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B2BIntegrationwithSAPProcessOrchestration
ThenewB2BAddOnforSAPNetWeaverProcess
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PostedbyKatrinAhseninB2BIntegrationwithSAPProcessOrchestrationonFeb3,20122:27:06AM
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Asyoumighthavealreadyseenthe Announcement:B2BadaptersforSAPNetWeaverPIthatSAPplanstorelease
someB2BadaptersforSAPNetWeaverProcessIntegration.Itistimeforsharingsomefurtherdetails:TheseB2B
adapterswillbeprovidedascomprehensiveB2BAddOnallowingtorunB2BprocessesaspartofanexistingSAP
NetWeaverPIbasedintegrationhuborasdedicatedB2Bintegrationhub.ItcomeswithasetofB2Bprotocoladapters,
convertermodulesandB2BinfrastructureservicesforservingtheB2B/EDIintegrationneedsofmostindustries.
JustFYI:InadditiontotheB2BaddonSAPintendstodeliveranSFTPadapterandadaptermoduleforPGP
encryption,too.
Technicalarchitecture
TheB2BAddOnrunsontheSAPNetWeaverProcessIntegrationAdapterFramework,basedontheJavaConnector
Architecture(JCA).Accordinglyitscapabilitiesarebeingusedforenablingthecommonmessagedeliveryoptions
(besteffort,exactlyonce,exactlyonceinorder),anautomaticretrymechanismandinformationlogging.The
configurationofB2Badapters,monitoringandoperationsisdoneinthesamewayasforotheradaptersofSAP
NetWeaverPI.TheB2BAddOnrunsfullyintheJavastackandsupportsallvaliddeploymentoptionsofSAP
NetWeaverPI(ABAP+Java,Javaonly).
Productavailabilityandsupportedreleases
TheB2BAddOnwillbereleasedforSAPEnhancementPackage1forSAPNetWeaverPI7.1andSAPNetWeaverPI
7.3atthebeginningofQ22012(dateissubjecttochange).AversionforSAPEnhancementPackage1ofSAP
NetWeaverPI7.3willfollowatalaterpointintime.
Productcomponents
Now,letstakeacloserlookatthescopeoftheB2BAddOnforSAPNetWeaverProcessIntegration.TheB2BAddOn
comprisesofthreebuildingblocks:
B2BprotocoladaptersenablingastandardsbasedexchangeofB2Bdocumentswithbusinesspartners
ConvertermodulesfortransformingnativeEDIandplaintextformatsintoXMLmessages
B2BinfrastructureservicesallowingtomanageandprocessEDIdocumentsproperly
B2Bprotocoladapters
TheB2BAddOncomeswiththreeadapterssupportingspecificB2B/EDImessagingprotocols:
AS2adapter
OFTPadapter
X.400adapter
AS2adapter
AS2enablescompaniestoexchangebusinessdocumentssecurelyandreliablyovertheInternetasdefinedbyRFC
4130.AS2isbasedonHTTPandS/MIME.
TransportProtocols:HTTPandHTTPS(w/oproxies)
Messagelevelsecurity:Messagedeandencryption,signingandverification
Authenticationofpartners:ViaURL,AS2sender,AS2recipient,messagesubject,messageID,signatureand
encryptionvia,X.509certificatesandRSAprivatekeys
Acknowledgements:Messagedispositionnotificationssynchronousandasynchronousforinboundand
outboundcommunication
Charactersetconversion
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Supportofdynamicattributes
OFTPadapter
OFTPwasintroducedbytheOdetteorganizationtoenablesecure,reliableelectronicmessageexchange(pointto
pointorindirectlyviaaVAN).OFTP2isaspecificationforsecuredocumentexchangeovertheInternet,ISDNandX.25
networks.
SupportedOFTPversions:OFTP1.xandOFTP2,certifiedbyOdette
Transportprotocols:TCP/IP,ISDN(X.25)fortransportviaRCAPI&FunkwerkISDNRouters
Authentication:ViacryptographichandshakeoragainsttheOdettetrustedserviceslist
Encryption:SSLencryptionofthetransportlayerwithclientauthentication.CMSencryption,signingand
compressionofthemessages
Acknowledgements:Endtoendresponses(optionallysigned)
Automaticexchangeofcertificateswithpartners
Charactersetconversion
Supportofdynamicattributes
X.400adapter
TheX.400adapterisusedforVANbasedcommunicationusingtheP7ProtocoltoconnecttoX.400mailboxes.
