Regarding XI and PI

[Former Member]

Hello Experts,

What makes the difference between the SAP XI and SAP PI.

What are the advanced concepts were added in this.

Thank you

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello

SAP XI is basically a part of Process integration in simplified language to say where as process integration is a part of SAP NEtweaver.

process integration is platform where sub process are integreated to get the result out in which SAP XI is used.

the advancement's which were made in SAP XI from previous versions are :

SAP XI 3.0 SP16

The first phase of nine (9) iWay Adapters for NetWeaver 04 - XI 3.0 SP16 was released on March 3, 2006 in concert with SAP's Release of NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure SP16.

iWay Adapters for XI, Release SP16 Phase 1 includes 9 SAP XI adapters for: AS2, CICS, Corba, HL7, IMS/TM, Oracle Applications, Siebel, SWIFT, and Tibco.

The remaining set of ten (10) version SP16 iWay Adapters for NetWeaver 04 - XI 3.0 are scheduled to be released as SP16 Phase 2, on Friday, March 10, 2006.

All nine SP16-Phase 1 versions of the iWay Adapters for NetWeaver XI suite have been released for use with SAP NetWeaver 04, X.I 3.0 on 5 Operating System platforms; MS Windows, AIX, HPUX11, Linux, and Solaris. See the iWay Adapters for NetWeaver XI PAM for details on supported platforms.

These versions of the iWay adapters for SAP NetWeaver XI have been fully tested for SP16 compatibility, and for new iWay adapter functionality in the HL7 adapter, and also for corrections to customer reported problems in the IMS/TM adapter.

Note that internal labeling in the SP16 adapter components is as follows. The .sda files are each identified internally to XI and shown on SAP SDM screens as version SP16.1031. The corresponding Adapter Metadata version number (displayed in the "Type" field visible from the XI Integration Builder:Config tool) is also displayed as SP16 1031.

New in iWay XI Adapters - SP16

The SP16 Release of iWay XI Adapters includes;

1) iWay XI Adapter Framework and individual adapter general fixes which were corrected since the last XI Adapter Release, SP15 on January 23, 2006,

2) iWay Software designed & customer requested adapter enhancements,

• HL7 - addition of the option to persist, or re-use, connections in HL7-MLLP transport protocol adapters.

• HL7 - Removal of the non-functional Re-Use connections option control in Configuration Builder:Design for the TCP Transport Protocol.

3) iWay Software Corrections;

• IMS/TM - add the capture of specific IMS errors. Properly handle and report the errors.

SAP XI 3.0 SP15

The first phase of nine (9) iWay Adapters for NetWeaver 04 - XI 3.0 SP15 was released on Jan 13, 2006 following SAP's Release of NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure SP15.

The SP15 Phase 1 adapters were released for XI running on the Windows operating system platform, and 4 UNIX operating sytem platforms; AIX, HP-UX11, Linux, and Solaris.

iWay Adapters for XI, Release SP15 Phase 1 includes 9 SAP XI adapters for: AS2, CICS, Corba, HL7, IMS/TM, Oracle Applications, Siebel, SWIFT, and Tibco.

The Phase 2 set of iWay Adapters for NetWeaver 04 - XI 3.0 SP15 was released on Friday, January 20, 2006.

The SP15 Phase 2 adapters include; AS1, Baan, JD Edwards OneWorld, JD Edwards World, PeopleSoft, QAD/MFGPro, TN3270, TN5250, Transora, and UCCNet.

All 19 SP15 versions of the iWay Adapters for NetWeaver XI suite have been released for use with SAP NetWeaver4, X.I 3.0 on 5 Operating System platforms; MS Windows, AIX, HPUX11, Linux, and Solaris. See the iWay Adapters for NetWeaver XI PAM for details on supported platforms.

These versions of the iWay adapters for SAP NetWeaver XI have been fully tested for SP15 compatibility, and also for new iWay adapter functionality in the AS2, SWIFT, and HL7 adapters.

Note that internal labeling in the SP15 adapter components is as follows. The .sda files are each identified internally to XI and shown on SAP SDM screens as version SP15.1029. The corresponding Adapter Metadata version number (displayed in the "Type" field visible from the XI Integration Builder:Config tool) is also displayed as SP15 1029.

