Organizations need to interface, integrate and monitor distributed systems in their IT architecture. SAP PO has functions that meet the needs of the IT architecture of organizations. On the other hand, SAP PI facilitates organizations to serve the outside world in line with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
SAP PO is an application integration middleware software developed by SAP for users to integrate their SAP systems with SAP or non-SAP systems, enabling the creation of synchronous and asynchronous communication. On the other hand, PI is a component of the SAP Netweaver platform that provides integration between PO and SAP with legacy applications or other external systems. SAP PO is the latest version after the introduction of SAP PI.
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SAP Process Integration (PI) is an enterprise integration platform that provides seamless integration between SAP and non-SAP systems, application-to-application (A2A), business-to-business (B2B), and business-to-customer (B2C) applications. The purpose of SAP PI is to enable organizations to seamlessly exchange information between internal software and external systems.
SAP PI integration servers are used as integration builder, System Landscape Directory (SLD), monitoring components and their architecture at design time, configuration time, and runtime.
The SLD contains information about the software catalogue (product and software component release) and landscape (business systems and technical systems).
ESR was the component covering design objects such as process definitions, mappings, interfaces
ID is a component that helps to create and configure scenarios for message exchange.
AAE provides the basis for the connectors used to integrate systems into the integration server.
SAP Process Orchestration (PO) is a tool that makes it easy to synchronize data between different systems to automate and optimize business processes. PO has all the functionality of SAP Process Integration (PI) is a single Java stack plus unified features such as Business Rule Management (BRM), Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Service Repository (ESR), B2B Collaboration and cloud integration, and for application integration. SAP Process Orchestration includes all the necessary tools.
PI is a component that enables developing, running and monitoring integration scenarios.
SAP BPM enables businesses and IT experts to create and renew business processes according to changing business needs. It helps processes such as joint modelling of processes, creation of intuitive interfaces for users, integration of business rules into processes.
SAP BRP makes it possible for businesses to automate their decision processes through business rules. Business users participate in and control the rule definition process, while business process experts design, validate, deploy, update and archive these rules throughout their lifecycle.
Enables the use of SAP's cloud integration contents on various platforms.
SAP PI/PO is an integration platform that connects SAP and non-SAP applications. It works as a middleware and a development environment, enabling organizations to integrate and orchestrate various data sources and services. It is made up of several components, such as graphical mappings, process integration, process orchestration, and connectivity. The graphical mappings allow developers to map data from one system to another without writing any code. Process integration is used to define and execute processes that are triggered by an event. Process orchestration allows for the coordination of multiple processes and systems. Finally, connectivity is used to establish communication between the various systems.
Before SAP PI/PO, the business world tried to manage their business through point-to-point communication, but nowadays this process cannot be used for multiple and complex transactions. Businesses need an intermediary communication or integration tool for seamless communication between multiple processes. SAP PI/PO is an integration tool designed to seamlessly deliver multiple communications. SAP PI/PO enables the interconnection of multiple different processes through a central location.
SAP PI/PO has tools that can be used by organizations for various integrations, and thanks to these tools, business processes become easier and smoother. Most targeted customers use SAP ERP and trust the SAP developers to do a good job developing useful integration tools.
SAP PI/PO enables companies to integrate different systems quickly, easily, and securely. It offers a range of features and benefits, such as:
SAP PI/PO provides multiple tools to optimize business processes and help organizations increase their competitiveness. However, it first covers a large number of integration processes. With SAP PI/PO, users implement interfaces seamlessly and developers can create three-to-end integration flows (iFlow) with minimal coding using a user-friendly interface.
One of the biggest advantages of using SAP PI/PO is the seamless implementation of interfaces using SAP integration technologies such as the Intermediate Document (ALE/iDoc) Framework, Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI), Remote Function Calls (RFC), and ABAP Proxy Framework. However, SAP has a set of tools for registering SAP backend systems to System Horizontal.
SAP PI/PO provides a comprehensive set of adapters for integrating complex systems. It includes adapters delivered by SAP in a standard package and add-on components can be installed as needed.
Interface developers can create end-to-end integration scenarios with a user-friendly graphical interface using Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) provided by SAP. However, integration makes the effort to develop flows more effective. The ability to interface with a user-friendly graphical as an IDE and create minimal coding are the main advantages of SAP PI/PO.
One of the biggest advantages of using SAP PI is to monitor every step of the interface runtime pipeline with a message monitor of all interfaces. Message monitor sender adapters can be configured to log information and data of interface runtime steps. However, PI can be used to send automatic alerts to system administrators when interface problems are detected, thanks to its Component-Based Message Alert Framework (CBMA).
Migration from SAP PO to SAP Integration Suite
The most basic feature of SAP PI is that it allows integration between SAP and non-SAP applications. This enables data exchange between different applications and systems.
SAP PO is a PI extension with more advanced features than business process management that enables automation, modelling and optimisation of end-to-end business processes. In other words, PO includes PI.
PO creates the latest version of PI and runs on a single stack. PO includes PI, Netweaver BPM and business rules.
SAP PI/PO Monitoring is a set of tools and processes used to monitor the performance and health of SAP Process Integration (PI) and Process Orchestration (PO) applications. This includes monitoring of message processing, system resources, system and application errors, and other performance metrics. It also includes tracking of system configurations, message flows and dependencies, and message payloads. These tools and processes help ensure that SAP PI/PO applications are running smoothly, efficiently, and securely.
SAP PI/PO consultancy ensures that the solutions used by organizations for different business processes work in an integrated manner. With SAP PI/PO consultancy, companies can prevent data confusion and data loss by ensuring that their different systems work under a single roof. On the other hand, SAP PI/PO consultant increases the efficiency of the organizations it serves by providing these tasks and integrating these platforms.
SAP PI/PO consultants provide services for the implementation, integration and maintenance of SAP's Process Integration (PI) and Process Orchestration (PO) solutions. These consultants are responsible for the end-to-end delivery of SAP PI/PO projects, from design to go-live. Their tasks may include configuring the integration platform, mapping interfaces, developing custom adapters, monitoring system performance, and troubleshooting errors. They also provide guidance on best practices and help customers optimize their integration processes.
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Understanding SAP PI/PO Message Mappings
PI and PO ensure data security by taking high-security measures such as data encryption, authentication, and authorization. Thus, it protects data against cyber-attacks and malicious people during the exchange.
SAP PI PO provides real-time data integration by offering synchronous and asynchronous communication capabilities. In this way, data is always up to date.
In synchronous communication, the sender waits for a response from the receiver before continuing any action. In asynchronous communication, the sender continues its operations without waiting for a response.
JDBC Adapter, IDOC adapter, SOAP Adapter, RFC Adapter, and HTTP are among the adapters available in SAP PI and PO.
It is possible to monitor message flows, analyse error messages and view payload content via Message Monitoring or Runtime Workbench.
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