Anybody familiar with older versions of SAP XI/PI understand that transporting interface development and configuration changes is often a prickly situation. Standard change management in PI relies on the manual…
If you are responsible for the success of data migration, you will want to build a detailed plan that will walk you through all of the three phases of data…
There’s an old saying (aren’t they all old?) that instructs you to avoid clichés like the plague. SAP has generated its own set of overworked buzzword terminology and has an…
It is data migration time on your SAP business project. Whether your project is implementation, acquisition, or merger, the goal is pretty much the same: the seamless inbound acquisition of…
In my last post, I discussed naming the naming convention that DataXstream recommends for SAP PI Integration Directory (ID) objects. I would like to say that I had a great…
In my previous post I discussed some of the functionality available in Solution Manager (SOLMAN) to capture and build business process scenarios, processes and steps. Once you captured this information…
Recently, I was looking at a requirements document to build an interface to an external system that wants to query customer master data by the customer first name and last name. …
SAP system upgrades, support packs, or data conversions into production can be a very stressful and time-consuming activity. A good way to remove some of the negativity and gain confidence…
It doesn’t take long for a PI implementation to become a complete mess if standards are not put in place before development occurs. Even among seasoned developers, opinions vary as…