... Foreword ... 23

... Acknowledgments ... 25

... John Mutumba Bilay ... 25

... Roberto Viana Blanco ... 25

... Introduction ... 27

... Who This Book Is For ... 28

... Structure of the Book ... 28

I ... Getting Started ... 31

1 ... Introduction to SAP Process Orchestration ... 33

1.1 ... Historical Overview and Evolution ... 33

1.2 ... SAP Process Orchestration Components ... 38

1.3 ... Architectural Overview and Positioning ... 45

1.4 ... Installation Options ... 53

1.5 ... Summary ... 57

2 ... Administration and Development Tools ... 59

2.1 ... SAP Process Orchestration Tools ... 59

2.2 ... SAP NetWeaver Administrator ... 78

2.3 ... SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio ... 86

2.4 ... Summary ... 90

II ... Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX) ... 91

3 ... Configuring the System Landscape Directory ... 93

3.1 ... System Landscape Directory Components and Features ... 94

3.2 ... Registering Systems to the System Landscape Directory ... 107

3.3 ... Administration of the System Landscape Directory ... 110

3.4 ... System Landscape Directory Strategies ... 113

3.5 ... Tips and Tricks ... 118

3.6 ... Exercise: Configuring the System Landscape Directory ... 124

3.7 ... Summary ... 131

4 ... Working with the Enterprise Services Repository and Registry ... 133

4.1 ... Basic ES Repository Technical Concepts ... 134

4.2 ... Design Objects ... 141

4.3 ... Data Types and Message Types ... 149

4.4 ... Exercise: Working with the ES Repository and Registry ... 153

4.5 ... Summary ... 169

5 ... Working with the Integration Directory ... 171

5.1 ... Integration Directory Overview ... 171

5.2 ... Collaboration Profiles ... 173

5.3 ... Adapter Types ... 189

5.4 ... Integrated Configuration ... 192

5.5 ... The XI Message Protocol ... 203

5.6 ... Configuration Scenario ... 204

5.7 ... Value Mapping ... 206

5.8 ... Business-to-Business Integration ... 209

5.9 ... Axis Framework ... 212

5.10 ... Representational State Transfer Adapter ... 215

5.11 ... Message Alerting ... 218

5.12 ... Publish the Service in the Services Registry ... 225

5.13 ... Integration Directory Programming Interface (Directory API) ... 226

5.14 ... Exercise: Working with the Integration Directory ... 229

5.15 ... Summary ... 238

6 ... Building an Integration Flow ... 241

6.1 ... SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio ... 242

6.2 ... Basics of Creating and Configuring an Integration Flow ... 248

6.3 ... iFlow Example ... 256

6.4 ... New Features of the Process Integration Designer ... 273

6.5 ... Supporting Multiple Senders for Your iFlow ... 277

6.6 ... Exercise: Building an Integration Flow ... 280

6.7 ... Summary ... 289

7 ... Administration and Monitoring in AEX ... 291

7.1 ... Administration ... 291

7.2 ... Monitoring ... 296

7.3 ... Troubleshooting ... 309

7.4 ... Summary ... 316

8 ... Migrating Interfaces from SAP PI Dual Stack to SAP PO ... 317

8.1 ... Migration Strategies ... 317

8.2 ... Migrating System Landscape Directory Content ... 321

8.3 ... Migrating Enterprise Services Repository Content ... 324

8.4 ... Migrating Integration Directory Content ... 325

8.5 ... Summary ... 337

III ... Business Process Management and Composition ... 339

9 ... Introduction to SAP BPM and BPMN 2.0 ... 341

9.1 ... Managing Business Processes ... 342

9.2 ... SAP Business Process Management ... 344

9.3 ... Business Process Model and Notation 2.0 ... 351

9.4 ... Summary ... 369

10 ... Creating Your First SAP BPM Process ... 371

10.1 ... SAP BPM Positioning and Development Environment ... 371

10.2 ... Creating and Modeling an SAP BPM Process ... 377

10.3 ... Configuring the BPMN Model ... 396

10.4 ... Flow Objects ... 407

10.5 ... Build and Deploy Your Process ... 452

10.6 ... Advanced Mapping ... 455

10.7 ... Implementing Error Handling ... 462

10.8 ... C