A Beginner's Guide to Sap Xi

A Beginner's Guide to SAP XI

Settings, Part I

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A Beginner's Guide to SAP XI

Settings, Part I

Applies To:

SAP Exhange Infrastructure

This beginner's document will walk you though various settings, configurations, and mappings.

This document is intended for those who want to understand the "what and how-to" of things in XI. It is also intended for some of the Java experts who want to read and check through some of the SAP R/3 transactions involving establishing connectivity, partner and port profiles and declarations, IDoc postings and IDoc generations, and various other set-up and configuration activities related to XI.

Therefore all intermediate and advanced users beware. You may want to ignore this particular document and visit a future attempt with scenarios on advanced topics.

One final piece of advice to the readers: This document includes a number of tips to help readers discern critical points and to enable the reader to have a compendium of quick reference materials. These might be useful for those interested in preparing themselves for certification or attending some interviews.

So we begin….

Summary

Our business scenario describes a real-time business environment. In our scenario we will imagine using SAP R/3 for ERP applications and business needs that will then be used for various integrations. Examples are using Hyperian systems for corporate financial reporting, LIMS for auality assurance and EH&S applications,