New in iWay XI Adapters - SP15

The SP15 Release of iWay XI Adapters includes;

1) iWay XI Adapter Framework and individual adapter general fixes which were corrected since the last XI Adapter Release, SP14-Phase 2 of November 23, 2005,

2) iWay Software designed & customer requested adapter enhancements,

• SWIFT - Improved handling of batched SWIFT messsages

• AS2 - Further improvements for MDN correlation monitoring

3) iWay Software New Features;

• HL7 - adding TimeStamp in filename for File transport protocol

4) Other notes:

• AIX - In first-time AS1 or AS2 adapter installation on AIX, the IBM JVM for AIX must be patched per SAP Note 716927.

• You can download the special "JDK 1.4.2 for SAP Customers" from: https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=javasap

SAP XI 3.0 SP14

The first phase of eight (8) iWay Adapters for NetWeaver 04 - XI 3.0 SP14 were released on Oct 27, 2005 following SAP's Release of NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure SP14. The SP14 Phase 1 adapters were released for XI running only on the Windows operating system platform.

The Phase 2 set of iWay Adapters for NetWeaver 04 - XI 3.0 SP14 has been released today, Nov. 23, 2005.

iWay Adapters for XI, Release SP14 Phase 2 includes 19 SAP XI adapters for: AS1, AS2, Baan, CICS, Corba, HL7, IMS/TM, JD Edwards OneWorld, JD Edwards World, Oracle Applications, PeopleSoft, QAD/MFGPro, Siebel, SWIFT, TN3270, TN5250, Tibco, Transora, and UCCNet.

With this SP14-Phase 2 release, all 19 adapters in the iWay Adapters for NetWeaver XI suite have been released for use with SAP NetWeaver4, X.I 3.0 on all 5 Operating System platforms; MS Windows, AIX, HPUX11, Linux, and Solaris. See the iWay Adapters for NetWeaver XI PAM for details on supported platforms.

This version has been fully tested for SP14 compatibility, and for new iWay adapter functionality in the AS1, AS2, SWIFT, and HL7 adapters.

Note that internal labeling in the SP14 Phase 2 adapter components is as follows. The .sda files are each identified internally to XI and shown on SAP SDM screens as version SP14.1023. The corresponding Adapter Metadata version number (displayed in the "Type" field visible from the Integration Builder:Config tool) is also displayed as SP14.1023.

New in iWay XI Adapters - SP14 Phase 2

The SP14 Phase 2 Release of iWay XI Adapters includes;

1) iWay XI Adapter Framework and individual adapter general fixes which were corrected since the last XI Adapter Release, SP13-Phase 2 of September 23, 2005,

2) modifications for compatibility with new features or fixes in SAP XI Service Pack 14, including;

• ability to handle correlation ids,

• error info handling, and

• message attributes handling.

3) iWay Software designed & customer requested adapter enhancements,

• SWIFT - Support for additional new SWIFT 2005 Standard Message Types.

• AS2 - New ability to process both Synchronous and Asynchronous MDNs

• HL7 - Re-verified Dictionaries and schemas for HL7 version 2.4 messages

• HL7 - Re-verified Dictionaries and schemas for HL7 version 2.3.1 messages

• HL7 - including individual schemas per MessageType per Version

• HL7 - Field separator generation for missing optional field

• HL7 - HL7In (HL7toXML) XML conformance to schema fixes

• HL7 - support for repeatable groupList(s) of segment(s)

• HL7 - Sequence validation of segments (and group)

• HL7 - Message structure validation

• HL7 - support for special character in free-text fields (comma)

4) iWay Software New Features;

• HL7 - adding TimeStamp in filename for File transport protocol

• HL7 - HL7 Batch Files support

• HL7 - custom segment terminator support (CR, LF, CRLF)

5) Other notes:

• AIX - The IBM JVM for AIX must be patched per SAP Note 716927.You have to download the special "JDK 1.4.2 for SAP Customers" from: https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=javasap

SAP XI 3.0 SP13

The first phase of eight (8) iWay Adapters for NetWeaver 04 - XI 3.0, SP13 were released on July 29, 2005 along with SAP's Release of NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure SP13.

