What does NetWeaver PI do?
Sanjay Chikarmane: NetWeaver PI addresses the integration problem. For instance, a purchase order in one application may be very different from a purchase order in another application. And furthermore, oftentimes it’s not just a question of [whether] I take this purchase order from here and end it there, there is what we call orchestration involved — a piece of information may originate in one place, but I need to send part of it here and part of it there. So process integrator solves that problem as well. PI serves the repository function. [And it addresses] the whole problem of management. So let’s say you integrated all these applications, now you want to have visibility into what are these different applications: How many messages are they receiving? Is … throughput adequate? Are there any exceptions that got created? SearchSAP.com: Some customers complained that earlier versions of PI were difficult to implement because they required knowledge of both the ABAP and Java programming
Related Questions
- In the SAP NetWeaver Administrator for PI, can I centrally monitor point-to-point Web service communication that have I configured centrally from the Integration Directory?
- Does the SAP NetWeaver Administrator for PI offer any capabilities to help me diagnose and troubleshoot problems with the message traffic?
- Is it possible to extend the SAP NetWeaver PI connectivity offering?
