SAP Process Integration (PI) training tutorial

SAP has renamed SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure -- SAP NetWeaver XI -- as SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI). NetWeaver PI serves as the integration engine for SAP's implementation of SOA middleware. With NetWeaver PI, SAP has included pre-built integrations for connecting SAP systems to each other and to non-SAP systems. But many SAP users are still not sure what the difference is between NetWeaver PI and NetWeaver XI. They have questions such as:

• What is NetWeaver PI's role within the NetWeaver platform?
• Is NetWeaver PI basically SAP's new integration engine?
• What new features are in PI that XI didn't have?
• How does the product compare to competing middleware products such as Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFM)?

This learning guide on SAP XI will answer these and many other questions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS    Key definitions    Introduction to XI    XI standards and documentation    XI technical tips and advice    Books and discussions

Key SAP XI definitions

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• What is SAP XI? (SearchSAP.com)
  
• What is NetWeaver? (SearchSAP.com)
  
• What is BPM? (SearchCRM.com)
  
• What is middleware? (SearchSOA.com)
  
• What is integration? (SearchCRM.com)
  
• What is a repository? (SearchOracle.com)
  

Introduction to SAP XI

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• Article: NetWeaver PI 7.1 easier to implement than earlier versions, SAP says (SearchSAP.com)
• Article: With NetWeaver PI's future unclear, don't use it for strategic projects, Gartner says (SearchSAP.com)
• Article: SAP Netweaver PI overview (SearchSAP.com)
• Article:  NetWeaver PI 7.1 easier to implement than earlier versions, SAP says (SearchSAP.com)
• Guide:  SAP XI All-In-One guide (SearchSAP.com)
• Article: SAP XI explained (SearchSAP.com)
• Featured Topic: What's the buzz around SAP XI? (SearchSAP.com)
• Web resource: SAP XI features & functions (SAP)
  
• Web resource: SAP BC-XI (SAP Help)

SAP XI standards and documentation

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• Web resource: XI 3.0 documentation (SAP Help)
  
• Web resource: XI 2 .0 documentation (SAP Help)

SAP XI technical advice and tips

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• Podcast: Getting started with SAP NetWeaverPI (SearchSAP.com)
• Tip: Using Folders in PI 7.1 (SearchSAP.com)
• Tip: Introduction to XI (SearchSAP.com)
• Tip: My version 'XI 3.0 for Dummies' (SearchSAP.com)
• Expert Advice: Installing SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 on servers running ECC 6.0 (SearchSAP.com)
• Expert Advice: Installing SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 on servers running ECC 6.0 (SearchSAP.com)
• Expert Advice: Interfacing from SAP to SAP XI to external (SearchSAP.com

Books and discussions

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• Book: SAP NetWeaver For Dummies By Dan Woods and Jeffrey Word
  
• Book: SAP System Operations By Michael Missbach