SAP Integration Suite

... 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