SAP Integration Suite

... Foreword ... 13

... Preface ... 15

... Who This Book Is For ... 15

... How This Book Is Organized ... 16

... Acknowledgements ... 17

... Conclusion ... 18

1 ... Introduction ... 19

1.1 ... Customer Context ... 19

1.2 ... Intelligent Enterprise Vision ... 25

1.3 ... Hybrid and Heterogeneous Landscapes ... 32

1.4 ... Why Simplify Integration? ... 34

1.5 ... APIs and the Intelligent Enterprise ... 39

1.6 ... SAP Integration Suite ... 44

1.7 ... Related and Complementary Solutions ... 52

1.8 ... Summary ... 55

2 ... SAP Integration Suite at a Glance ... 57

2.1 ... Supported Integration Patterns ... 58

2.2 ... Capabilities ... 62

2.3 ... Operations ... 65

2.4 ... Summary ... 91

3 ... Prepackaged Integrations ... 93

3.1 ... SAP API Business Hub ... 94

3.2 ... Prepackaged Accelerators ... 103

3.3 ... Building Applications, Extensions, and Integrations ... 106

3.4 ... Partner Onboarding ... 126

3.5 ... Summary ... 128

4 ... Open APIs ... 129

4.1 ... Exploring API Management ... 130

4.2 ... API Management Lifecycle ... 139

4.3 ... Integration with Other SAP Integration Suite Capabilities ... 141

4.4 ... Summary ... 152

5 ... Designing Integration Scenarios ... 153

5.1 ... Exploring Cloud Integration ... 153

5.2 ... Flexible Pipeline Steps ... 165

5.3 ... Connectivity ... 177

5.4 ... Creating an End-to-End Integration Flow ... 182

5.5 ... Summary ... 200

6 ... AI-Driven and B2B Integration ... 201

6.1 ... Intercompany Integration ... 201

6.2 ... Integration Advisor ... 210

6.3 ... Summary ... 222

7 ... Third-Party Integration ... 223

7.1 ... Connecting to Third-Party Applications ... 224

7.2 ... Exploring Third-Party SaaS Digital Content ... 235

7.3 ... Managing a Third-Party CRM Instance ... 237

7.4 ... Building an Integration

Christopher Aron is vice president, go-to-market, and a leading expert for SAP Business Technology Platform and has been nurturing and growing SAP Integration Suite's market adoption for the past five years. Chris has more than 20 years of technology and telecommunication product marketing experience. He received his master's degree in business administration from Webster University (USA) and his bachelor's degree in economics from Birmingham City University (UK). Chris holds three US patents from his work in Internet of Things with PassTime.

Day-to-day, Chris works across regions and industries with customers, system integrators, and technology partners to evangelize and improve SAP's broad range of capabilities. Internally, Chris works closely with local sales teams on key deal revenue support and with product teams for roadmap prioritization, launching new capabilities and long-term strategies. Chris leads additional efforts to help align internal and external perspectives, for example leading multiple customer councils designed to optimize product feedback and ultimately aid customer adoption. Chris has often featured as a keynote executive for external events around the world. Originally from England, Chris is currently based in Denver, Colorado.