Transportprotocols:TCP/IP(w/oSSL),supportofSOCKS5proxy
Authentication:Contentbasedsenderdeterminationasmultiplepartnersandmessagetypesmightshareone
mailbox
Documentcontent:IA5text,binaryandbilaterallydefinedbodyparts,generaltextextendedbodyparts
Acknowledgements:Delivery,nondeliveryreport,submissionreports
Configurablepollschedule(perweekday,timedependent)
Configurablemaximumnumberofmessagesperpoll
Supportofdynamicattributes
Convertermodules
TheB2BAddOncontainsasetofadaptermodulesallowingtoconvertnativeEDImessagesintoEDIXMLmessages
andtheotherwayaround.InadditiontothataplaintextmoduleisbeingprovidedforhandlingcustomB2Bmessage
formatsinthesameway.ThiscontentconversionisbeneficialasSAPNetWeaverPIisoptimizedforprocessingXML
messages.
Theconvertermodulescanbeusedtogetherwithanytransportprotocoladapterforinboundandoutbound
communication.TheysupportallcommonmessagetypeandversionsofthefollowingB2B/EDIstandards:
ANSIX.12
EDIFACT
TRADACOM
Odette
VDA
Plaintext
Theconversionrulesaremaintainedintables.Amaintenancetoolisbeingprovidedallowingyoutomodifyorcreate
conversionrulesasneeded.Additionalfeaturesareasfollows:
SyntaxcheckofinboundB2B/EDImessages(optionally)
AbilitytogenerateXSDdefinitionswhichcanbeimportedintotheEnterpriseServicesRepository(fordesigning
serviceinterfaces,mappings)
TestfeaturesforvalidatingEDImessagesandgeneratingsampleEDImessages
Automaticdetectionofmessagetypeandconversiondirectionatruntime
MaintenanceofnumberrangesforautomaticallyinsertingcontinuouscountersintooutgoingEDImessages
B2Binfrastructureservices
Inadditiontothetechnicalconnectivity,messagehandlingandprocessingspecificB2B/EDIrelatedinfrastructure
servicesarebeingdeliveredensuringasecureandprofessionalintegrationB2B/EDImessageexchangewithyour
businesspartners,suchas:
Securitythroughkeymanagement:Digitalcertificatesandkeysarecentrallymanagedinthekeystoreviewsof
theSAPJavaapplicationserver.
EDInumbering:Generationoftransmissionnumberstoinsertautomaticallycontinuouscountersintooutgoing
EDImessages
Acknowledgementhandling:GenerationandhandlingofacknowledgementscompliantwithrespectiveB2B/EDI
protocolstandard.
ArchivingofB2Bmessages:AdaptermoduleextendingbasicarchivingfunctionalitywhichisbuiltintotheAS2,
X.400andOFTPadapter.Inandoutgoingmessagescanbestoredonthefilesystemwithmoreinformation(e.g.
IDocnumberinfilename,archivingperbusinesspartner,etc.).
B2Bmappingfunctions:AlibraryofspecificmappingfunctionsneededforEDI/B2Bcommunication.Besides,
somebasicmappingtemplates(EDI<>IDoc)arebeingprovidedfortestingpurposes.
EDIsplittingofinboundmessages:Thisservicerequiresabitmoreexplanationthantheonesabove:TheEDI
separatorisanadapterisusedforsplittinginboundElectronicDataInterchangescomprisingofmultiple
messages.DependingontheEDIstandardsplittingisdoneonthefollowingsegments:
EDIFACTsplitperservicestringadvice(UNA,)interchangeheader(UNB),messageheader(UNH)
segment
ANSIX.12splitperinterchangecontrolheader(ISA),functionalgroupheader(GS),transactionset
header(ST)segment
VDAsplitperstartsegment
Inadditiontothatthemessagescanbefilteredbyparameterslikemessagetype,version,sender,andreceiver.
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Charactersetconversionissupported,too.
