The process flow and its separation into individual process components (or application components)

The Enterprise Services Repository (ES Repository) allows you to outline the integration-relevant aspects of business processes, for example, using a process integration scenario model type.

The interfaces that determine the data exchange between application components and the detailed structure of the data – of the messages – that is being exchanged

The mapping or transformation of data structures on both sides of a connection

In a mediated communication step, the sender normally uses a data format and structure for sending out a message that is different to the one that the receiver can handle. The data structure and format used by the sender therefore has to be transformed into the structure and format that the receiver can handle. This type of transformation is called mapping. You specify the corresponding transformation rules in the ES Repository – in the form of mapping objects.