Software Logistics for XI Objects 

Purpose

The functions and tools for software logistics within SAP Exchange Infrastructure support the following:

·        Versioning of design objects within the Integration Repository.

·        Transport of XI objects between different Integration Repositories or Integration Directories. This enables you to transport objects within a system landscape (XI development system, XI test system, and an XI productive system). This also enables you to ship the content of the Integration Repository (known as Process Integration Content, or XI content for short) to customers.

·        Transfer of design objects in the Integration Repository from other software component versions.

Implementation Considerations

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

·        Design objects from the Integration Repository that are used to design and develop the exchange of messages at design time (integration scenarios, integration processes, interfaces, and mappings)

·        Objects in the systems of the various application components that communicate with each other by using SAP Exchange Infrastructure. These are Java and ABAP classes, client and server proxies generated by using XI, ABAP programs, and other development objects that implement the actual application logic, for example, what happens when a message is received.

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.

For more information about the organization and transport of ABAP development objects, see Change and Transport System – Overview (BC-CTS).

Integration Directory content is not shipped. The export and import functions in the Integration Directory enable you to test your configuration data in a test directory before you transport this data into the productive directory.

Features

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

Functions of Software Logistics for XI 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 design objects to another software component version (Release Transfer)	ü
Transporting XI Objects	ü	ü