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Splitter in SAP CPI

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This blog will explain how to use Splitter in SAP CPI.

What is Splitter:

A Splitter step allows you to break the message into smaller parts, which can be processed independently.

Cloud Platform Integration has 4 types of Splitters:

  1. General Splitter – A splitter that divides a message containing multiple messages into individual messages. This splitter preserves the context of the root nodes with each split message.
  2. PKCS Splitter – Separates the payload from its signature and provides them as split messages.
  3. Iterating Splitter – A splitter that divides a message containing multiple messages into individual messages. This splitter considers only the split entity and does not preserve the context of the root nodes.
  4. IDoc Splitter – Divides a group of IDocs into individual IDocs. It only works if either the sender or the receiver channel is an IDoc channel. Here there is no chance to continue processing in case of an exception.

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Aggregator in SAP CPI

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This blog will explain Aggregator in SAP CPI ( Cloud Platform Integration) and how it can be used in iflows.

An Aggregator is a process step used for collecting messages until a condition is met.

Aggregator in SAP CPI

It can collect messages across many executions of an integration flow, not only one. If the integration flow receives 5 messages, all the messages are collected by the same instance of the Aggregator.

The Aggregator collects the messages in a data store and you can only aggregate XML messages.

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XML to JSON conversion in REST adapter SAP PI

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This blog will explain how to handle XML to JSON conversion in REST adapter. Here we will cover enhanced REST adapter settings to handle array – repeated segments.

How REST Adapter converts

REST adapter uses 3rd party Jettison library for JSON processing tasks. It is used for conversion of XML to JSON & vice-versa and sometime it does not correlate or take into consideration payload field properties as defined in a corresponding message type, but has its own optimization and type derivation mechanisms that are based on nature of the value of a processed XML document’s element rather than XSD schema of a processed message.

As a result, sometime conversion are not correct especially in case of XML element as an array.

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SAP Ariba Integration Using SAP PI 7.5

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This blog will provide step by step guide on SAP Ariba Integration using SAP PI 7.5. In this case Ariba is on cloud so it will be integrated with on premises SAP ERP system.

SAP Ariba can be integrated through the following methods

  • File-based integration
  • Web services
  • Direct connectivity
  • Mediated connectivity

In this blog we will cover Web service based integration of Ariba Cloud using SAP PI 7.5 (Single Stack). The Web services is provide for real-time integration of the Ariba Procurement Solution with SAP ERP using SAP Process Integration.

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Enable sync scenario response payload in SAP PI 7.4 (Java Only)

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This article will provide steps on how to enable sync scenario response payload in SAP PI. By default, synchronous scenario logging and staging is disabled to avoid consumption of resources.

But in case of errors in response mapping and for debugging we might need to understand data coming in response messages.

Two options are available to enable sync scenario response payload

  1. Global setting: this will enable staging of payload for all interfaces
  2. Local setting: this has more advantages as this can be handled from ICO and is very specific to the interface.

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Synchronous timeout exceeded error in sap pi

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A lot of time working on the synchronous scenario we see timeout exceeded error in sap pi.

Usually, to overcome this error we need to set the Java parameter in NWA but after SAP PI 7.31 we have the option of setting timeout parameter on the channel itself. This remains specific to that interface which has more advantages of not touching timeout parameter in global settings which affects all interfaces. It is very simple now to set the parameter in adapter module if we get synchronous timeout exceeded error in sap pi.

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Alert configuration in sap pi 7.4/7.5 single stack

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This blog will walk you through the process of configuring alerts in SAP PI single stack. The new alerting system differs from the old way of configuring it by using ALRTCATDEF tcodes. This seems simpler and quick to me, and the fact that we can now set alerts based on interfaces gives us more flexibility and usability, so let’s get started on the alert configuration in sap pi single stack.

Overview of the Alert Process in SAP PI:

Discover the power of proper alert configuration in SAP PI single stack. Whenever a message error occurs in PI, an error status is recorded. The Alert Engine then evaluates the error information or alert events from the PI runtime and checks for matching Alert Rules and configurations to determine if an alert should be generated. Proper configuration of alerts can greatly influence the generation of alerts. Join me as I guide you through the process of configuring alerts in SAP PI single stack.

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messages stuck in delivering status SAP PI

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SAP PI messages overview sometime shows messages stuck in delivering status but actual status might be wrong.

Messages on the Adapter Engine are stuck in a wrong status in the Message Overview or the counter shows a number that is different from the actual number of XI/PI messages on the database. E.g. the page shows some messages that are in a scheduled status.

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