The remaining Phase 2 set of iWay Adapters for NetWeaver 04 - XI 3.0 SP13 has been released today, Aug. 23, 2005. Release SP13 Phase 2 includes XI adapters for: AS2, Baan, HL7, JD Edwards World, MFGPro, PeopleSoft, SWIFT, TN3270, TN5250, Transora, and UCCNet.

With this SP13-Phase 2 release, all 19 adapters in the iWay Adapters for NetWeaver XI suite have been released for use with SAP NetWeaver4, X.I 3.0 on all 5 Operating System platforms; MS Windows, AIX, HPUX11, Linux, and Solaris. See the iWay Adapters for NetWeaver XI PAM for details on supported platforms.

This version has been fully tested for SP13 compatibility, and for new iWay adapter functionality in the SWIFT, AS2, and HL7 adapters.

Note that internal labeling in the SP13 Phase 2 adapter components is as follows. The .sda files are each identified internally to XI and shown on SAP SDM screens as version SP13.1013. The corresponding Adapter Metadata version number (displayed in the "Type" field visible from the Integration Builder:Config tool) is displayed as SP13.1014. This apparent discrepancy is by design, and will not affect the operation or performance of any SP13 adapter.

New in iWay XI Adapters - SP13 Phase 2

The SP13 Phase 2 Release of iWay XI Adapters includes;

1) iWay XI Adapter Framework and individual adapter general fixes which were corrected since the last XI Adapter Release, SP12-Phase 2 of June 24, 2005,

See below for details

2) modifications for compatibility with XI Service Pack 13,

• Completion of the compatability with the XI Adapter Monitoring feature that was implemented in SAP XI-SP12.

• No other changes in XI interfaces were made in iWay Adapters-SP13.

3) iWay Software designed & customer requested adapter enhancements,

• SWIFT - New SWIFT engine extending support to include SWIFT 2005 Standards.

• SWIFT - Support for 16 new SWIFT 2005 Standard Message Types.

• SWIFT - Added support for embedded ACK handling

• AS2 - New ability to process both Synchronous and Asynchronous MDNs

• HL7 - Addition of MLLP as both inbound and outbound Transport Protocol

4) SAP New SP-13 Features and Enhancements

• All new XI SP-13 Enhancements will be implemented in the next iWay XI Adapters SP, SP-14, scheduled for release during the week of Oct 3, 2005.

5) Specific changes to SP13-Phase 2 XI adapters

• Improved inbound Connection handling / Oracle Applications

• Persistence Tool Enhancements / CICS, IMS, Persistence

• "Set Additional Parameters" Handling / All adapters, Container Level

• Ability to generate deliverable ACKs via "Set Additional Parameters" / All adapters, XI Level

• Improve handling of CICS XI default module parameters / CICS

• Extended Siebel HTTP emitter as a Transport Protocol / Siebel

SAP XI 3.0 SP12

The first phase of nine (9) iWay Adapters for SAP NetWeaver 04 - SAP XI 3.0 SP12 were released on May 18, 2005 along with SAP's Release of SAP NetWeaver - SAP Exchange Infrastructure SP12. On June 24, an additional ten (10) iWay Adapters were released completing the full availability of the present iWay Adapters for SAP NetWeaver - SAP XI suite.

Released for SAP XI SP12 are iWay Adapters for:

AS/1, AS/2, Baan, CICS, CORBA, HL7, IMS/TM, JDEdwards OneWorld, JDEdwards World, ORACLE Applications, PeopleSoft, QAS/MFGPro, Siebel, SWIFT, Telnet 3270, Telnet 5250, Tibco Rendezvous, Transora, and UCCnet.

These nineteen Certified Powered by SAP NetWeaver adapters have been tested for functionality and compatibility with SAP NetWeaver 04 - SAP XI 3.0 SP12 on the Windows, AIX, HPUX11, Linux, and Solaris platforms.

