Modeling and Design

Enterprise Services Repository
Feature	Type of Change	Description
Usage Profile	Changed	You can create your own usage profile to view and work with the object types, software component versions and modeling filters of your choice. More information: Usage Profile Note The Usage Profile is referred to as Application Profile in the older versions of the product. End of the note.
Classify service interfaces in the ES Repository	New	You can assign classifications to service interfaces in the ES Repository. More information: Classifying Services in the Enterprise Services Repository
Wizard to match service interfaces	New	For a given inbound service interface, a wizard automatically creates an outbound service interface and assigns a link to match the two interfaces. This is applicable only for point-to point communication. More information: Matching Service Interfaces for Point-to-Point Communication
Create service interfaces from WSDL files	New	A wizard enables you to import WSDL files into the ES Repository and create service interface objects. More information: Creating Service Interfaces from WSDL Files
Deletion Indicator	New	A consumer can explicitly communicate to a provider at runtime that the elements of a particular data type can be deleted. More information: Deletion Indicator
Security Profile	New	You can assign security levels to the service interfaces in the ES Repository. More information: Service Interface
Idempotency	New	In the service interface, for inbound category with mode as synchronous and any interface pattern except TU&C/C, a new option called Idempotent is available. More information: Service Interface
Central ES Repository for PI-CE scenarios	New	When you have SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment and SAP NetWeaver Process Integration installation in your system landscape, you can maintain all your design objects in one ES Repository. More information: Setting Up a Central ESR for PI - CE Scenarios
Principal propagation	Enhanced	You can implement principal propagation in the Business Process Engine (BPE) for non-correlating and correlating messages. More information: Activating Principal Propagation in the BPE

Services Registry
Feature	Type of Change	Description
Service Groups	New	A Service Group bundles all service calls that are provided by the same logical service provider. If a service definition is assigned to a Service Group, it indicates that the service is used by a consumer. You can now search for Service Groups in the Services Registry. More information: Searching and Browsing Service Groups
Permissions	New	In a permission template, an administrator can define permissions that assign User Management Engine (UME) roles to classifications. Permission templates allow administrators to define user-specific views on the Services Registry. More information: Defining Services Registry Permissions
Publishing Service Definitions in the Services Registry	Enhanced	You can now also publish service definitions to the Services Registry that require user authentication (user name/password) In the publication wizard, you can add a link to documentation and classify the published service. More information: Publishing Service Definitions Using the Services Registry
Cleaning up the Services Registry	New	In SAP NetWeaver Administrator, you can define a task that provides you with invalid URLs and URLs that cannot be reached. More information: Cleaning the Services Registry
Classifications delivered by SAP	Enhanced	The classification systems delivered by SAP have been enhanced. More information: Structuring of Services in the Registry
Link to central Services Registry	New	After configuring a central Services Registry in your system landscape, the following address gives you access to this central Services Registry: `http://<hostname>:<port>/sr_central`. More information: Configuring the Services Registry
SAP Enterprise Services Explorer for Microsoft .NET	New	SAP Enterprise Services Explorer for Microsoft .NET (ES Explorer) is an add-in for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 that helps to leverage SAP SOA by enabling .NET developers to discover SAP enterprise services and consume them in their applications, as well as publish their own custom Web services. The documentation of ES Explorer is available in the Microsoft Visual Studio local help after installation of the add-in. More information: .NET Interoperability area on SAP Community Network http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/dotnet.