Hi,

in a mail2abapproxy scenario on SAP PI, the requirement is to automatically archive the processed mails in a different folder in the mailbox depending on processing date. For instance mails processed on 24-01-2015 should be moved into "201501" folder, mails processed on 01-02-2015 should be moved into "201502" and so on. Assumption: folders are already created in the mailbox.

Thanks for a solution.

Stefano

Hi Experts ,

    I have experienced 2 different strange behaviours in my  project , and it is bothering me a lot.

1. I have noticed , at times the normal FTP sender channel which picks up files from external stores , stops polling files from the stores at times without nay reason . There is no connectivity issue , and channel status for all the nodes is fine and green and ping status is perfect .  The same channel when stopped and started , it starts picking up the file .  I have enquired with network team and there has been no changes. I am really clueless, as I am not able to answer customer what is wrong with the channel .

2. in PO 7.4 , when the receiver channels are stopped for maintenance reason and messages stack up in message monitoring as system error, I was under the impression that once I turn on the channel after 2 days , I would resend the messages in a controlled manner. But I noticed , though I am able to do so , but messages are getting auto processed in message mapping and going to target system , without my control.

Are there the normal behaviour of PO 7.4 single stack  or there is some setting that I am missing .

Thanks and Regards,

Arnab.

Hi Gurus

We are correctly on PI 7.1 which is connected to ECC for PROXY communication.

However, we have a new PI 7.3 and would like to disconnect PI 7.1 and connect it to the new PI 7.3.

Can you please let me know - Best practice to disconnect old PI Box -

• Is it just deleting the RFC and removing config from SXMB_ADM ?!
• Would the below steps cover all the necessary config to connect the new PI 7.3 environment to ECC
  • SLD Entries in PI

• SM59 HTTP Connections
• SXMB_ADM Config
• SLDCHECK

Please, ADD anything I might have missed!!

Your help is greatly appreciated!!

Thank you,

Ritu

Hi

I have a specific scenario I need help with.

I need to be able to return a PDF document as an attachment from a SOAP call. This part is simple as we know SOAP supports attachments.

My problem is actually retrieving the document. The web service call will provide me with the name of the document and I have to retrieve it from a FTP server. The only way I can do this is with the FILE/FTP Sender Adapter and I don't think this is possible.

Any suggestions to do this without using BPM?

Regards

Rob Warde

While the first blog Results of the global NetWeaver PI Survey 2014 (Part 1 of 2) has focused on the general questions of the annual PI Survey of the International Focus Group for Integration (IFG for PI), this second one gives an insight into the last year's focus topic BPM.

Survey Results of Focus Topic BPM

Notation used for documenting  and modeling business processe including tools/notations for upfront discussions with the business

Used solution / tool for the documentation of business processes

Is SAP Process Orchestration a strategic tool in your company?

(-- no interest at all, - minor priority, 0 neutral, + important, ++ very important)

Current and planned processes based on SAP NetWeaver PO

System strategy for human-centric processes with SAP NetWeaver BPM

Thanks again to all participants of the 2014 survey. The survey for 2015 is scheduled from May till August and will be announced on SCN beginning of May.

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OData Adapter and SFSF Adapter (extensions) for SAP Process Integration SP1 of the SAP Process Integration, connectivity add-on 1.0 has just been released. This release consists of an OData Adapter and extensions to the existing SFSF Adapter. Find out more in this blog by Finny Babu and reach out to him with any questions. July 2014

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The new B2B Trading Partner Management functionality explained In this blog Shilpa Nair and Sarath Sasi provide a summary and links to all recent content on the new Trading Partner Management functionality shipped with SP2 of the SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration B2B Add-on. Feb 2014

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Whitepaper: Intelligent Business Operations with SAP HANA This new whitepaper by Thomas Volmering and Harsh Jegadeesan demonstrates how you can significantly improve your business operations leveraging the co-deployment of SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration and SAP Operational Process Intelligence on the SAP HANA platform. Jan 2014

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* What is new in SP6 of SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration 7.31 Find out about the multiple new features and enhancements for Business Process Management, Process Integration and Orchestration scenarios. See how integration between SAP NetWeaver PI and BPM has been tightened further.

* Attending SAPPHIRE NOW? Catch up with Process Orchestration Champions! and Meet Workflow and BPM Champions at ASUG Annual Conference If you are lucky to be on site in Orlando, May 14-16, we invite you to explore first-hand what’s new in the SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration area. If you are attending SAPPHIRE NOW or ASUG Annual Conference or both, you will enjoy great content and speakers. Read all highlights in Mariana Mihaylova's blogs.