YoumightwonderhowtheEDISplitterAdapterisusedandhowitworks?Letstakealookatthesinglesteps
performedinSAPNetWeaverPI:
1. ElectronicDataInterchangecomprisingofmultipleB2BmessagesreceivedbyanytechnicaladapterofSAP
NetWeaverProcessOrchestration
2. OutboundEDISeparatorAdaptersplittingElectronicDataInterchangeintosingleB2Bmessages
3. SingleB2BmessagesreceivedbySAPNetWeaverProcessOrchestrationandmappedtocorresponding
internalmessageformat(IDoc,EnterpriseService)
4. Optionallyacknowledgementgeneratedandsenttobusinesspartner
5. IDoc/EnterpriseServicesenttoreceivingapplication
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SureshReddyAvutuFeb3,20123:15AM
lookingforwardtomoveawayfromSeeburger.
Like(2)
ShabarishVijayakumarFeb3,20125:35AM
thisisagiantleapfromSAP.
HowdoesthisthenaffecttheexistingcustomersonSeeburgerbasedlandscape?
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20126:02PM(inresponsetoShabarishVijayakumar)
HelloShabarish,
existingSEEBURGERB2BadaptercustomerscancontinueusingtheSEEBURGER
adapters.OurpartnershipwithSEEBURGERisstillinplace.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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SanthoshVellingiriFeb3,20127:30AM
AmostimportantaddonthatmanySAPPIimplementingcustomersneeds.
Iamalsointerestedtoknow,whichsolutionwillSAPrecommendandfocusforB2BIntegration.SAP
InformationInterchangeondemandbyCrossgate?orB2BAddonforSAPPI?CrossgateEDI
managedserviceonSAPPI.
~SaNv...
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20126:05PM(inresponsetoSanthoshVellingiri)
HelloSanthosh,
thisfinallydependsonthecustomer'srequirementsandpreferences.TheB2Bintegration
http://scn.sap.com/community/b2bintegration/blog/2012/02/03/thenewb2baddonforsapnetweaverprocessintegration
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strategypapermighthelpyoutoidentifytherightsolutionforyourneedsSAPNetWeaver
PI/POwithB2Baddon(onpremise),SAPInformationInterchangeOnDemand(managed
service)orthecombinationofthetwo.Fordetailssee
http://scn.sap.com/community/b2bintegration/blog/2012/09/17/b2bintegrationstrategy
onpremiseondemandandhybrid).
Bestregards,
Katrin
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PrateekRajSrivastavaFeb3,201211:45AM
HiKatrin,
Thanksforsharingthisinformation.
AverybigreliefisthattheSFTPadapterisfree.:)
AftertheannoucementinblogbyPiyush,Iaskedafewquestionsandfewofthemgotanswered.A
fewremains:
1.ArethereanynewmonitoringcapabilitiesprovidedspecificallyforEDIcommunication(like
SeeburgerWorkbench)?
2.UndertheConverterModulesection,youmentionedabout"maintenancetool".Willthistoolbe
capableenoughtoeditstandardmappingsbasedoncustomerrequirements(likeSeeburgerBIC
MD)?WouldtherebedirectdeploymentoptionfromthattoolonPIserver?
3.AretheseadaptersbeingbuiltbySAPorboughtfrompartnerslikeSeeburger?
Regards,
PrateekRajSrivastava
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20126:09PM(inresponsetoPrateekRajSrivastava)
HelloPrateek,
at1.)Youcanmonitorthemessageexchangewithyourpartnersusingthestandard
monitoringsolutions.InadditiontothatweplantodeliveraB2Bmonitoringsolution
allowingtomonitorB2BprocessesendtoendtakingintoaccountEDIspecifics(e.g.
acknowledgements).
at2.)TheB2BaddoncomeswithpredefinedconversionrulesforthemostcommonEDI
standards,messagesandversions.Ifthereisaneedformodifyingthestandardrulesor
definingcustomonesyoucandothisusingawebbasedmaintenancesolution.Sono
additionalmappingtoolwillbeneeded.
Bestregards,
Katrin
Bestregards,
Katrin
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ZameerHamzaFarookFeb4,201211:09AM
ThisisreallyagreatmovefromSAP,thanksfortheblog.HoweverPI7.0customersstillhavetorely
onSeeburgerandotherprovidersforB2Bintegration.
