Relevant Configuration Object

Concepts

Communication party

Communication component

Communication channel

In application-to-application processes, you are the integration expert making the configuration settings and you know the whole system landscape. In this case, you can address the known business systems from the System Landscape Directory as the senders and receivers of messages. To do so, define all relevant business systems as communication components in the Integration Directory.

You usually use communication components that are not assigned to a communication party. The definition of communication parties only becomes relevant when configuring business-to-business processes.

Sender agreement

Receiver agreement

Direct connection

●      Integration Server Communication

You must always define receiver agreements (for each technical receiver of a message). You only have to define sender agreements when using special sender adapters that are configured explicitly at the inbound channel of the Integration Server (for example, sender file/FTP adapters).

●      Direct Communication

The direct connection contains the configuration data that enables two business systems to communicate with each other directly, that is, without using an Integration Server.