* You must try this! Test Drive SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA

Get your hands on SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA with the test drive we have created for you. Find out more in Harshavardhan Jegadeesan’s blog. Also check this video and find out how to join Ramp up here.

* Get your *free* BPM Enterprise Pattern models for SAPNetWeaver Process Orchestration here

In this blog Jocelyn Dart explains what are enterprise patterns for, what does it take and how to use them, plus shares a free download to help those of you who are getting into the wonderful world of SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration.

* Last call ASUG members! Join Monday webcast on Process Intelligence - first steps

If you've used SAP Business Workflow, SAP NetWeaver BPM or Process Observer, with this session Alan Rickayzen will show you how you can reap the benefits with SAP Operational Process Intelligence on SAP HANA.

* Released: SP1 of B2B Add-on and SFTP PGP with SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration

In this blog Piyush Gakhar introduces SP1 of the B2B and Secure connectivity Add-ons which bring variety of new features and enhancements.

* SAP Operational Process Intelligence powered by SAP HANA is here – join ramp-up now!

Read this document to find out more about this new offering and how to join ramp-up. Check out the overview video and share your thoughts on the related blog byPeter McNulty.

* Upgrade options to the latest Process Integration or Process Orchestration

In this blog William Li provides guidance on licensing, installation and upgrade for customers who are looking to move on to a higher release of PI or to Process Orchestration.

* Try SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration in Public Cloud!

Our customers and prospects can now try SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration and gain confidence in the solution before buying it. Also check this blog by Borislav Yovchev to find out how to Launch your instance via AWS CloudFormation

* 1) Configuring Async/Sync Bridge on SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration and 2) Configuring Sync/Async Bridge on SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration

In article 1) Alexander Bundschuh shows how to connect an asynchronous to a synchronous system via an async/sync bridge, and in 2) shows sync/async bridge. In both articles are described two approaches: purely within the messaging system via adapter module processor and via a BPM process.

* Enterprise Patterns in Process Orchestration – 1) Claim Check, 2) Composed Message Processor and 3) Scatter Gather

Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) help solve recurring problems in the integration of enterprise applications. In these articles Abdul-Gafoor Mohamed and Prashant Gautam introduce EIPs in the context of SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration. 8 Feb 2013

* Updates and information:

1) SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration in 2012 by Eduardo Chiocconi

2) December SCN Spotlight

3) Important for Partners: SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration on SAP PartnerEdge by Mariana Mihaylova24 Jan 2013

* Positioning of Process Orchestration and Data Services

In this document Florian Koeller outlines the delimitation between SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration/ Integration and SAP BusinessObjects Data Services.

* Moving Integration Directory Artifacts from dual stack to single stack

In this blog Meghna Shishodiya is providing an overview of the Directory Content Migration Tool.

* Consolidated view on release notes for Process Integration and Orchestration

Do you consider moving from a dual-stack installation towards Java-only to benefit from the latest improvements with SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration? Alexander Bundschuh’s blog is a must read guide if you are looking for feature comparison, understanding on which installation option would match your requirements and what target release you should go for.

* TechEd 2012: Process Orchestration session replays!

1) SAP TechEd 2012 Online Covering SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestrationby Benjamin Notheis and 2) SAP TechEd 2012 Online-2by Mariana Mihaylova

*What's new in SAP NetWeaver BPM 7.31 SP05

EhP1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 SP05 was released at the end of October. In this blog Christian Loos explains the enhancements included for BPM and Process Orchestration scenarios.

*SAP TechEd Online - a Personal Experience Part 1& Part 2

Missed Vegas? In this blog series Shabarish Vijayakumar will be summarizing takeaways from key SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration, Cloud Integration and Mobility sessions he watched online. Watch session replays of your choice at SAP TechEd Online!

*Download and Installation of SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration 7.31

*SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration SAPPHIRE NOW+TechEd Madrid 2012:

quick guides on sessions with PI focus by Alexander Bundschuh and on BPM focus by Benjamin Notheis. Build your PMC track agenda from here!

*SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration PI | B2B | BPM | BRM on SCN - October

October blog-newsletter by Mariana Mihaylova for all highlights in the Process Orchestration area.

*SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration technology in Healthcare

SAP NetWeaver PI brings tremendous value to Healthcare providers with the Health Level Seven (HL7) adapter. Read Bettina Lieske’s blog to find out how Haga Hospital connected more than 300 SAP and non-SAP apps benefitting patients, doctors and management.

*SAP’s B2B Integration Strategy

SAP has a 360 degree solution approach covering all aspects of the B2B integration needs of your organization: OnPremise, OnDemand and Hybrid. In his blog Piyush Gakhar introduces SAP’s Strategy for B2B Integration. Covering all available B2B solutions from SAP, this paper helps you determine when each of them is best to be used.

*SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration and SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management at SAP TechEd 2012

Here is your Process Orchestration/BPM quick guide by Benjamin Notheis

*SAP TechEd 2012 Sessions covering Process Orchestration with focus on Process Integration

Here is your Process Orchestration/Process Integration quick guide by SAP’s Alexander Bundschuh.

*Getting Started with SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration

A crisp SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration overview by Piyush Gakhar including licensing and deployment options for new/existing customers. Feel free to reach out to him if any questions.

*Workflow and Orchestration Solutions from SAP – Overview and Positioning

With this blog Eduardo Chiocconi introduces a collaborative whitepaper designed to help SAP Customers, Partners and Professionals with understanding workflow and orchestration solutions from SAP. Included are also details on interoperability and comparative summary with usage recommendations for each solution.

*New SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration RDS for EDI available now!

Migrate easily and cost efficiently from your legacy B2B integration solution to SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration using the new Electronic Data Interchange rapid deployment solution. Read more in Katrin Ahsen’s blog.

*Using SAP NetWeaver BPM for Stateful System-Centric Message Orchestration (Including Migration from ccBPM to SAP NetWeaver BPM)

With SAP NetWeaver Process Orchesteration 7.31 (PI, BPM and BRM) you can design integration with stateful processes using SAP NetWeaver BPM and PI. In this blog William Li shares useful insights about using SAP NetWeaver BPM to replace ccBPM in PI. He has taken the time to create a detailed article on the topic. You will find a link to it in the blog.

*Global Survey for SAP NetWeaver PI

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Hello everybody,

We are going to finished the installation of new SAP PI 7.31 + BPM (SAP PO) single stack. I have a doubt refered how to choose the correct architecture of transports.

  Before it was possible to choose several types of installations (File transport or CTS+ or CMS).

  For me CTS+ is the best choice for transport PI objects but now I think the best installation should be CTS+ and NWDI. NWDI for transport iflows and module adapters and CTS+ for standard PI Objects.

  At this point I have the following questions:

  -  Is posible to use CTS+ in NWDS?

  -  Must CTS+ be configured in SAP Solution Manager?

  -  For integration flows, how can I transport those objects? If they are java deployed objects I supposed that NWDI should be used. Is ok this assumption?

I didn't found any information in SDN.

Best regards and thank you in advanced

Iván Prieto

Hi All,

I am trying to implement the new NW BPM Scenario(I am fallowing the Williams Document as it is), When I try to trigger the message it's getting failed at BPM XI channel level , this is the below error .

Delivery of the message to the application using connection JPR failed, due to: com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessagingException: Error processing inbound message. Exception: Error while proecessing request. Setting message to status failed

"System Error Received. HTTP Status Code = 200: However System Error received in payload ErrorCode = GENERAL ErrorCategory = XIAdapterFramework Parameter1 =   Parameter2 =   Parameter3 =   Parameter4 =   Additional text = com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessagingException: Error processing inbound message. Exception: Error while proecessing request ErrorStack =  "

Kindly Help Me out from this error.

Thanks

Prasad

Hi NWDS BPM Experts,

I'm creating an email notification and I need to send a table in the message body.  When I create a variable, the variable type in automatically set to string.  Based on SAP Help I should be able to change the variable type but the dropdown is not abailable, I cannot change the type.  Would you have an idea how to do this?

Sap help:

pecify the E-mail Subject and Text

When you specify the subject and text of the e-mail, you can optionally use variables to provide them with dynamic content from the process context.

1. In the Properties view of the notification, open the Mail tab page.

2. Specify the necessary text in the Subject and Message fields under Parameterized Texts .

3. (Optional) Choose the Add pushbutton under Variables to add a variable.

The system automatically fills in values in the Name and Type fields, which you can edit. You define an expression with the expression editor.

4. Select the value in the Name field to rename the variable.

Caution

You can only use the letters A-Z, the numerals 0-9, and an underscore (_) in the variable name.

5. Select a type of the variable from the Type dropdown menu if you want to change the type that was filled in automatically.

You must set a type before you create an expression.

6. Choose the Edit... pushbutton to define an expression in the expression editor. Choose the OK pushbutton.

Rgds,

Yves

My scenario is SFTP to IDoc_AAE. It is a pass through Interface. I am getting IDoc flat file at SFTP sender side, which I am trying to convert into XML using the module IDOCFlatToXmlConvertor module. The issue I am facing is since parent-child relationship is missing, it's failing. Any workarounds ?

