Design of the collaborative process at the application component level. In the Integration Builder, integration scenarios are used as the central point for understanding the relationships between the objects involved (interfaces, mappings, integration processes). You also use design at configuration time to map the collaborative process to the current system landscape.
Designing Integration Processes (ccBPM)
Design of executable integration processes. Cross-component integration processes support a stateful message processing on the Integration Server.
Designing Interfaces and Proxy Generation
Description and use of messages in interfaces for message exchange. You create interfaces in the Integration Builder and use proxy generation to generate executable proxies in SAP application systems. Furthermore, you can use the Integration Builder to import message schema and SAP interfaces to the Integration Repository for use in the further design process.
Designing Mappings
Design of graphical message mappings and import of Java and XSLT mappings. Description of how to register these mapping programs for the source and target interface.
Configuration (Integration Directory)
Defining Collaboration Profiles
Description of the technical sender and receiver options (and how to identify them) using communication parties, services, and communication channels.
Defining Receiver Determinations
Description at a logical level of which service a message is to be sent to. The service can be a business system, an integration process, or a service for a B2B communication.
Defining Interface Determinations
Assignment of a receiver interface to a sender interface. You also register whether mapping programs are to be executed from the Integration Repository for this interface pair, and if so, which mapping programs.
Defining Collaboration Agreements
In a collaboration agreement you define which communication channel to use to process messages for a particular combination of senders and receivers.
Defining Configuration Scenarios
Grouping of all configuration objects by the scenario in which they are required. You can apply integration scenarios from the Integration Repository for a configuration scenario in the Integration Directory.
Runtime
Integration Engine
Central runtime component of the Integration Server for receiving, processing, and forwarding messages.
Proxy Runtime
Runtime component for proxy communication between the Integration Server and application systems based on SAP Web AS.
Adapter Engine
Runtime components that use adapters to connect external systems and R/3 systems to the Integration Server by means of RFC calls. The IDoc adapter and the plain HTTP adapter run independently of the Adapter Engine.
Central Monitoring
Functions for monitoring the involved XI components, the message processing by one or more components, and the performance of message processing.
Additional Tools (Optional)
Tool
Use
ARIS for SAP NetWeaver
Add functions to SAP NetWeaver for graphically modeling processes at various levels. At the highest level (Process Architecture Model), the process architecture of a company is built from a purely business perspective, that is, without technical details.
You can find ARIS for SAP NetWeaver in the SAP Software Distribution Center on SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/swdc.
SAP Conversion Agent by Itemfield
Adds functions to SAP NetWeaver for converting data to and from XML. It can process unstructured, semi-structured, and structured data. The Conversion Agent can be called using an adapter module in the Adapter Framework of SAP Exchange Infrastructure.
You can find SAP Conversion Agent by Itemfield in the SAP Software Distribution Center on SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/swdc.
Thanks,
Satya Kumar
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Hi Jyotsna,
XI is integration tech used to integrate A2A(same landscape) or B2B(with other Business partners). XI is not related to modules (SD MM FI ) with in the same system i.e R/3 which are pre-integrated . You can better understand by comparing it to Cross Applications (CA) where we do integrate diff SAP systems using IDOCs, this technique not much useful in a Heterogeneous landscape of a company and not recommended because of its point to point nature. XI works as a centralized hub and uses XML technology to integrate diff systems.
Hope this helps n feel free to ask further.
Regards
Mahesh.
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hi,
SAP XI is a integration tool and can be used in any A2A,B2B and SAP/Non SAP to SAP/NonSAp system.
SAP XI comes into Netweaver.
SAP Xi is used to pass the sender message to receiver one as for example
Payload like
purchage order.
receipt
any data related depends on condition or ETC.
SAP XI can be used to connect two different modules of SAP.
for further query you can revert back to me.
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Sumit Gupta
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hi jyotsana
sap xi is an integration technology which is the 3rd stack of netweaver
SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) enables you to implement cross-system processes. It enables you to connect systems from different vendors (non-SAP and SAP) in different versions and implemented in different programming languages (Java, ABAP, and so on) to each other. SAP Exchange Infrastructure is based on an open architecture, uses open standards (in particular those from the XML and Java environments) and offers those services that are essential in a heterogeneous and complex system landscape:
● Modeling and design of messages, transformations, and cross-component integration processes
● Configuration options for managing collaborative processes and message flow
● Runtime for message and process management
● Adapter Engine for integrating heterogeneous system components
● Central monitoring for monitoring message flow and processes
SAP XI supports internal company scenarios and cross-company scenarios.
SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) forms the basis for the integration of business processes.
SAP XI provides a technical infrastructure for XML-based message exchange to enable the integration of SAP systems with each other on the one hand, and SAP and non-SAP systems on the other.
In SAP XI, integration knowledge is shipped in the form of pre-defined integration scenarios. Furthermore, SAP XI provides a set of integrated tools for creating and managing all integration-relevant information.
b for more details on SAP XI you may follow this link
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/14/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
If you are new SAP XI , then its better to read TBIT. Below are the links of TBIT
which are very helpful in understanding the End-to-end process of XI. And you can even do some exercies here which very helpful.
TBIT40:
https://websmp109.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT40
TBIT41:
TBIT42:
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
hope this may help you
regards
Sandeep Sharma
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