Architecting EDI for SAP S/4HANA

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-4932-2458-6
Verlag: Rheinwerk Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 546 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 1124 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS Englisch

Juggling multiple partners and clients? Streamline your business communications with this guide to electronic data interchange (EDI) in SAP S/4HANA! Begin with an overview of EDI processing and how it works. Next, follow step-by-step instructions for configuring and managing EDIs in your SAP S/4HANA landscape. Customize IDocs, configure SAP Application Interface Framework and SAP Integration Suite, test your EDI solution, and more. This is your one-stop shop for comprehensive B2B integration in SAP S/4HANA!Highlights include:1) Prerequisites2) Environment setup3) EDI standards4) Configuration5) SAP Application Interface Framework6) SAP Integration Suite7) SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)8) Test automation9) IDocs10) APIs

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doss, Agasthuri

Piaseczny, Marek

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

... Preface ... 13 ... Objective of This Book ... 13 ... Target Audience ... 14 ... Structure of This Book ... 14 ... Acknowledgments ... 161 ... Introduction ... 19 1.1 ... Introduction to SAP S/4HANA ... 20 1.2 ... Architecture and Characteristics ... 25 1.3 ... Deployment Options ... 36 1.4 ... Implementation Options ... 42 1.5 ... Summary ... 462 ... Integration Technologies ... 47 2.1 ... SAP Strategy and Recommendations for Integration ... 48 2.2 ... Technologies from SAP ... 50 2.3 ... New and Improved Technologies ... 56 2.4 ... SAP Business Technology Platform ... 67 2.5 ... Summary ... 733 ... Electronic Data Interchange ... 75 3.1 ... Concept and Characteristics of EDI ... 76 3.2 ... EDI Standards for Messages ... 82 3.3 ... EDI Standards for Communication ... 96 3.4 ... Characteristics of the EDI Integration Pattern ... 103 3.5 ... Example Use Case for EDI ... 104 3.6 ... Summary ... 1054 ... EDI Processing in the SAP S/4HANA Landscape ... 107 4.1 ... Business Process ... 107 4.2 ... Technical Solution Design ... 120 4.3 ... Summary ... 1365 ... Prerequisites ... 137 5.1 ... Prerequisites Checklist ... 137 5.2 ... Summary ... 1486 ... Initial Setup of the Environment ... 149 6.1 ... Readiness of the Technical Components ... 149 6.2 ... Deployment of the Trading Partner Management Package ... 150 6.3 ... Connecting SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP ... 154 6.4 ... Summary ... 1817 ... Configuration and Development in SAP S/4HANA ... 183 7.1 ... IDoc Fundamentals ... 183 7.2 ... IDoc Selections ... 185 7.3 ... IDoc Processing ... 200 7.4 ... Handling External Identifiers during IDoc Processing ... 219 7.5 ... Summary ... 2248 ... SAP Application Interface Framework ... 227 8.1 ... Enabling SAP Application Interface Framework ... 227 8.2 ... Customizing IDoc-Based Interfaces on SAP Application Interface Framework ... 230 8.3 ... Summary ... 2719 ... SAP Integration Suite ... 273 9.1 ... B2B EDI on SAP Integration Suite ... 273 9.2 ... Integration Advisor ... 274 9.3 ... Trading Partner Management ... 337 9.4 ... Summary ... 37310 ... Checking the EDI Solution ... 375 10.1 ... Verifying Inbound Processing ... 375 10.2 ... Verifying Outbound Processing ... 392 10.3 ... Negative Testing, Alerting, and Error Handling ... 408 10.4 ... Summary ... 41411 ... Test Automation ... 415 11.1 ... Overcoming the Challenges of EDI Testing ... 415 11.2 ... The Value of and Approaches to EDI Testing ... 416 11.3 ... Automated Regression Testing for EDI with Int4 Suite ... 418 11.4 ... Summary ... 45812 ... APIs ... 459 12.1 ... API Concept and Characteristics ... 459 12.2 ... APIs in SAP S/4HANA ... 471 12.3 ... Extending the EDI Scenario with APIs ... 491 12.4 ... Summary ... 52413 ... Conclusion and Outlook ... 527 13.1 ... Component Versions ... 527 13.2 ... Topics Intentionally or Necessarily Overlooked ... 531 13.3 ... Summary ... 536... The Authors ... 537 ... Contributor ... 537... Index ... 539

Über Autor(innen)

Doss, Agasthuri
Agasthuri Doss is a chief architect at Int4 and an SAP Mentor alum.

Piaseczny, Marek
Marek Piaseczny is an SAP integration consultant at Int4.