New in iWay SAP XI Adapters - SP12

The SP12 Release of iWay SAP XI Adapters includes:

1) iWay SAP XI Adapter Framework and individual adapter general fixes which were corrected since the last SAP XI Adapter Release, SP1-Q105 of March 31,2005,

• See below for details

2) modifications for compatibility with SAP XI SP 12:

• Implementation of the basic compatability with SAP XI Adapter Monitoring that was implemented in SAP XI-SP10.

• No other changes in SAP XI interfaces were made in iWay Adapters-SP12.

3) iWay Software designed & customer requested enhancements,

• AS/2 - Message Monitoring Enhancements

• AS/2 - Audit Log Enhancements

4) SAP New Features and Enhancements

• All new SAP XI enhancements will be implemented in the next iWay SAP XI Adapters SP13, scheduled for release on July 25, 2005.

Specific Changes to SP12-Phase 1 SAP XI Adapters:

• Handling different IDocument types. MSG ID and Correlation ID. Adding logging. / MQ

• Context keys for MSG IDs / AF

• Message ID mapping / AS2/CORE

• Special Registers/IContext handling / IXTE

• Error handling / AS1

• correllation, adapter monitor, minor bug fixes / XI

• eliminate adapter restart required after certain exceptions / XI

• Improved error handling to be properly reflected in the / XI message monitor's audit log AS2/CORE

• Changed the security protocol parameter to an enumeration. / AS2

• Persistence import tool for SAP SDA. / Persistence

• Included required libraries to run AE with JCA provider. / install

• Proper handling of directories with spaces in argument line / Persistence

• Corrected memory leak on special registers table for AS2, UCCnet and Transora adapters / IWXI Layer

• Port of general fixes made in iWay Adapter for SWIFT VErsion 5.5 SP3 / SWIFT

• Corrected FLAT XML flag in internal configuration parameter / TIBCO

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

The message server and the enqueue server can be separated from the central instance (CI) to the ABAP SAP Central Services Instance (ASCS) in the ABAP stack

also (recommended)

In SAP NetWeaver 7.1 ,Only ASCS is supported

SAP has changed the signatures of the relevant Java classes,So in these cases the Java coding effort should only be "mere syntax check".

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

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

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

5.High Volume support in PI 7.1

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 (SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1)

You can use the ES Repository and Registry with SAP NetWeaver PI and take full advantage of the process integration capabilities of SAP NetWeaver. With the ES Repository, you can start modeling your business process and designing your interfaces, data types and mappings for the message exchange. The Integration Directory and Integration Server that are also available with SAP NetWeaver PI, enable you to configure and to run your business process in your individual system landscape.

SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1 (SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1)

SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1 offers full service provisioning capabilities, also for those who need to work with a lean development environment and do not focus on process integration. For those customers, the ES Repository and Registry offers capabilities for service provisioning and consumption

PI7.1

Display Adapter Synchronous Message Content in RWB of PI 7.1

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

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Using Graphical Variable

/people/william.li/blog/2008/02/13/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-using-graphical-variable

Monitoring the IDOC Adapter in XI/PI using IDX5

/people/kamalkumar.ramakrishnan/blog/2008/02/13/monitoring-the-idoc-adapter-in-xipi-using-idx5

Point-to-Point Connection using ABAP in SAP using PI 7.1

/people/william.li/blog/2008/02/13/point-to-point-connection-using-abap-in-sap-using-pi-71

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Parameterized Message Mappings

/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/02/14/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-parameterized-message-mappings

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1: Mapping Enhancements Blog Series

/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/02/14/sap-netweaver-process-integration-71-mapping-enhancements-blog-series

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Copy XML Subtree

/people/william.li/blog/2008/02/14/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-copy-xml-subtree

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Correct Structural Inconsistencies

/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/02/15/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-correct-structural-inconsistencies

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Graphical Support for JDBC and RFC Lookups

/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/02/15/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-graphical-support-for-jdbc-and-rfc-lookups

Go through this links...

[Former Member]

Hi Ravi Kumar,

The main difference between 3.0 and 7.0 is the GUI in SLD. But, it is pretty easy to adopt. All other components, e.g. IR, ID, RWB, should virtually be identical.