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ChandrasekharKotniFeb4,201212:37PM
It'sFantasticnewsandraisingthespiritstoworkonSAPNWPInewfeatures.LongwaitingBusiness
solutionsonthereach.
ProbablyIt'shightimemostoftheSAPPIcustomersshouldplanformigratingfromtheirLegacyB2B
middlewaretoSAPPI.
Eagertoseemoreinfo.AnyBetaversionavailable?
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ShanthaBandaraFeb6,20122:51PM
Greatnews.ThisdefinitelyhelpsPItocompeteinmiddlewaremarket.Noneedtodependonthird
partyadapterslikeSeeburgerAS2adapter.Iwouldliketoknowdetailsaboutlicensingifitis
possible.WillthisbeapartofPIorshouldcustomersbuythisSeparately.
Thanks
Shantha
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20125:36PM(inresponsetoShanthaBandara)
HelloShanta,
theSecureConnectivityAddOn(SFTPadapter,PGPadaptermodule)isforfree.However,
forusingtheB2Baddonyourequireanadditionallicense.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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FredVerheulFeb6,201210:37PM
HiKatrin,
ThanksfortheannouncementandclearandindepthdescriptionofthecapabilitiesofthisB2BAdd
On.
Somequestionspopupthough:
1.WhathappenedtotheSAPstrategyoflettingpartnerscomeupwiththesocalledthirdparty
adapters?IsSAPnowkilling/cannibalizingitsecosystem?
2.HowdoesthisnewofferingcomparetoforinstancetheprovenSeeburgerproduct(no,Idon'thave
anyshares)?
3.Whatistheadviceforcustomers?Thirdparty,B2BAddOn,orCrossgateB2Bservices?
4.WhatisthecostofthisB2BAddOn?
5.Inthepastwe'veusedItemfield/InformaticaConversionAgentforplaintextconversionofEDI
messages.Willthenewfunctionalityreplacetheneedforthisseparatelylicensedtool?
6....(can'tthinkofmoreatthemoment)
Thanksforanyclarificationyoucan(andareallowedto)offeronthesequestions.
Bestregards,Fred
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BhaveshKantilalFeb7,20128:08PM(inresponsetoFredVerheul)
GreatQuestions.InadditionhoweasywoulditbetosaymigratemappingbuiltfromEDIto
IDocandviceversafromSeeburger/IWaytothisofferingfromSAP?Howdocustomers
knowwhatisthebestsolutiontogoto?WhythischangeofstrategyfromSAP?
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BhaveshKantilalFeb7,20128:12PM(inresponsetoBhaveshKantilal)
AdditionalQuestiononMonitoring
SeeburgeroffersaLevel3dashboardthatenablesyoutouseInterchange
Numbers,ISAID's,etctolookformessages.WouldSAPbeofferingsucha
monitoringtoolbuiltinorwouldcustomershavetousethePayloadSearch/TREX
Option?Ademoofthiswithhowmonitoringwouldbedonewouldbegreat!
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20126:03PM(inresponsetoBhaveshKantilal)
HelloBhavesh,
anendtoendmonitoringsolutionallowingtomonitorB2Bprocessesis
currentlybeingdeveloped.Thissolutionissupposedtobecome
availablebymidofnextyear.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20125:57PM(inresponsetoFredVerheul)
HelloBhavesh,
At1.)Ourstartegyinregardsofpartnersisunaffected.Wewelcomeourpartnerstodeliver
adaptersandpredefinedintegrationforspecificimplementationusecases.However,there
wasastrongrequestfromexistingcustomerstodeliveraSAPsolutionforEDIintegration.
At2.)OnahighlevelthesolutionscopeoftheB2BAddOnandtheSecureConnectivity
AddOnisidenticalwiththeadaptersfromSEEBURGER.However,theSAPsolution
providesforinstancethefollowingbenefits:
Easiertodeployandconfigure
DeeperintegrationinPIproduct(e.g.logging,monitoring,tracing)
Noadditionaltoolingisneeded
Superiorfunctionalityissupposedtobedeliveredaccordingtotheroadmap(e.g.end
toendmessagemonitoringforB2B)
3.)Thisfinallydependsonthecustomerneeds.Thirdpartyadapterscouldbeanoptionif
onlyfewB2Bcapabilitiesareneeded.FordeterminingwhethertheB2BaddonwithSAP
NetWeaverPI(onpremisesolution)oramanagedserviceprovidedbySAPInformation
InterchangeOnDemandorevenacombinationofbothistherightchoiceforyourB2B
integrationneedspleasetakealookatthisB2Bintegrationstrategypaper
( http://scn.sap.com/community/b2bintegration/blog/2012/09/17/b2bintegrationstrategy
onpremiseondemandandhybrid).
