Address the challenges of managing hybrid SAP integration landscapes with this guide! Begin by understanding the integration architectures, styles, and standards at work in your SAP system. Then develop an integration strategy using frameworks like the Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISA-M). Explore the features and functions of SAP integration tools, from SAP Process Orchestration to SAP Integration Suite. Finally, learn to govern and operate your integrated system. Master your interfaces todaya. Hybrid Integration ConceptsExplore integration architecture styles, from point-to-point integration to enterprise service buses. Learn about the process- and data-based integration styles used in SAP systems. Understand the frameworks and methodologies available for building your own integration strategy and managing interfaces.b. Integration ToolsDiscover SAP interface standards and protocols, including OData services and RESTful services. Learn about SAP integration tools such as SAP Process Orchestration, SAP Data Intelligence, SAP Event Mesh, SAP Integration Suite, and more.c. Governance and OperationsStandardize the development and operation of interfaces. Create catalogs of integration overviews, develop and use reports, and outline company-wide integration policies. Learn to monitor, test, and manage the daily cycle of your integration landscape.Highlights include:1) Hybrid integration2) Interface management3) Process-based and data-based integration4) Operations5) Governance6) Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISA-M)7) SAP Process Orchestration8) SAP Integration Suite9) SAP Data Intelligence10) SAP Solution Manager Highlights: Hybrid integrationInterface managementProcess-based and data-based integrationOperationsGovernanceIntegration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISA-M)SAP Process OrchestrationSAP Integration SuiteSAP Data IntelligenceSAP Solution Manager

Adam Kiwon has been working with application integration and interfaces in the SAP environment since 2000. As a developer and consultant at SAP and SAP partner companies, he helped introduce SAP middleware solutions (SAP XI, SAP Process Integration, SAP Process Orchestration, and SAP Cloud Platform Integration) internationally and worked with these solutions to implement integration scenarios. In 2014, he founded Whitepaper InterfaceDesign, a software and consulting company specializing in SAP integrations. Through his own projects, he has first-hand experience of the challenges that come with developing and operating integrated landscapes and strives for integration excellence with his employees and customers.

1.1 ... What Is Integration? ... 23 1.2 ... Evolution of Interface Technologies from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4HANA ... 26 1.3 ... SAP Interface Libraries ... 36 1.4 ... Challenges for Interface Management ... 43 1.5 ... Summary ... 48 2.1 ... Integration Architectures ... 51 2.2 ... Integration Styles ... 71 2.3 ... Integration Technologies, Standards, and Protocols ... 82 2.4 ... Summary ... 102 3.1 ... Integration Solution Advisory Methodology ... 103 3.2 ... Maturity Model ... 122 3.3 ... Integration Competency Center ... 127 3.4 ... Hybrid Integration Platform ... 139 3.5 ... Summary ... 152 4.1 ... Vision ... 155 4.2 ... Components ... 165 4.3 ... Summary ... 169 5.1 ... Overview of SAP Process Orchestration ... 174 5.2 ... Functions for Interface Management ... 177 5.3 ... Possible Use Cases ... 188 5.4 ... Summary ... 191 6.1 ... Overview ... 193 6.2 ... Functions for Interface Management ... 195 6.3 ... Possible Use Cases ... 204 6.4 ... Summary ... 210 7.1 ... Overview ... 212 7.2 ... Functions for Interface Management ... 216 7.3 ... Possible Use Cases ... 225 7.4 ... Summary ... 227 8.1 ... Overview of SAP Event Mesh ... 230 8.2 ... Functions for Interface Management ... 231 8.3 ... Possible Use Cases ... 239 8.4 ... Summary ... 243 9.1 ... Overview of Open Connectors ... 245 9.2 ... Functions for Interface Management ... 247 9.3 ... Possible Use Cases ... 257 9.4 ... Summary ... 260 10.1 ... Overview ... 262 10.2 ... Functions for Interface Management ... 264 10.3 ... Possible Use Cases ... 274 10.4 ... Summary ... 277 11.1 ... Overview ... 280 11.2 ... Functions for Interface Management ... 287 11.3 ... Possible Use Cases ... 291 11.4 ... Summary ... 294 12.1 ... Overview ... 295 12.2 ... Functions for Interface Management ... 297 12.3 ... Possible Use Cases ... 307 12.4 ... Summary ... 308 13.1 ... Overview of the Digital Integration Hub ... 310 13.2 ... Digital Integration Hub from SAP ... 312 13.3 ... Possible Use Cases and Recommendations ... 317 13.4 ... Summary ... 320 14.1 ... Principles and Policies ... 325 14.2 ... Development Guidelines ... 336 14.3 ... Cataloging ... 348 14.4 ... Reporting ... 356 14.5 ... Summary ... 366 15.1 ... Monitoring and Alerting ... 367 15.2 ... Test Management ... 380 15.3 ... Change and Transport Management ... 390 15.4 ... Summary ... 403 16.1 ... Product-Oriented Organizational Models ... 406 16.2 ... Roles ... 413 16.3 ... Responsibilities ... 424 16.4 ... Summary ... 430 17.1 ... SAP Solution Manager ... 433 17.2 ... SAP Partner Solutions ... 446 17.3 ... Summary ... 460 18.1 ... Summary ... 463 18.2 ... Outlook ... 464 18.3 ... Closing Words ... 466 A ... Bibliography ... 467 B ... The Authors ... 469