New Functions and Changes

Some of the adapters shipped by SAP have new parameters. You can find these adapters in the Integration Directory and PCK.

Adapters (Enhanced)

The conversion agent enables you to convert unstructured and semi-structured formats to XML. You can call the conversion agent from an adapter module in the module processor.

Conversion Agent (Enhanced)

In a receiver determination, you can now specify in more detail what should happen to a message when no receiver is found at runtime.

Receiver Determination (Enhanced)

When using the SOAP adapter, you can specify the following additional security settings in the collaboration agreement:

·        Security settings for time stamp and expiry date of message signature

·        Security settings based on the S/MIME Internet standard (Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension)

Collaboration Agreement (Enhanced)

You no longer need to specify a module key in the module processor.

Passwords can now be encoded and saved in the module configuration.

Module Processor (Enhanced)

In the RNIF adapter, you can now specify an alternative interface namespace.

RNIF Adapter (Enhanced)

Improvements have been made in message archiving, message monitoring, and in cache monitoring.

Runtime Workbench (Enhanced)

In an asynchronous send step, you can set a conversation ID and define the quality of service as EOIO (Exactly Once In Order).

Send Step in Integration Processes (Enhanced)

Changes

The adapter and module development documentation has been enhanced as follows:

See: Components of the XI Message,

·        Choose CorrelationID

Methods for setting and determining the ConversationID.

·        Choose Message Class

Determining the message class

·        Choose Adapter-Specific Message Attributes

Add message attributes to the adapters.

See: Creating Acknowledgment Messages

Methods for recognizing an acknowledgment message.

See: Synchronous Messages

New methods are available that enable you to read error information from the message in the form of an ErrorInfo object, or set it in a message.

The integration process documentation has been enhanced with the following administration information:

Error Notifications for Administrators

Deleting Obsolete Process Data