4.)PleaseconsultyourSAPsalesrepresentativeregardingthecostsoftheB2Baddon.
5.)TheB2BaddonisnosuccessorofSAPConversionAgentbutyoucanimplementsome
oftheCAusecasesusingtheB2Baddon.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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AamirSuhailFeb7,20127:43AM
Katrin,
Firstofall,iwouldliketothankyouforexplainingtheB2BofferingofSAPPI,thiswilldefinitelyhelp
usinpositioningPIatourclientslocation.
Ihaveonequestiononthe"Separator"Adapter/Module.Inthepast,ihaveusedthe"Splitter"module
ofSeeBurger,itdoesprettymuchthesametaskasSeparatordoesbutthesplittingisdoneinthe
sendercommunicationchannelitself(byspecifyingsplittermoduleinsendercommunication
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channel).SoifwegetanEDI850and855inasinglemessage,thesendercommunicationchannel
willsplitthemhencewehavetoconfigureasingleinterface.
Incaseof"Separator",itlookslikethesplittinghappensinthereceivercommunicationchannelsowe
havetoconfigureatleast2interfaces.FirstinterfaceistosplittheEDImessageandthesecondoneto
pick850and855individually.
PleaseletmeknowifmyunderstandingiscorrectorcanweuseSeparatorasamoduleinsender
communicationchannelitselfsothatwecanavoidcreatingmultipleinterfaces?
Thanks
Aamir
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20125:34PM(inresponsetoAamirSuhail)
HelloAamir,
theEDISeparatorisnoadaptermodulebutanadapter.Youneedtocreateanoutbound
EDISeparatorcommunicationchannelforsplittingthebigEDImessageintosingle
messagescomprisingofonebusinessdocumenteach.Thesearethensenttoaninbound
EDISeparatorcommunicationchannelforthe"real"processing.Youcanfindfurtherdetails
onhowtousethisadapterattheLeaningSeriesabouttheB2Baddon:EDISeparator(see
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC28948).
Bestregards,
Katrin
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DanielGraversenFeb7,201212:58PM
Hi
Nicetohearthattheofferingisnotthatfairintothefuture.Ilookforwardtoworkwithalittlemore
integratedsolution,thathasbeenbuilduparoundwhatisrequiredforworkingwithSAPPI.
danielgraversen
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MarcosSolaBayarriApr24,201211:11AM
hi,
frommypointofviewthereisnoclearmotivationformigratingfromtheSeeburgertotheSAP
adaptersatthistime:
sincebothrequireanadditionallicense,Idonotknowifthereisacostsaving
whenitcomestoEDIinvoicing,therearemanycountryspecificrequirements,forexample,
EDIFACTdigitalsignaturesinseveraleuropeancountries.IsSAPgoingtoaddressthese
issues?
theSFTPadapterishoweveragreatnewfeaturesinceitrequiresnoadditionallicense
MarcosSol
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20125:26PM(inresponsetoMarcosSolaBayarri)
HelloMarcos,
yes,additionalcostsapplyforusingtheB2Baddon.Asthepricingisdifferentasfor
SEEBURGERB2Badaptersyoucannotsayperdefaultthatoneortheotherwillalwayscost
less.Iwouldbeinterestedingettingtoknowwhatkindofdigitalsignaturesaremissingasof
today.Pleasedropmeaprivatemessageideallywithfurtherdetailsaboutthe
implementationusecase.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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RjayGalbizoApr24,20121:08PM
StartedDeployingandcreatedsomePOCsalltheB2Baddoninoursandbox.Let'sseehowthese
addonsbeabigleverageoverSeeburger.
