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To address B2B integration challenges for specific industry sectors, several standards have been developed for the exchange of business data in these industries.

SAP Business Packages for RosettaNet and CIDX

SAP provides industry-specific business packages to support the B2B integration of industry standards, such as RosettaNet for the high-tech industry.

Note Note

The RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) standard, developed by the organization RosettaNet, defines processes, interfaces, and transport protocols for the exchange of business data in the high-tech industry (for example, in the electronics industry).

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To facilitate the setup of B2B interactions with business partners compliant with an industry standard, SAP provides business packages containing both the relevant integration content in the ES Repository that allows the mapping to these standards, and the industry-specific adapters that enable an external standard to be technically connected with the integration broker. SAP provides business packages for RosettaNet, Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX), and Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR).

Caution Caution

When you have installed the Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX), integration processes cannot be used. Therefore, those scenarios of the business package that use integration processes are not supported in that case.

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Support of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration also supports the integration with United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce, and Transport (UN/EDIFACT), the international standard for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

To ensure connectivity with systems based on this standard, you can use the SEEBURGER business packages for SAP NetWeaver PI. Over the past years, SEEBURGER has developed a large number of EDI adapters, including thousands of mappings and dozens of EDI communication protocols, for different scenarios in various industries.

Structure of the Business Packages

SAP business packages are structured in the following way:

They contain:

  • Integration content that describes the industry standard interfaces

  • Integration content that describes the mappings of SAP standard interfaces to industry standard interfaces

    For more information about structuring business packages and how the current industry standard is mapped as content in the Enterprise Services Repository, see Structure of Business Packages.

  • Adapter metadata for the industry standard adapter — you use the RNIF or CIDX adapter to connect to the message protocol supported by the relevant industry standard (RNIF adapter to connect to RosettaNet Implementation Framework and CIDX to connect to Chem eStandards).

You can use the business packages provided by SAP to define your own processes based on these industry standards. Usually, the most important task is to develop new mappings between your application and the interface of an industry standard.

Procedure

You set up the integration by following the following general procedure:

  1. Install the SAP business package

    Download the relevant SAP business package and import the corresponding industry-specific integration content to the ES Repository.

    You can find the SAP business package in SAP Software Distribution Center at http://service.sap.com/swdc (SAP Service Marketplace login required). Select the Downloads tab. In the navigation area, choose   Support Packages and Patches   Browse Our Download Catalog   SAP Content  . Choose ESR Content (XI Content). Note that the authorizations for downloading process integration content are generated automatically depending on your licenses. For example, look for the package XI CONTENT CIDX ERP for the integration content that describes the mappings of SAP standard interfaces to CIDX interfaces.

  2. Define a new software component version in the System Landscape Directory for your development

    This ensures that your developments are not overwritten by SAP updates later on.

    This software component version must be based on the software component version that contains the business package.

    See the explanations as provided under Using Predefined Integration Content.

  3. Import the software component version to the Enterprise Services Repository

  4. Define the content in the Enterprise Services Repository

    In this phase, you build your integration content based on the predefined industry-specific integration content you have imported.

    Note Note

    The integration design for RosettaNet and CIDX is based on process integration scenarios.

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  5. Configure the integration.

    More information: Configuring B2B Integration