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Definition

A Process Integration Scenario maps the entire message exchange for a collaborative process completely and gives an overview of the process flow.

Structure

A Process Integration scenario is a design object of the Enterprise Services Builder and is identified and versioned uniquely by its name and namespace.

To map the message exchange and process flow, a Process Integration scenario is made up of the following objects described below. The graphic displays the relationship of these objects using the MultipleFlightBooking demo example.

Figure 1: Process Integration Scenario MultipleFlightBooking and Objects Used

Objects of a Process Integration Scenario

  • Application Components

  • Action

  • Interfaces and Mappings

    Interfaces define the data format of the messages that are used during the exchange of messages between actions of different application components. The properties of the interfaces involved also define whether you are dealin with synchronous or asynchronous communication.

    If mappings exist between outbound and inbound interface mappings, then a mapping can be selected for the Process Integration scenario.

    For more information on interfaces, see Developing Service Interfaces

    For more information on mappings, see Mapping Design .

  • Connection

Further Properties of Process Integration Scenarios

  • The start and end of the process flow can be defined for a Process Integation scenario. You can also specify selected actions as start and target actions. It is possible to have multiple start and taget actions.

  • WSCI Interface

    Process Integation scenarios in the Enterprise Services Builder are described in accordance with the description language WSCI (Web Service Choreography Interface) to form a basis for the standardized exchange of Process Integation scenarios. A WSCI interface maps the entirety of the inbound and outbound cahnnels (including dependencies) of an application component involved in a Process Integation scenario. It is therefore possible to give a name for the related WSCI interface for every application component.

    For more information on WSCI, see http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-wsci-20020808/Information published on non-SAP site.

For more information on the semantic concepts, see Modeling Process Integration Scenarios .