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This documentation provides an entry point to the main procedures and key concepts that are relevant for those who work with SAP Process Integration (SAP PI). It is targeted at development and integration experts who need to develop and configure integration scenarios. However, it also provides an entry point to the documentation for administrators who want to operate and monitor integration scenarios.

The documentation provides an overview of the tasks and tools that come into play in integration projects.

Note

The documentation is targeted at both beginners wanting to get involved in the topic, and experts already involved in real-life integration projects and who need all of the key information in one place to help them keep their orientation and not lose the central theme.

We recommend that beginners first read section Getting Started .

Structure of this Documentation

You can install SAP PI in different ways:

  • Dual-stack installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java.

  • Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.

More information: Installation Options

The concepts and procedures depend on the chosen installation option. Therefore, the structure of this documentation is geared to the installation options.

This documentation contains the following main sections:

Section

Content

Relevant for Installation Option

Concepts

Provides information on the concepts and capabilities of SAP PI.

  • Sub section Basics is suitable for beginners to get a quick understanding of the basic capabilities and concepts.

  • Sub section Advanced Concepts provides information on sophisticated concepts.

Dual-Stack and AEX

Development and Configuration Tasks (Dual-Stack)

Explains end-to-end how to set up integration scenarios. Provides an overview of the basic procedures and links to detailed task descriptions.

Sub section Advanced Development Tasks (Dual-Stack) provides procedures and concepts about advanced integration topics like mapping, routing, business-to-business integration, and cross-component Business Process Management, for example.

Dual-Stack

Development and Configuration Tasks (AEX)

Explains end-to-end how to set up integration scenarios. Provides an overview of the basic procedures and links to detailed task descriptions.

Sub section Advanced Development Tasks (AEX) provides procedures and concepts about advanced integration topics like mapping, routing and business-to-business integration, for example.

AEX

Special Development and Configuration Tasks (Dual-Stack and AEX)

Contains special procedure descriptions valid for both installation options.

Dual-Stack and AEX

Administrative Tasks

Provides information for administrators who need to operate an SAP PI landscape and to monitor integration scenarios at runtime.

Dual-Stack and AEX

Recommendation

If you want to get involved into the topic and set up your first running scenario, choose one of the available demo scenarios.

More information: Examples

Related Documentation

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