Software Logistics 

Purpose

The functions and tools for software logistics as part of SAP Exchange Infrastructure ensure that objects can be versioned, moved (within the Integration Repository or between systems), and shipped. Since the contents of the Integration Directory can be configured at the customer site, this essentially affects objects from the Integration Repository. Nevertheless, you can also use software logistic components for configuration contents from the Integration Directory.

Introductory Notes

A differentiation is made between two types of development objects in the development of applications between different application components:

·        Objects from the Integration Repository that are used to design and develop the exchange of messages at design time (Business Scenarios, interfaces, mappings)

·        Objects in the systems of the various application components that communicate with each other by using SAP Exchange Infrastructure. This is where the actual application logic is implemented, for example, what happens when a message arrives. The proxy objects that are generated in these systems also belong to these objects.

You can use the software logistics functions of SAP Exchange Infrastructure to manage and ship the various versions of your repository objects. All objects that are developed in the application component systems must be shipped using their infrastructure. In particular, you must ensure that the objects of your application from the Integration Repository are shipped together with the objects of the application system.

Features

Those functions that you can use for objects in the repository or directory are indicated by a green tick ( ü) in the Design and Configuration column in the table below (since configuration objects in the directory are not shipped, only some of the functions are required):

Software Logistics Functions for Repository and Directory Objects

Function	Design (Repository)	Configuration (Directory)
Organization of the shipment content by using software component versions and namespaces	ü
Version management on the level of objects and software component versions	ü	( ü ) (only object versioning)
Transfer objects to another software component version (Release Transfer)	ü
Exporting and Importing Integration Objects	ü	ü

Restrictions

At present there is no tool support for transporting objects. Instead, you can import the objects into another system once you have exported them, by copying or moving a file that you have previously exported.