SAP Process Orchestration

Foreword  Acknowledgments  John Mutumba Bilay  Roberto Viana Blanco  Introduction  Who This Book Is For  Structure of the Book  Getting Started  Introduction to SAP Process Orchestration  Historical Overview and Evolution  SAP Process Orchestration Components  Architectural Overview and Positioning  Installation Options  Summary  Administration and Development Tools  SAP Process Orchestration Tools  SAP NetWeaver Administrator  SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio  Summary  Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX)  Configuring the System Landscape Directory  System Landscape Directory Components and Features  Registering Systems to the System Landscape Directory  Administration of the System Landscape Directory  System Landscape Directory Strategies  Tips and Tricks  Exercise: Configuring the System Landscape Directory  Summary  Working with the Enterprise Services Repository and Registry  Basic ES Repository Technical Concepts  Design Objects  Data Types and Message Types  Exercise: Working with the ES Repository and Registry  Summary  Working with the Integration Directory  Integration Directory Overview  Collaboration Profiles  Adapter Types  Integrated Configuration  The XI Message Protocol  Configuration Scenario  Value Mapping  Business-to-Business Integration  Axis Framework  Representational State Transfer Adapter  Message Alerting  Publish the Service in the Services Registry  Integration Directory Programming Interface (Directory API)  Exercise: Working with the Integration Directory  Summary  Building an Integration Flow  SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio  Basics of Creating and Configuring an Integration Flow  iFlow Example  New Features of the Process Integration Designer  Supporting Multiple Senders for Your iFlow  Exercise: Building an Integration Flow  Summary  Administration and Monitoring in AEX  Administration  Monitoring  Troubleshooting  Summary  Migrating Interfaces from SAP PI Dual Stack to SAP PO  Migration Strategies  Migrating System Landscape Directory Content  Migrating Enterprise Services Repository Content  Migrating Integration Directory Content  Summary  Business Process Management and Composition  Introduction to SAP BPM and BPMN 2.0  Managing Business Processes  SAP Business Process Management  Business Process Model and Notation 2.0  Summary  Creating Your First SAP BPM Process  SAP BPM Positioning and Development Environment  Creating and Modeling an SAP BPM Process  Configuring the BPMN Model  Flow Objects  Build and Deploy Your Process  Advanced Mapping  Implementing Error Handling  Combining SAP BPM and the AEX  Exercise: Creating an SAP Business Process Management Process  Summary  Applying Advanced SAP BPM Concepts and Extensions  Service-Oriented Architecture Configuration  Testing and Running an SAP BPM Process  Custom Enterprise Java Bean Functions  Using the Claim Check Pattern  SAP BPM Application Programming Interface  SAP Business Process Management OData  Using the Push API to Access SAP BPM Lifecycle Events  Debugging and Troubleshooting SAP BPM Processes  Tuning SAP BPM-Related Performance Parameters  Best Practices for Your SAP BPM Application  Exercise: Applying Advanced SAP BPM Concepts and Extensions  Summary  Combining SAP BPM and UI Technologies  Web Dynpro Java User Interface Technology  Integrating SAPUI5 into an SAP BPM Process  Other User Interface Technologies  Summary  SAP Business Rules Management  How Business Rules Work  SAP Business Rules Management  Modeling Business Rules with Rules Composer  Testing Business Rules  Best Practices for Modeling Business Rules  Exercise: SAP Business Rules Management  Summary  Implementing Java Proxies  Java Proxy Concept and Considerations  Implementation Approaches  Technical Implementation  Building an Orchestration  Exercise: Implementing Java Proxies  Summary  Administration and Monitoring Message Processing in SAP BPM  Monitoring  Administration  Summary  Migrating ccBPM from SAP PI to SAP PO  Motivation for Migration  Migration Approach  Recommendations  Summary  Advanced Concepts  SAP Cloud Platform Integration for SAP PO  Enable Cloud Integration Content in SAP PO  Reusing Cloud Integration Content  Monitoring  Summary  Additional Components for SAP Process Orchestration  Component Model  SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure  SAP Composite Application Framework  Service Registry  Enhanced Change and Transport System  Exercise: Create an SWCV  Summary  Landscape Setup Considerations  Java System Configuration  Handling Certificates  Housekeeping  Monitoring  Summary  Appendices  Orchestration Outlook  The Authors