We are rrunning on SAP Nw7.40 SR1 Sp 08 java stack only usage type PO, We are facing some periodically issues where messages end with error code

PERSISTING_MESSAGE_FAILED,

Audit Log:

ErrText": "Error occurred while processing message: 3a817bca-b07c-4ca6-0d07-b4209d166f39. The detailed error (if any) is : com.sap.aii.adapter.jms.api.channel.filter.MessageFilterException: Could not insert message 3a817bca-b07c-4ca6-0d07-b4209d166f39(OUTBOUND) into database. Reason: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 3, Size: 3: MessagingException: Could not insert message 3a817bca-b07c-4ca6-0d07-b4209d166f39(OUTBOUND) into database. Reason: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 3, Size: 3\r\n\tat com.sap.aii.adapter.jms.core.channel.filter.SendToModuleProcessorFilter.filter(SendToModuleProcessorFilter.java:100)\r\n\t....",

But exact same message with no changes , will be processed when we resend this manually.

We have done this tasks successfully:

• CPA cache delta and full has been done successfully
• Database check
• Resource check (memmory cpu)
• JMS communication

Any one face this issue??

/Patrick

MP: exception caught with cause com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessagingException: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out

we are using the soap receiver and this is asynchronus .today we got this error message. it is getting only for a specific message remaining messages are delivered successfully. after that i resend this message but it is gibing same error?

The latest SP of SAP Process Orchestration 7.31 / 7.4 has been available since end of last year. So it's about time to show you what features and enhancements we have shipped. I'm sure you will like it.

New CTC template for SLD self registration

There might be situations where you need to re-run the SLD self registration of your SAP Process Orchestration system, e.g., your current registration became inconsistent, or the configuration requires changes. With the new CTC template in the NetWeaver Administrator, you can re-register all components of an Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX) or SAP Process Orchestration (PO) in the SLD. You can also use this wizard to connect the AEX/PO to another (central) SLD as part of the post-installation process. See also SAP note 2034226.

Receiver Rules in Integration Flows

Having shipped the support for Receiver Rules in Integrated Configuration Objects with 7.31 SP13 / 7.4 SP08, we now support Receiver Rules also within Integration Flows with one SP delay. Receiver Rules are re-usable xpath conditions to determine the recipients of the incoming messages. In the Process Integration Designer perspective of the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, you can create, read, change, and cancel Receiver Rules. You can also access all rules that have been previously created within the Integration Directory. In order to use the rules in Integration Flows, a new routing technique has been introduced. On the Routing Behaviour tab, choose Use Receiver Rules, and add one or more rules.

Supporting multiple mail attachments for sender mail adapter

So far, when reading mails from a mail server containing multiple attachments, the sender mail adapter only supported the creation of one single PI message whereas the mail attachments were attached to the PI message. By adding the module XIMailAdapterModule into the module chain of the sender mail adapter, you can process each attachment as separate PI message. Depending on the chosen settings, you can either create PI messages for all attachments and the actual payload of the mail or for the attachments only ignoring the payload. See also SAP note 2040884.

Extended EOIO handling

For messages that need to be processed in a specific order, e.g., a purchase order needs to be processed before a change order, the Quality of Service (QoS) Exactly Once in Order (EOIO) is guaranteed by putting all messages on hold as long as the respective predecessor hasn't reached a final status. EOIO messages that went into an error need to be handled manually to resolve the error and to resume the queue processing. There might be situations where you rather would accept the violation of the EOIO delivery in order to avoid blocking queues, e.g., for messages that repeatedly fail during message delivery. In this case, we have introduced a new feature that allows you to automatically remove erronous messages from the EOIO queues so that the sequences can be continued. The exception handling can be configured individually per serialization context. You have two options either move the failed message to an error queue or remove it from the queue hence changing the QoS from EOIO to EO.

New adapter for REST based services

A new adapter has been delivered for the provisioning and consumption of REST (Representational State Transfer) based services. It runs on the Adapter Engine and hence is supported on both PI Dual stack and Process Orchestration. We have recently published a series of blogs explaining the concepts of the adapter as well as selected features along sample scenarios, so I keep it short here and would refer to the blog series overview page. If you like to learn what is planned beyond the first shipment, see also my announcement from last year.

Monitoring enhancements

The Message Flow Monitor in SAP Solution Manager allows you to track messages from end-to-end. So far, only asynchronous scenarios were supported. We have enhanced the data collector in SAP Process Orchestration to support the monitoring of synchronous scenarios. Prerequisite is that you have switched on the logging of the respective synchronous messages. Besides this, we have introduced a new status Application Error for messages that were processed successfully on the adapter engine however went into an application error in the backend. You can search for messages that resulted into an application error, and the new status is displayed in the local message monitoring as well as in the Message Flow Monitor. Furtehrmore, you can trigger alerts in case of application errors.

