Enterprise Integration is a bit challenging and the field is moving so fast that nobody is able to follow what is going on. That is what Integration Podcast covers.
We focus on the SAP Integration platforms from SAP PI/PO, SAP Cloud Integration, API Management, Gateway and Cloud Platform. There are so many different tools, on which you must be looking to understand what is relevant.
We also are cover the other techniques going on to make sure that your Enterprise works.
Daniel Graversen has worked with SAP Integration for 15+ years. Over the years, there have been several frustrations about how to make different software and tools work optimally for the customers.
Daniel is an SAP Mentor and a part of the community around SAP.
Daniel is both developing software for SAP Integration, blogging about integration and migration, training people in using the tools, and advising companies in getting the most out of their SAP Integration.
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Episodes
030 – What is your SAP Integration Migration
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In this last episode of the Integration Podcast, I’m talking about something that will probably affect you next year. I know a lot of companies are planning migration projects. Therefore does it make sense to talk about it here, so you can get my views on the topic.
I’m covering my views on
- Dual stack to Single stack migration
- Should you upgrade if you have a single stack 7.31/7.4 system to 7.5 and what you will get
- Third Party to SAP PI/PO
- Using of Cloud Integration Content
- Seeburger migration
I created a video while recording the podcast.
Migration Planning
At Figaf we are working on improving the IRT tool, so you can use it to gain an understanding of your SAP Integration. So you can see how many times a given message mapping, Java or XSL mapping has been executed. I think it will make it a lot easier to understand who big your integration effort will be. It should also be able to recognize which Message Mappings is using the Seeburger Message format.
Once you have a plan and an overview it is easier to start estimating the number of resources and developers you need for the project. Can you do it with your existing developers or do you need more consultants. It also depends on the number of hours you need to spend on the migration.
Business Case for a migration
Nobody cares about you running your Migration Project, and the business would probably prefer you did not do it. Because you will not be able to deliver new integration for a period of time. The big cust will though be if you don’t do it and are stuck on an unsupported version of the SAP PI system. Also, it will be more difficult to make new development and if you have to create ccBPMs that need to be converted at some point in the future to a bigger cost.
If they are going to be involved because of the testing, it may be an idea to get the Figaf IRT application to perform business test so the business doesn’t need to spend time on it.
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029 – SAP Integration with Adam Kiwon
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In this podcast, I have a conversation with Adam Kiwon. Adam is a part of WhitePaper InterfaceDesign. He is posting some of his products and idea at https://www.integration-excellence.com. Adam and his team have created different CPI Adapters, content, and product for making SAP PI/PO better.
We do cover quite a bit of different areas regarding integration, it was pretty educational for me to be a part of the conversation.
- Migration strategies when it makes sense. And we talk a little about upgrading single stack 7.31 system and migration to single stack
- Creating CPI adapters and how they did it
- How to create CPI content as a partner and the CPI marketplace
- How Adam sees the need for tools to improve CPI/PI where he has different interface monitoring systems
- Why Adam had proposed to use the Figaf Seeburger tools for migrating to the B2B Add-on on a project
- We talked about some of the training they where working on for the CPI.
028 – CPI SuccessFactor and Cloud Integration Patterns
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I had a chance to meet Vadim Klimov at #SITCPH two weeks ago. Vadim is an Integration Architect at ARM. We got to talk a lot on integration and what was going one. I have been looking a lot on Vadim blogs on sap.com like the SAP PI adapter logging or the dark side of Groovy Scripting.
I talked with Vadim Klimov about how new tools have an influence on the way we work with cloud integration and how flows for different scenarios can help us understand the integration with SuccessFactors using SAP CPI and a prem PI. I’m currently involved in a project where we are using OData V2 to access SuccessFactors data. There are some challenges involved with it. We need some workaround to be able to see information about people starting in the future. In The Integration Center in SuccessFactors, their are many options, when you are looking for filed-based integration. The interface is web-based and allows business users to easily create files. Vadim is using the CPI and PI to move the file to their own landscape.
We also talked about how they do error handling in CPI and what makes sense in that perspective. The process works differently than in PI, so you must understand how it works best there. At Figaf we are improving the capabilities to monitor, test and support your CPI systems, so you can get notifications about what is going on.
We also cover Groovy development, as I would like to understand Vadim thinking on the area.
It was a very interesting conversation which I hope, you will enjoy.