Database Reference
In-Depth Information
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Read data from an input file.
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Display the data (for review purposes).
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Convert these data to make them compatible to the target system (SAP) requirements.
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Display the converted data (again, for review).
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Create a batch input session for data transfer.
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Execute the data transfer into SAP.
Log files are created for every step executed during the data migration process, and each step can
be controlled by authorization so that only the appropriate person having access to a step can
execute that step.
To transfer data (master data as well as transactions) between clients in a SAP system or from a
non-SAP system into a SAP system or to set up these data automatically, other tools may be used,
such as Application Link Enabling (ALE), Computer-Aided Test Tool (CATT), or the application
interfaces provided in the Business Object Repository (BOR).
7.3.4.3 Java and the SAP NetWeaver Development Studio
SAP offers the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio to
create, build, and deploy applications that
are compliant with the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5). Through this toolset,
developers have the flexibility to design user interfaces, use Web services, and handle XML-based
messages across heterogeneous environments based on the new Java EE 5 standard. The following
features and functions are available:
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The use of the latest Java standards makes development of business applications easier.
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Service Data Objects (SDO) 2.1 standards make data programming easier.
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Architecture provides scalability and robustness.
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Connectivity capabilities make it possible to interface with all SAP systems adherent to the
latest open standards.
7.3.4.4 SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE)
The SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (
SA
P NetWeaver CE) provides a service-oriented
and standards-based development environment in which developers can easily model and develop
composite applications. These applications, commonly known as
composites
(because they combine
previously available functions and datasets in a new way), accelerate business process innovation.
Composite applications provide data and functions as services. The developer accesses and com-
bines these from the underlying repository to combine them into a new solution for a business
process, to add functionality to an already existing application, and so on.
As an example of a composite application, consider a typical end-to-end process within a manu-
facturing organization starts with demand creation, wherein a sales order is created for a product
ordered by a customer. Based on this demand signal, material requirement planning is executed.
Here, the bill of materials (BOMs) for this product is exploded; the stock at each level of the BOM
is checked for its material availability and, if there are shortages, a purchase and a production plan
is created. This plan consists of purchase requisitions created for raw materials and planned orders
created for manufacturing parts, namely, the semifinished and finished parts. Purchase orders are
created from these requisitions and sent to the supplier. The suppliers will fulfill the purchase order
requirements, and the raw materials will be received into inventory at the manufacturing plant.
