Integration Directory (Enhanced) 

Use

The following changes have been made to the Integration Directory.

●      Configuration of Web service runtime

In the Integration Directory you can configure systems that communicate using the Web service runtime based on standard Web Service Reliable Messaging (WS RM).

The communication channel type (adapter type WS) is available for implementing the settings required. With the new communication channel you can configure not only enhanced communication between WS RM-capable systems using the Integration Server, but also direct communication between WS RM-capable systems.

More information: Configuring the Communication Channel with Adapter Type WS.

●      Configuring direct connections

To implement direct communication between WS RM -capable systems in the Integration Directory, direct connection is available as a new object type.

More information: Defining Direct Connection.

●      Publishing sender agreements in the Services Registry

You can publish the WSDL description for a sender agreement from the Integration Directory to the Services Registry and thus make it readily available to a business partner.

More information:  Publishing Sender Agreements in the Services Registry.

●      Integration Directory Programming Interface

In addition to the existing user interface (Integration Builder), a new programming interface is now available that you can use for accessing Integration Directory objects.

The programming interface is based on the fundamental configuration options that are possible in the Integration Directory. This means that you use the interface to create, edit, and activate all configuration objects.

Since you can now use a program to access the content of the Integration Directory, scenarios that were previously not possible with the existing user interface, or that required a lot of effort to realize manually are now possible (for example, mass changes to configuration objects).

Note that at the moment the programming interface only supports those object types and object attributes that were already available with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.0.

More information: Integration Directory Programming Interface

●      Simplified configuration of simple scenarios (integrated configuration)

Using Integrated Configuration you can specify the complete configuration settings for the clear exchange of a message in one single object. This object replaces the 'classic' configuration objects (sender agreement, receiver determination, interface determination, and receiver agreements).

The Integrated Configuration supports elementary communication scenarios for which the message receiver is already defined at the time of configuration and whose message processing only requires a simple mapping (multiplicity 1:1).

You can only use Integrated Configuration to set up communication scenarios where the message is only to be transferred within an Adapter Engine from a sender to a receiver adapter.

More information: Executing Integrated Configuration

The following changes have been made to the Integration Directory user interface (Integration Builder):

●      Creating folders

You can create a folder to structure Integration Directory content more clearly. Folders can be shown or hidden in the navigation area of the Integration Builder.

More information: Creating Folders

●      Display lost and found objects

A lost and found object can occur when the folder to which the object was originally assigned has been deleted but the object itself has not. These objects are displayed in a separate folder (called: Lost & Found).

More information: Displaying Lost and Found Objects.

●      Display cache status for each object

In cache notifications you can now display the cache status for each individual object.

More information: Analyzing Cache Notifications