SAP Integration Suite

SAP's integration technologies are now combined-but what is SAP Integration Suite, and how do you use it to manage an integrated enterprise landscape? In this book, get the answers to these questions and more as you take a tour of the new suite. Then get step-by-step instructions for using key capabilities such as prepackaged integrations, open APIs, integration scenarios, the Integration Advisor, and more. Master the complete integration suite!

In this book, you'll learn about:

a. The Integration Landscape
Discover SAP's new approach to integration. See how the SAP Integration Suite encompasses a series of integration technologies, including the architecture and complimentary intelligent technologies.

b. Key Capabilities
Learn about services like SAP API Business Hub for pre-packaged accelerators, the cloud integration service for application integration, the integration advisor for automated integration, and SAP Event Mesh for event-driven integration.

c. Integration Scenarios
Use integration capabilities to connect your cloud or on-premise systems. Create data flows using prepackaged integrations, perform hybrid integration with APIs, use cloud integration to design, deploy, and run integration flows, and more.

Highlights include:

1) Pre-packaged integrations
2) API management
3) Application integration
4) Integration advisor
5) AI-driven integration
6) Third-party integration
7) Event-driven integration
8) SAP Event Mesh
9) Architecture
10) Intelligent enterprise

List of contents

... Foreword ... 13

... Preface ... 15

... Who This Book Is For ... 15

... How This Book Is Organized ... 16

... Acknowledgements ... 17

... Conclusion ... 18

1 ... Introduction ... 19

1.1 ... Customer Context ... 19

1.2 ... Intelligent Enterprise Vision ... 25

1.3 ... Hybrid and Heterogeneous Landscapes ... 32

1.4 ... Why Simplify Integration? ... 34

1.5 ... APIs and the Intelligent Enterprise ... 39

1.6 ... SAP Integration Suite ... 44

1.7 ... Related and Complementary Solutions ... 52

1.8 ... Summary ... 55

2 ... SAP Integration Suite at a Glance ... 57

2.1 ... Supported Integration Patterns ... 58

2.2 ... Capabilities ... 62

2.3 ... Operations ... 65

2.4 ... Summary ... 91

3 ... Prepackaged Integrations ... 93

3.1 ... SAP API Business Hub ... 94

3.2 ... Prepackaged Accelerators ... 103

3.3 ... Building Applications, Extensions, and Integrations ... 106

3.4 ... Partner Onboarding ... 126

3.5 ... Summary ... 128

4 ... Open APIs ... 129

4.1 ... Exploring API Management ... 130

4.2 ... API Management Lifecycle ... 139

4.3 ... Integration with Other SAP Integration Suite Capabilities ... 141

4.4 ... Summary ... 152

5 ... Designing Integration Scenarios ... 153

5.1 ... Exploring Cloud Integration ... 153

5.2 ... Flexible Pipeline Steps ... 165

5.3 ... Connectivity ... 177

5.4 ... Creating an End-to-End Integration Flow ... 182

5.5 ... Summary ... 200

6 ... AI-Driven and B2B Integration ... 201

6.1 ... Intercompany Integration ... 201

6.2 ... Integration Advisor ... 210

6.3 ... Summary ... 222

7 ... Third-Party Integration ... 223

7.1 ... Connecting to Third-Party Applications ... 224

7.2 ... Exploring Third-Party SaaS Digital Content ... 235

7.3 ... Managing a Third-Party CRM Instance ... 237

7.4 ... Building an Integration Scenario ... 245

7.5 ... Summary ... 265

8 ... Event-Driven Integration ... 267

8.1 ... SAP Event Mesh as an Event Hub ... 267

8.2 ... Decoupling Integration Scenarios Using Event Patterns ... 279

8.3 ... Event-Driven Extensions ... 282

8.4 ... SAP Integration Suite with SAP Event Mesh ... 285

8.5 ... Event-Driven Integration of SAP S/4HANA with Non-SAP Apps ... 288

8.6 ... Summary ... 290

9 ... Future Developments ... 291

9.1 ... Recent Innovations ... 291

9.2 ... Future Roadmap ... 299

9.3 ... Summary ... 301

A ... Solution Blueprints ... 305

A.1 ... Customer Transformation Journey ... 305

A.2 ... Accelerated Cloud Agility with SAP Integration Suite ... 307

A.3 ... SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA Migrations ... 310

A.4 ... Digital Integration Hub ... 312

A.5 ... Enterprise-Wide Integration Landscape ... 315

A.6 ... Industry Transformation ... 317

A.7 ... Summary ... 320

B ... Advisory Program ... 321

B.1 ... High-Touch and Low-Touch Engagement with SAP ... 321

B.2 ... Defining Integration Guidelines for an Organization ... 327

B.3 ... Integration Community ... 328

B.4 ... Summary ... 331

C ... The Authors ... 333

... Index ... 335

About the author

Christopher Aron is vice president, go-to-market, and a leading expert for SAP Business Technology Platform and has been nurturing and growing SAP Integration Suite's market adoption for the past five years. Chris has more than 20 years of technology and telecommunication product marketing experience. He received his master's degree in business administration from Webster University (USA) and his bachelor's degree in economics from Birmingham City University (UK). Chris holds three US patents from his work in Internet of Things with PassTime.

Day-to-day, Chris works across regions and industries with customers, system integrators, and technology partners to evangelize and improve SAP's broad range of capabilities. Internally, Chris works closely with local sales teams on key deal revenue support and with product teams for roadmap prioritization, launching new capabilities and long-term strategies. Chris leads additional efforts to help align internal and external perspectives, for example leading multiple customer councils designed to optimize product feedback and ultimately aid customer adoption. Chris has often featured as a keynote executive for external events around the world. Originally from England, Chris is currently based in Denver, Colorado.

Summary

SAP’s integration technologies are now combined—but what is SAP Integration Suite, and how do you use it to manage an integrated enterprise landscape? In this book, get the answers to these questions and more as you take a tour of the new suite. Then get step-by-step instructions for using key capabilities such as prepackaged integrations, open APIs, integration scenarios, the Integration Advisor, and more. Master the complete integration suite!

In this book, you’ll learn about:

a. The Integration Landscape
Discover SAP’s new approach to integration. See how the SAP Integration Suite encompasses a series of integration technologies, including the architecture and complimentary intelligent technologies.

b. Key Capabilities
Learn about services like SAP API Business Hub for pre-packaged accelerators, the cloud integration service for application integration, the integration advisor for automated integration, and SAP Event Mesh for event-driven integration.

c. Integration Scenarios
Use integration capabilities to connect your cloud or on-premise systems. Create data flows using prepackaged integrations, perform hybrid integration with APIs, use cloud integration to design, deploy, and run integration flows, and more.

Highlights include:

1) Pre-packaged integrations
2) API management
3) Application integration
4) Integration advisor
5) AI-driven integration
6) Third-party integration
7) Event-driven integration
8) SAP Event Mesh
9) Architecture
10) Intelligent enterprise

Product details

• Authors: Christophe Aron, Christopher Aron, Piyus Gakhar, Piyush Gakhar, Shilpa Vij
• Publisher: Rheinwerk Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2021
• EAN: 9781493221349
• ISBN: 978-1-4932-2134-9
• No. of pages: 343
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 25 mm x 260 mm
• Weight: 936 g
• Series: SAP PRESS; SAP PRESS Englisch
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; SAP CP, SAP HCI, SAP CPI, SAP HANA Cloud Integration, SAP Cloud Platform Integration, SAP Enterprise Messaging, Third-party integration, Event-driven integration, AI-driven integration, SAP Event Mesh