XI 3.0 is a part of Nw2004 and PI 7.0 ( Process Integration) is a part of NW2004s. Apart from the name change both provide the same features and every SP release of PI has a corresponding release of XI 7.0

For eg SP 17 corresponds to SPS07 for PI...18 for 08 and so on also contain

PI & 7.0 has some SCM contents not available from 3.0

For new features of PI7.0-

check :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/d6/369142f195675ee10000000a155106/content.htm

and this

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/43/fb4cd3207c7063e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm

For new features of PI 7.1 with respect to Webservice standards check

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/70b4f0ed-688c-2a10-36bf-a1a9b1a6...

Also features like Message packaging are articulated in

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/00982670-748c-2a10-3985-cdd42fb4...

Hope this resolves ur issue

[Former Member]

Hi,

lot of threads to this topic:

Regards

Patrick

[Former Member]

hi,

The main difference between 3.0 and 7.0 is the GUI in SLD. But, it is pretty easy to adopt. All other components, e.g. IR, ID, RWB, should virtually be identical.

XI 3.0

1. J2Se adapter engine was replaced with J2EE Adapter Engine.

2. BPM was available from XI 3.0

3. Part of Netweaver 2004

PI 7.0

1XI renames as Process Integration

2.. Part of Netweaver 2004s.

3. Has all features of XI 3.0 and every SP of Pi 7.0 has a corresponding release for XI 3.0.

4. Runs on WAS 7.0 and has same features as XI 3,0

From functional point, there is no difference between XI3.0 and PI7.0. There are changes only wrt SP. For every SP release on PI7.0 a corresponding SP for XI3.0 is also released.

A comparision of the service packs in 2004 and 2004s;

in 2004 - in 2004s

SP12 & < - SP04

SP13 + 14 - SP05

SP15 - SP06

SP16 - SP07

SP17 - SP08

SP18 - SP09

Go thru these thread and will find all ur answers.

Thanks,

Vijaya.

[Former Member]

Hi,

PI is the latest version of XI. After XI3.0 it is calling as PI7.0

It is only because of WebApplication Server version got changed. WebAS present version is 7.1 if you are using WebAS 7.1 your PI version is PI7.1.

1.All new features for XI 7.0 are almost same as for XI 3.0 at least till SPS 19.

Some differences are as follows:

u2022 Adapter Enhancements like JMS, JDBC, Oracle-JDBC and CIDX Enhancements

u2022 New Conversion Agent,

u2022 Receiver Determination Enhancements

u2022 Multi mapping

u2022 User defined enhancements

u2022 Unbounded Processes (Integration Processes).

2. One more difference is the ABAP stack (which is 7.0 and not 6.40) but from the developer point of view there is nothing new.

3. PI 7.0 = XI 7.0

4. For each SP in XI3.0 there is a corresponding SP being released for PI (XI 7.0). A comparison of the service packs in 2004 and 2004s:

In 2004 - In 2004s

SP12 & lower = SP04

SP13 + 14 = SP05

SP15 = SP06

SP16 = SP07

SP17 = SP08

SP18 = SP09

5. XI3.0 is based on WAS(web application server)6.40 - NW2004

PI7.0 is based on WAS(web application server)7.0 - NW2004's

XI 3.0

1.J2SE adapter engine replaced with J2EE Adapter engine.

2. BPM was available from XI 3.0

3. It is a Part of Netweaver 2004

PI 7.0

1XI renames as Process Integration(PI)

2. It is a Part of Netweaver 2004s.

3. Has all features of XI 3.0 and every SP of Pi 7.0 has a corresponding release for XI 3.0.

4. Runs on WAS 7.0 and has same features as XI 3,0

5.Adapter Enhancements in JMS,JDBC,.Conversion. Multimapping.. userdefined functions.

Thanks,

RamuV

[Former Member]

Hi,

1.All new features for XI 7.0 are almost same as for XI 3.0 at least till SPS 19.

Some differences are as follows:

• Adapter Enhancements like JMS, JDBC, Oracle-JDBC and CIDX Enhancements

• New Conversion Agent,

• Receiver Determination Enhancements

• Multi mapping

• User defined enhancements

• Unbounded Processes (Integration Processes).

2. One more difference is the ABAP stack (which is 7.0 and not 6.40) but from the developer point of view there is nothing new.

