Configuring Integration-Server
Communication
Use
This section describes the typical steps that you must execute in the Integration Directory when you configure communication using the Integration Server as the central instance.
The figure below is a schematic illustration of a scenario in which the Integration Server is the central instance between two business systems.
The information in this section merely gives an overview of the most important configuration steps. The individual details depend on the specific business process.
For examples of detailed configuration instructions for a specific business process, see the configuration instructions for the demo examples.
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Prerequisites
The design objects relevant for the process are defined in the Enterprise Services Repository.
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Enterprise
Services Repository
Ideally, you have created a process integration scenario in the Enterprise Services Repository for the process to be configured.
In this case, you can use the model configurator to make the configuration settings in the Integration Directory. The configurator guides you through the configuration step-by-step and, where possible, creates the objects for you automatically.
More information: Configuring a Process Integration Scenario
Procedure
1. Describe System Landscape
Define the technical systems and business systems that are relevant for the process in the System Landscape Directory.
More information: System Landscape Directory in Process Integration
2. Define Collaboration Profile
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In the collaboration profile, define the potential senders and receivers of messages and their technical communication options.
1. To address the potential senders and receivers of messages, define communication components.
a. For the business systems that you defined in the System Landscape Directory in 1, define communication components in the Integration Directory.
b. If you use integration processes from the Enterprises Services Repository, define integration process components for them.
More information: Defining an Integration Process Component
2. Define communication channels for the involved sender and receiver communication components. In the communication channel, specify the configuration of the involved sender and receiver adapters.
More information: Defining a Collaboration Profile
3. Define Logical Routing
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1. To specify the receivers of messages, define receiver determinations.
More information: Defining Receiver Determination
2. To define the inbound interfaces (and mappings, if necessary) at receivers, define interface determinations.
More information: Defining Interface Determination
4. Define Collaboration Agreements
In a collaboration agreement, you define which communication channel is to be used for a particular sender-receiver pair.
For the sender and receiver pairs, define receiver agreements and, if necessary, sender agreements.
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).
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5. Activate Configuration Objects
Activate the configuration objects so that your configuration settings become runtime-relevant.
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If you are configuring communication on the basis of a process integration scenario and are using the model configurator, tasks 3 and 4 will be performed automatically where possible.
More information: Configuring a Process Integration Scenario