What'sgoodabouttheseaddonsaretheconfigurationguidesincluded.We'llseehowthesegoesifI
presentthistoexistingandnewclients.GreatJob!
Cheers,
RjayGalbizo
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MagnusAxelssonAug29,20122:38PM(inresponsetoRjayGalbizo)
HiRJay!I'dlovetohearwhatyoufindingsaresofarfromyoursandboxtests.
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RobertoVianaMay22,20122:47PM
Hithere,
CouldyoupleaseconfirmwhethertheB2BaddonwillsupportAS2incombinationwithSHA2?
http://scn.sap.com/community/b2bintegration/blog/2012/02/03/thenewb2baddonforsapnetweaverprocessintegration
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Manythanks,
RobertoViana
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20125:22PM(inresponsetoRobertoViana)
HelloRoberto,
1)SHA2algorithmsupportforAS2isplannedtobedeliveredwithsupportpackage1.
ReleasetocustomerisscheduledforQ1nextyear.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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RobertoVianaJun21,201211:22AM
IwouldliketoknowwhethertheAS2adapteralsodoessupportAS1?
Manythanks,
RobertoViana
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20125:18PM(inresponsetoRobertoViana)
HelloRoberto,
no,theB2Baddondoesn'tsupporttheAS1protocol.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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SachiPatabendigeSep11,20121:35AM
HiKatrin,
WeareintheprocessofintroducingPOforB2Bintegrationinourorganisation.Isawsomewebinars
havebeendoneonthissubjectpreviously.Iamsearchingforadditionalinformationtomakemycase
onthis.IsitpossibletoaccessthosewebinarcontentstogainmoreinformationonPO.Appreciateif
youcanhelp.
regards,
SachiPatabendige
EnterpriseArchitect
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PatrickWeberOct17,201211:53AM
HiKatrin,
ThanksforintroducingthekeyfeaturesofthenewB2Baddontous.Wewouldespeciallybe
interestedintheAS2Adapterasweareleveraginganexternali.e.outsidePIAS2solutiontoday.I
haveonequestionregardingthisadapter:WillitbeDrummondcertified?CheckingtheDrummond
Groupwebsite,Iwasunabletospotitunlesswhatyouareusingisthe"AdvantcoAS2Adapterfor
SAPNetweaverPI,Version1.0"
Manythanks,
PatrickWeber
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20125:14PM(inresponsetoPatrickWeber)
HelloPatrick,
weplantosignupfortheDrummondcertificationnextyear.However,internaltestand
customerimplementationsdidn'tshowanyinteroperabilityissueswithotherAS2solutions
sofar.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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MariaStockOct22,20124:14PM
Bitofadaftquestion,butwhereistheaddonlocatedinthesoftwaredownloadcatalogue?Note
1695520pointsinthedirectionofamissinglink.ThePAMonlytellsmethatPISFTPPGPAddon1.0
isalsorequired.
Manythanksforanyinfo/links
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KatrinAhsenOct24,20125:12PM(inresponsetoMariaStock)
HelloMaria,
yourequireanadditionallicensefordownloadingtheB2Baddon.Ifthelicensekeyisnot
http://scn.sap.com/community/b2bintegration/blog/2012/02/03/thenewb2baddonforsapnetweaverprocessintegration
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assignedtoyou/yourcompanythedownloadlinkfortheB2Baddonwillnotbeshown.If
youareinterestedinevaluatingtheB2Baddonyoucanrequesta90daystriallicensefrom
yourSAPsalesrepresentative.Besides,PIandtheB2BaddonisincludedinmanySAP
demoandtestpackagesallowingpartnerstoevaluatethesolution.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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PatrickWeberOct24,20126:22PM
Thanksfortakingthetimetoanswerallourquestions.Onemorefrommysideifyoudon'tmind.
WilltheXMLstructuresgeneratedfromtheEDItoXMLconverterbecompatiblewithwhatthe
SeeburgerBICadaptermoduleproducestoday,thusenablingreuseofalreadydevelopedMessage
MappingsincaseacustomerwasdecidingtomovefromSeeburgertothenewSAPproduct?
Manythanks,
Patrick
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KatrinAhsenOct30,20121:28PM(inresponsetoPatrickWeber)
HelloPatrick,
no,theXSDsofSEEBURGERB2BadaptersandSAPB2Baddonarenotcompatible.The
mostobviousdifferencearethenamespaces.ThesameappliestoMessageMappings.
