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Integration Engine

Feature

Type of Change

Description

Messages in Shared Memory

New

You can now use the shared memory of the ABAP Application Server for message processing on the Integration Engine. You have to use a special configuration parameter to activate this feature. It leads to faster processing of asynchronous messages.

More information: Messages in Shared Memory

Subsequently Defining Interfaces for Archiving

New

You can use the new report RSXMB_DEL_TO_ARCH to subsequently define interfaces for archiving so that you can archive their messages. This can be required in the following situations:

  • You have forgotten to consider certain interfaces for the archiving of their messages, or you have forgotten to configure message archiving at all.

  • You want to archive selected messages, for example, only messages of interface xy that were processed the day before.

More information: Defining Interfaces and Retention Periods for Archiving

Adapter Framework

Feature

Type of Change

Description

New Properties of XPI Service AF Core

New

XPI service AF Core uses new properties for aggregating data of the message payload for license auditing.

More information: Properties for XPI Service: AF Core

Adapters

Feature

Type of Change

Description

IDoc Sender Adapter Available in Integration Directory

New

You can now configure an IDoc sender adapter in the Integration Directory for processing IDoc packages that reach the inbound channel of the Integration Server and to enter the segment release so that the IDocs are forwarded correctly.

More information: Configuring the Sender IDoc Adapter

Message Protocol XI 3.0 in SOAP Adapter

New

If you want to send an XI message via the XI message protocol to or from an Advanced Adapter Engine through the SOAP Adapter, then select the Message Protocol as XI 3.0. More information: Configuring the Sender SOAP Adapter and Configuring the Receiver SOAP Adapter

Additional Parameters in Mail Adapter

New

You can configure additional parameters when IMAP4 is selected as Transport Protocol. More information: Configuring the Sender Mail Adapter

Conversion Agent

Feature

Type of Change

Description

Operating System Support for Conversion Agent Engine

Changed

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 64-bit edition (in-process or out-of-process)

  • Solaris 9 and 10 on SPARC (out-of-process)

  • IBM AIX 5.3 on pSeries (out-of-process)

  • Linux SUSE 9 or 10 on x86-64 (out-of-process)

  • Linux Red Hat EL4 or EL5 on x86-64 (out-of-process)

  • HP-UX 11.23 on PA-RISC or ia64 (out-of-process)

Operating System Support for Conversion Agent Studio

Changed

Windows 2000 SP4, XP Professional SP2, or 2003 Server SP1 32-bit edition

New Document Processors

New

  • PdfToTxt_4 document processor lets you define PDF table structures graphically

  • PdfFormToXml_1_00 document processor converts PDF forms to XML

  • ExcelToDataXml document processor now supports input in Excel 2007 XLSX format

Lookuptransformer

Changed

Support of dynamic construction of lookup tables

Multiple Inputs and Outputs

Changed

A transformation can now obtain its input from multiple documents and can generate multiple output documents.

XSD and XSI Support

Changed

  • There is now the option for strict XML validation available.

  • XML elements having the xsi:type attribute are now supported.

User Log

New

Use the new on_fail property to generate user-defined log messages if any transformation component fails.

Frequent Library Updates

Changed

Conversion Agent libraries are now made available as independent packages.

New and Updated Libraries

Changed

  • New libraries supporting the CREST, FIX, IATA PADIS, NACHA, and Telekurs VDF industry standards

  • Several of the existing libraries such as ACORD AL3, BAI, EDIFACT, EDI-X12, and HIPAA have been updated and improved

More information: Conversion Agent under Additional Information

Advanced Adapter Engine

Feature

Type of Change

Description

Enhanced Routing Capabilities

Changed

When configuring local message processing by the Advanced Adapter Engine, you can now define routing conditions.

More information: Defining the Integrated Configuration

Module to Add Attribute Values in Dynamic Configuration in Sender Mail Adapter

New

You can use the MultipartHeaderBean module to add the attribute values in dynamic configuration. More information: Adding MultipartHeaderBean in the Module Processor

Module to Convert IDoc XML to Flat File and Vice Versa

New

You can use the IDOCXmlToFlatConverter module to convert IDoc Xml to IDoc flat format and IDOCFlatToXmlConverter module to convert the data in IDoc flat format to Xml format. More information: Adding IDOCXmlToFlatConverter in the Module Processor and Adding IDOCFlatToXmlConverter in the Module Processor

Java Proxy Runtime

Feature

Type of Change

Description

Communication with Web Service Applications

New

Web service applications can communicate with Integration Server using Java Proxy Runtime. More information: Using Java Proxy Runtime for Communication of Web Service Applications with PI

Adapter Engine (Java SE)

Feature

Type of Change

Description

Remote Configuration Service

New

The RemoteConfiguration service option is available to you, use this to add and start remote adapter instances to the Adapter Engine. You can also change existing adapter instances.

More information: Services

Additional Parameters in File/FTP Sender Adapter

Changed

Use parameter file.emtpyFileStop to control how the adapter handles empty files. Under parameter file.badMsgDir enter the name of the directory to which the empty files are to be written.

More information: Configuring the Sender File/FTP Adapter

Additional Parameters in File/FTP Receiver Adapter

Changed

Use parameter file.overWrite to control whether files with names that already exist in the target directory are to be overwritten. This parameter replaces file.writeMode.

More information: Configuring the Receiver File/FTP Adapter