SAP Process Integration

Use

This documentation provides an entry point to the main procedures and key concepts that are relevant for those who work with SAP Process Integration (SAP PI). It is targeted at development and integration experts who need to develop and configure integration scenarios. However, it also provides an entry point to the documentation for administrators who want to operate and monitor integration scenarios.

The documentation provides an overview of the tasks and tools that come into play in integration projects.

Note

The documentation is targeted at both beginners wanting to get involved in the topic, and experts already involved in real-life integration projects and who need all of the key information in one place to help them keep their orientation and not lose the central theme.

We recommend that beginners first read section Getting Started .

Structure of this Documentation

You can install SAP PI in different ways:

• Dual usage type installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java.
• Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.

More information: Installation Options

The concepts and procedures depend on the chosen installation option. Therefore, the structure of this documentation is geared to the installation options.

This documentation contains the following main sections:

Section	Content	Relevant for Installation Option
Concepts	Provides information on the concepts and capabilities of SAP PI. Sub section Basics is suitable for beginners to get a quick understanding of the basic capabilities and concepts. Sub section Advanced Concepts provides information on sophisticated concepts.	Dual Usage Type and AEX
Development and Configuration Tasks (Dual Usage Type)	Explains end-to-end how to set up integration scenarios. Provides an overview of the basic procedures and links to detailed task descriptions. Sub section Advanced Development Tasks (Dual Usage Type)provides procedures and concepts about advanced integration topics like mapping, routing, business-to-business integration, and cross-component Business Process Management, for example.	Dual Usage Type
Development and Configuration Tasks (AEX)	Explains end-to-end how to set up integration scenarios. Provides an overview of the basic procedures and links to detailed task descriptions. Sub section Advanced Development Tasks (AEX) provides procedures and concepts about advanced integration topics like mapping, routing and business-to-business integration, for example.	AEX
Special Development and Configuration Tasks (Dual Usage Type and AEX)	Contains special procedure descriptions valid for both installation options.	Dual Usage Type and AEX
	Provides information on how to use Cloud Integration Content with PI.	Dual Usage Type and AEX
Administrative Tasks	Provides information for administrators who need to operate an SAP PI landscape and to monitor integration scenarios at runtime.	Dual Usage Type and AEX

Recommendation

If you want to get involved into the topic and set up your first running scenario, choose one of the available demo scenarios.

More information: Examples

Related Documentation

These are related information sources:

• As a prerequisite to work with SAP PI, you need to install and configure the software.
  To find the relevant installation guide, go to SAP Service Marketplace athttp://service.sap.com/instguidesnw.
• To find more information on the technical configuration, see Configuring Process Integration (PI) After Installation .
• The SAP PI security guide explains the security features of SAP PI and recommends how to apply these features to protect data and to maximize the confidentiality of data that passes through a PI landscape.
  More information: SAP Process Integration Security Guide