3. PI 7.0 = XI 7.0

4. For each SP in XI3.0 there is a corresponding SP being released for PI (XI 7.0). A comparison of the service packs in 2004 and 2004s:

In 2004 - In 2004s

SP12 & lower = SP04

SP13 + 14 = SP05

SP15 = SP06

SP16 = SP07

SP17 = SP08

SP18 = SP09

5. XI3.0 is based on WAS(web application server)6.40 - NW2004

PI7.0 is based on WAS(web application server)7.0 - NW2004's

Regards,

Soumya

[Former Member]

Hi,

Refer this thread:

PI 7.0 works on WEBDYNPRO....They are basically the same technically but when SAP launched Netweaver 2004s , to bring all objects of Netweaver 2004s in Synch with the WAS version, XI was renamed to Process Integration (PI 7.0) .

XI3.0 is based on WAS(web application server)6.40 - NW2004

PI7.0 is based on WAS(web application server)7.0 - NW2004's

Refer this blog: which will provide you complete details:

/people/daniel.bianchin/blog/2007/12/19/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-sap-netweaver-pi-71-and-more

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/xi/xi%2band%2bpi%2bglossary

Also refer this links for more clarifications:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/d6/369142f195675ee10000000a155106/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/43/fb4cd3207c7063e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f36ce30f-0e01-0010-a89b-c158d07c...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/ec19c05d-0501-0010-09a2-b6db51b5...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/5441afe5-0601-0010-dba5-dc5f9d5c...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c50cddbb-0601-0010-92a7-f2a40ca6...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f027dde5-e16e-2910-97a4-f2310464...

Refer these threads as well:

Currently SP 21 for XI 3.0 and SP12 for PI 7.0 is the latest one.

ref:http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/9844428e9cbe30e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Added features in PI7.1,

PI7.1

Display Adapter Synchronous Message Content in RWB of PI 7.1

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

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Using Graphical Variable

/people/william.li/blog/2008/02/13/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-using-graphical-variable

Monitoring the IDOC Adapter in XI/PI using IDX5

/people/kamalkumar.ramakrishnan/blog/2008/02/13/monitoring-the-idoc-adapter-in-xipi-using-idx5

Point-to-Point Connection using ABAP in SAP using PI 7.1

/people/william.li/blog/2008/02/13/point-to-point-connection-using-abap-in-sap-using-pi-71

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Parameterized Message Mappings

/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/02/14/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-parameterized-message-mappings

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1: Mapping Enhancements Blog Series

/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/02/14/sap-netweaver-process-integration-71-mapping-enhancements-blog-series

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Copy XML Subtree

/people/william.li/blog/2008/02/14/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-copy-xml-subtree

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Correct Structural Inconsistencies

/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/02/15/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-correct-structural-inconsistencies

SAP PI 7.1 Mapping Enhancements Series: Graphical Support for JDBC and RFC Lookups

/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/02/15/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-graphical-support-for-jdbc-and-rfc-lookups

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: All you wanted to know about SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 and more...

/people/daniel.bianchin/blog/2007/12/19/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-sap-netweaver-pi-71-and-more

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

SAP Network Blog: High Volume support in PI 7.1

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

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

This link provides you the details of the hardware requirements:

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-pi71

Previous Release (SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure 7.0)

[original link is broken]

SAP NetWeaver 7.1SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1

http://help.sap.com/content/documentation/netweaver/docu_nw_71_design.htm#nw70

End To End Process Integration

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/6a90d6aa-0b01-0010-8a83-cf0...

SAP XI 7.1 New Features

Difference Between XI 3.0 and PI 7.0

Regards,

Nithiyanandam

[aashish_sinha]

Hi,

>>What makes the difference between the SAP XI and SAP PI.

Bothe are same, only name changed to Process Integration from Exchange Infrastructure. Both servs the same purpose of Netweaver Stack.

>>What are the advanced concepts were added in this

Have a look into this.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/xi/capabilityandEnhancementsofSAPNetWeaverProcessIntegration7.1

Regards

Aashish Sinha

[former_member556412]

Hi ,

Check this for what is new in PI

What are the features that it contains?

Take a look into this blog and article on the first official word from SAP,

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

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

Regards,

Bhanu.