EventhoughsomepartsofmappingsforSEEBURGERB2BadaptersorSAPB2Baddon
mightbeidenticalonfieldleveltherearesomefunctionaldifferences(e.g.userdefined
functions)betweenbothsolutions.
Bestregards,
Katrin
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AnandShankarDec12,20134:31PM(inresponsetoKatrinAhsen)
HiCansomeoneprovidemewithreferencedocumentsforseeburger
configurationforAS2adapter.kindlymailmeonanandshankar841atgmaildot
com
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DimitriSannenDec13,201310:10AM(inresponsetoAnandShankar)
HiAnand,
ChecktheblogsanddocumentsofStefanHilppon
http://scn.sap.com/people/stefan.hilpp/contentandyouwillfind
everythingyouneed.
Kindregards,
Dimitri
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PatrickWeberDec13,201311:08AM(inresponsetoAnandShankar)
CheckthePDFdocumentsthatcomewithyourSeeburgerinstallation
media.Theyareprettycomprehensive.
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AnandShankarDec13,201312:11PM(inresponsetoPatrickWeber)
Idon'thavethedocumentsandthatswhyalltheproblem.the
seeburgerimplementationwasdonelongback.
BasicallyIwanttohaveaclearunderstandingofseeburger
workbenchandlookingforthosedocuments.kindlyshareif
someonehave.
Thanks
Anand
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DimitriSannenDec13,201312:38PM(inresponsetoAnand
Shankar)
HiAnand,
Again,pleasedocontact StefanHilpp.Hecan
certainlyhelpyououtwithyourrequirement.
Kindregards,
Dimitri
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PatrickWeberDec13,20132:23PM(inresponsetoAnand
Shankar)
HiAnand,
http://scn.sap.com/community/b2bintegration/blog/2012/02/03/thenewb2baddonforsapnetweaverprocessintegration
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Seeburgerclearlystateintheirdocumentationthat"No
partofthisdocumentmaybereproduced,copied,or
transmittedin
anyformorpurposewithouttheexpresspriorwritten
permissionofSEEBURGERAG".Nobodyonthisforum
whoisnotdirectlyaffiliatedwithSeeburgerishence
goingtoemailyouthesedocuments.Ifyouhavea
validlicensefortheirproduct,I'mcertainyoucaneasily
obtainanewcopybycontactingSeeburgersupport.
Otherthanthat,IcanonlyechowhatDimitrihas
alreadyrecommendedtoyoutwice.
Haveagoodweekend,
Patrick
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StefanHilppDec13,20134:22PM(inresponsetoAnand
Shankar)
DearAnand,
theSeeburgerWorkbenchisjustanInterfaceto
store/displayinformationaroundtheSeeburgerEDI
Adaptersinaneasyoverview.Thereisno"specific"
Workbenchdocumentationaseachpartofthe
Workbenchisexplainedintherelevantdocumentation
ofthecorrespondingadapterthatusespartsofthe
Workbench.
Someexamples:
ifyouareusingtheSeeburgerPGPAdapter,the
DocumentationofthisAdapterexplainshowtousethe
"KeyCenter"toexport,importorcreatekeysthatare
thenstoredintheNWAKEystoreandcanbe
used/accessedduringencryption/decryption
ifyouareusingtheX400P7Adapter,thenthe
documentationofthisAdapterexplainshowyour
partneradressescanbemaintainedinthe
"Addressbook"oftheWorkbench
ifyouusethe"MessageSplitter"tosplitandprocessall
kindsofincomingEDIdata/formats,thenthe
correspondingdocumentationexplainshowtheentries
needtobemadeinthe"MessageSplitter"partwithin
theSeeburgerWorkbench
...
SotheSeeWorkbenchisjustoneconsolidatedarea
thatisusedbymanyadaptersandholdsalotof
differentfeatureswhichareexplainedinthe
correspondingadapterdocumentation
Hopethisclarifiesthequestion
KindRegards
Stefan
Btw...usuallyitsbetterifsuchquestionsarecreatedin
anownthreadinsteadofanexistingthreadwhich
referstoadifferenttopic...