Enhancements of the copy and resend of successful messages feature

In the previous What's new blog for 7.31 SP13 / 7.4 SP08, we have introduced a new feature that allows you to copy and re-send already successfully processed messages. This is required for retrieving lost messages within your receiving backend system in case that a recovery is not otherwise possible. With the previous shipment, only copy and immediate send was supported. With the enhancement, copy only is added. This new option allows you to create a copy of the successful processed message so that you have the chance to edit the copied message before sending. Note that this feature needs to be handled cautiously since it potentially violates the Exactly Once delivery. So, I would like to stress that for performing this action you need a specific user role.

Further BPM OData services

The BPM OData services have been initially introduced with 7.31 SP09 / 7.4 SP04, and since then continously enhanced. The OData services provide you a simplified access to BPM processes and process instances to build your own custom interfaces. The current enhancements target the administrator role helping to build custom UIs for process administration and test automation by adding support for query a collection of process instances, cancel, suspend, and resume process instances. You can explore the supported OData services on your Process Orchestration system calling http://<host>:<port>/bpmodata. For more details about the BPM OData services, refer to the Custom UIs with the BPM OData service blog on SCN.

Improvements of the Claim Check pattern

The Claim Check pattern allows you to handle large message sizes within your BPM processes. You actually do not load the complete large payload into the BPM process context, instead you store the large payload outside of BPM and keep a reference to the data in the context. This ensures that the size of the process context is kept to a minimum. The Claim Check pattern is often used together with the Aggregation pattern where a number of incoming messages are collected and aggregated into a bulk message. In the Claim Check implementation so far, only the references were collected and kept within the process context, however the very last step within your BPM process required the complete large payload to be retrieved from the staging and put into the process context. This has been changed with the new and improved implementation. Now, the data retrieval and actual aggregation happens outside of the BPM process context leading to an improved runtime performance. Besides this, the enrichment of the data in the BPM process context is supported.

Hope this made you curious. For more details of all new 7.31 SP14 / 7.4 SP09 features, check out the release notes.

Hi SAP Gurus,

I have installed an SAP PO system and am running the Config Wizard from NWA. The functional unit I have selected from NWA is - "Process Integration and Orchestration Package". This functional unit has in turn selected few more functional units like AEX, SLD. The issue that I am facing is that the wizard does not appear for my inputs and it shows that the selected wizards are running. Please see attachment "config_wizard_running.jpeg"

I read some forums and found a thread where in it was mentioned how to stop the config wizard and restart it. http://scn.sap.com/thread/1422958

Even after restarting my server, the functional units are still showing as running in NWA --> Configuration --> Scenarios --> Configuration Wizard --> Functional Unit Configuration UI. Please see attachment "Config_wizard_stuck.jpeg"

I restarted the application as suggested in the post so that I could run Config Wizard again. But its now allowing me to start it as the status is Running.

Please suggest.

Regards,

Amit

Hello Experts.

     I have gone through the below blogs.

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-46260

   There is a limitation for this approach if you are  sending multiple Functional Groups and /or Transaction Sets in a single EDI Message.

My requirement is that I want Functional acknowledgment 997 reconciliation.

Can you please suggest any other way to achieve this .

Thanks in Advance.

Regards

Advit Ramesh

Hi Experts,

We are working on PO 7.4 single stack.

We want to trigger BPM process from another BPM process without involving PI.

As we have huge data and multiple calls to different BPM process via PI.

Any pointers on this would be helpful.

Hi Team,

We are planned to installed the Process Orchestration. Whether PI is need for the Integration or we can Integrate with ECC system. Please advise us.

Regards

Guna

Dear friends,

Im trying to create a new Development Component in NWDS. Our NWDS is connected to NWDI and we are using CM Services option of NWDI.

Before I could create a DC and change the vendor but now I cant change it anymore. Now, the vendor is by default sap.com and we cant change it and it seems that we also have to put our project in a separate directory. home/ directory or other directories in the list.

See below screen shots...

If I make a new DC than we see it like this: home/bpm_test [sap.com].

If I make a new DC in my LocalDevelopment I can change the vendor and I dont have to choose a home directory.

Do you have any idea how to change that?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Hellow Guys,

Can anybdy help in developing one sample interface in 7.4  as I'm new to this environment.

I want some small interface developed in ESR and ID and walkthru me so that I can develop on my own in my environment..

I need in a clear way.

Plz help me

Thanks,

Danii