SAP Integration
Integrations are developed to exchange data between sap to sap system (ECC to SAP BI/BW) or sap to non sap system (Example: SAP-MES) as well. Integrations work on either of the below data sharing mechanisms: Push data (event trigger happens in sap ecc or hana) to non sap system [suppose if we are to share material master records to non-sap system, then the message can be triggered upon save event of material code] or Pull data (request for data is sent by non-SAP system to send data).[Such requests are scheduled in nature and triggered by scheduler]. Types of messages based on direction of data flow: Inbound: Message is called as inbound, if the segment is incoming for SAP, standard SAP tables are updated with the data in the segment. Outbound: Message is called as outbound, if the segment is outgoing for SAP, Standard tables are not updated using this data. Integrations are triggered based on predefined events. Events are finalized by discussing with business. Ex.: Ev...