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StefanHilppDec13,20134:32PM(inresponsetoAnandShankar)
Hi,
anAS2TroubleShootingGuidecanbedownloadedfromhere
CertificateandTroubleshootingGuideforSeeburgerAS2Adapter
Also,ifyouletmeknowwhichversionoftheAaptersyouareusing,Ican
provideyouwiththestandarddocumentationofthatadapterinthis
version
KindRegards
Stefan
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HeikoNolteAug25,20141:24PM
Hello,
IhavetwoquestionsregardingtheSAPPI/POB2Baddon:
http://scn.sap.com/community/b2bintegration/blog/2012/02/03/thenewb2baddonforsapnetweaverprocessintegration
9/11
3/20/2015
ThenewB2BAddOnforSAPNetWeaverProcessIn...|SCN
1)IsthereanoverviewofEDIformatssupportedbythestandardcontentmappings?I'mespecially
interestedinformatsoftheGermanutilitysector.
2)WherecanIfinddetailsregardingthelicensingcosts?
Kindregards,
Heiko
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DimitriSannenAug29,20147:04PM(inresponsetoHeikoNolte)
HiHeiko,
1)AllEDIformats(UTILMD,UTILTS&CONTRL)areshippedwiththesoftware.Ialready
usedthem.
2)PleasedocontactyourSAPaccountmanager.He/sheshouldbeabletoprovideallthe
details.
Kindregards,
Dimitri
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HareeshGampaSep4,201411:41PM(inresponsetoDimitriSannen)
Hi Dimitri, Ruchir
Can'tweinstallB2BaddononPIsystem?i.e.doweneedaPOlicencingtoinstall
it?
Wearecurrentlyrunningon7.31andwedon'tuseBPM/BRMbutweare
interestedinB2Baddon.
Whenwecaninstalliton7.11system,ithoughtweshouldbeabletogetitwithout
POlicencing.
Butigotadifferentmessage.Canyoupleaseconfirm?
Thanksforyourtime.
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DimitriSannenSep5,20149:17AM(inresponsetoHareeshGampa)
HiHareesh,
YouneedaseparatelicensefortheB2Baddon,nomatteronwhat
systemyouinstallit.Pleasedocontactyouraccountmanagerformore
details.
YoucanalsoinstallitonaSAPPI7.11system,butpleasebeawarethat
notallfeatureswillbeavailableforyou.
Kindregards,
Dimitri
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HeikoNolteSep26,20141:34PM(inresponsetoDimitriSannen)
HelloDimitri,
thank'sforyourresponse.ApitythatSAPdoesn'tprovidean
optiontoevaluatetheB2Bpackagesinceitcontainsquiteabit
offeaturesthatwouldbeworthbeingevaluated.
Kindregards,
Heiko
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DimitriSannenSep26,20141:38PM(inresponsetoHeiko
Nolte)
HiHeiko,
Pleasedocheckthis: B2Baddon:greatlicense
news!
Whatdoyouwanttoevaluate?PerhapsIcanhelp?
Kindregards,
Dimitri
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MJSep27,20144:24AM
HiDimitri,
IhopeyoucouldhelpmewithmyEDIScenario..
GotaX12EDIDocumentwith4ISASegments...EDISeparatorissplittingonlythefirst3butignoring
thelast1.
First3arehavingthesegmentseparatoras"~"andthelastISAishavingtheLINEFEED"\n"
WhenitestedbymovingthelastISAsegmentbeforetheother3segments.thenitisworkingfine.
http://scn.sap.com/community/b2bintegration/blog/2012/02/03/thenewb2baddonforsapnetweaverprocessintegration
10/11
3/20/2015
ThenewB2BAddOnforSAPNetWeaverProcessIn...|SCN
Couldyouletmeknowifi'mmissinganythingintheconfiguration
ThanksinAdvance
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DimitriSannenSep29,20148:50AM(inresponsetoMJ)
Hi,
Isawyoualreadycreatedathreadonthis EDISeparatorReceiverIssue
Pleasedokeepthatthreaduptodate.
Inthatcase,thecommunitycanbenefitfromcorrectorhelpfulanswersincasesomeone
facesthesameissue.
Thankyou.
Dimitri
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