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In-Depth Information
The SAP PI solution with all the aforementioned capabilities is thus emerging as a cent-
ral service interface hub for organizations.
Summary
• SAP ERP plays a central role in an organization's enterprise, integrating with several
other SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Industry-standard TCP/IP and RFC communication is the basis of most of the SAP ap-
plications' network communication and integration.
• SM59 transaction is used to set up an RFC connection in SAP systems.
• The SAPconnect interface and SCOT transaction is used to set up communication ser-
vices such as e-mail integration, faxing, and paging integration in SAP.
• ALE (Application Link Enabling) provides the basis for loosely coupling SAP busi-
ness applications to exchange business data in different integration scenarios.
• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) standards form one of the basis for exchanging data
between SAP and outside vendors.
• The SAProuter program helps to establish a connection between customers' SAP sys-
tems and the SAP support organization using secure methods of network integration.
• The SAP PI system is emerging as an organization-wide integration hub in customer
sites that have SAP as their main ERP system.
• The SAP PI system provides tools to develop enterprise services that enable SOA.
Additional Resources
SAP Process Integration www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-pi71
SAP Solution Manager eLearning Catalog www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/
solutionmanager-elearning
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