Process Integration

The SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI)can be used to implement cross-system business processes. Within the overall architecture of SAP NetWeaver, SAP XI takes care of the process integration. In detail, it enables the connection of non-SAP and SAP systems from different suppliers in different versions on different platforms (Java, ABAP and so on). SAP XI is based on an open architecture, mainly uses open standards (especially from the realm of XML and Java) and offers services that are essential in a heterogeneous and complex system infrastructure: runtime infrastructure for exchanging messages, configuration options for controlling business processes and the flow of messages as well as options for transforming message contents between sender and receiver. With SAP XI 3.0 the scope of functions of SAP XI was enhanced mainly in the area of business-to-business communication and cross-system business process management.