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SAP Integration Suite enhanced for today’s digital processes - SAP TechEd 2022 Edition

MilenaMathyl
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
‎01-30-2023 11:33 PM
Finally! - SAP TechEd 2022 provided you the newest updates on SAP Integration Suite.

In this blog post, I will give you an overview about:

  1. Newest Innovations of SAP Integration Suite

  2. Recordings for SAP Integration Suite at SAP TechEd 2022

  3. Q&As for SAP Integration Suite at SAP TechEd 2022


 

1. Newest Innovations of SAP Integration Suite


 

Hybrid Deployment Option:

Beta release of "Edge Integration Cell“ in Q4/2023*, as on-premise version of the new integration runtime “Integration Cell”

  • Supports 3 integration use cases: Classic on-premise process orchestration, on-premise API-led integrations including a policy engine, as well as event-driven integrations by an on-premise event bridge to integrate event brokers from SAP and non-SAP (GA is planned for 2023*)


 

Release of the SAP Process Integration / Process Orchestration to SAP Integration Suite migration tool in Jan 2023, which automates the migration based on integration flow templates. Kindly see Migration tool in Cloud Integration Capability of SAP Integration Suite | SAP Blogs and Elevate from SAP Process Orchestration and Modernize your integration platform with SAP Integration ...

 

Event-Driven Integration:

New capability Advanced Event Mesh as a complete real-time event streaming, event management, and monitoring platform that incorporates best practices, expertise, and technology for event-driven architecture (EDA) on a single platform

 

B2B integration and Trading Partner Management:

 

API-led integration:

  • Beta release of “Graph” as part of API Management in Q4/2022*, and as one connection to business data, where customers will be able to navigate through a huge graph to find business data - independent of where this business data reside in. Kindly see What Is Graph? | SAP Help Portal.

  • Enhanced API Business Hub Enterprise as central API catalogue for SAP and non-SAP API gateways with seamless search, exploration, and consumption of APIs from non-SAP Gateways. Kindly see Exploring API Portal and API Business Hub Enterprise APIs of SAP Integration Suite | SAP Blogs

  • Additional APIs and integration content from SAP LoB’s and our community on SAP API Business Hub. Kindly see SAP API Business Hub

  • Advanced reporting of API analytics and business KPIs via SAP Analytics Cloud


 

Integration Governance:

 

2. Watch the Recordings for SAP Integration Suite at SAP TechEd 2022


 

Overview of SAP Integration Suite sessions at SAP TechEd 2022 with first insights:

SAP TechEd 2022: Connect with SAP Integration Suite | SAP Blogs

 

Lectures and Roadmap sessions

 


Virtual Workshops



 

Breakout

 

Additional Sessions including SAP Integration Suite and other SAP solutions

 

Recordings SAP TechEd 2021


 

Watch the Recordings from SAP TechEd 2021:

SAP TechEd 2021: Watch the SAP Integration Suite session recordings and discover the SAP Integration...

 

Lectures and Roadmap sessions

 

Workshop

 

Channel 1

 

3. Q&As for SAP Integration Suite at SAP TechEd 2022


 

Cloud Integration, B2B & Integration Advisor & Trading Partner Management (TPM):


 

Q: Is there a proposal from SAP regarding naming conventions in Cloud Integration? This would support migrating big SAP PI/PO landscapes to Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite.

 

Q: Do you plan an OFTP2 adapter within SAP Integration Suite?

  • A: Yes, an OFTP2 adapter is planned for Q4/2023. Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: When you are talking about additional connectivity options in your roadmap, does this mean enhancements to the existing adapters, like for ServiceNow and Workday?

  • A: The Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite already offers adapters for ServiceNow and Workday, and since a few weeks also for Slack and Splunk - besides many more adapters. In future there will be even more adapters, such as NetSuite, Coupa and so on. Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: Can RPA support API-based integrations through Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite?

  • A: API-based integrations of RPA can leverage Cloud Integration capability to introduce the transactional nature into the process being executed. It adds value to bring in the system-centric process as part of the overall business scenario being developed.


 

API Management & Graph, Open Connectors:


 

Q: Any plans on an SAP API Management monitoring tool? (Like we have in Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite.)

  • A: Further enhancements are planned for the monitoring of SAP API Management. Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: Is the Graph capability still on the roadmap of SAP Integration Suite?

  • A: Yes. The Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite went into beta in December 2022. Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap for GA of the Graph capability: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: Can we build APIs with an API-led approach with/within SAP Integration Suite like in other middleware platforms?

  • A: Yes, the API Management capability of SAP Integration Suite supports API design and full life-cycle management of APIs. This is comparable to the other platforms in the market. Its biggest advantages are the discovery of SAP public APIs as well as its seamless experience across other BTP services.


 

Q: Is there anything built into SAP Integration Suite for Automated Testing?

  • A: We have many testing capabilities within SAP Integration Suite, e. g. for testing / simulation of integration flows (incl. values for input parameters), simulation / testing of mappings (in Cloud Integration and Integration Advisor), etc.


 

Q: Can we add a Policy for a product (as a whole) instead of each API inside a product?

  • A: It's the other way around. There are certain API Product level references (for example: product level quota, scopes etc.) that can be dynamically referenced when a Policy on an API executes.


 

Q: Are you able to see the payload when monitoring APIs?

  • A: Yes. The payload from the HTTP transport will be available to monitor / trace / log.


 

Q: What is the recommendation if the source system (not-SAP) is on-premise? Should it be done by an Open Connector (of SAP Integration Suite) plus the SAP Cloud Connector to expose the API to API management?

  • A: Yes, that's correct. The SAP Cloud Connector can be leveraged to connect to on-premise systems.


 

Q: When do we recommend the customer to use API management or Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite? Most of the functionality is the same other than policy in API Management.

  • A: The API Management capability of SAP Integration Suite is for light-weight API exposure. The Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite is for complex mediation, orchestration and aggregation across different systems / protocols.

  • To check, when to use which SAP Integration Suite capability or which of SAP’s integration solutions in your scenario, kindly have a look into our SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (SAP ISA-M) Guide: Integration Architecture Guide for Cloud and Hybrid Landscapes Based on SAP® Integration Solution Ad... or the SAP Integration Assessment capability of SAP Integration Suite (based on SAP ISA-M).


 

Q: If one extends a business object, for example the business partner in S/4HANA by custom parameters, could they also be integrated in the Graph representation?

  • A: Yes, during configuration of the business data graph, custom entities will be detected. You can choose which data to expose in the business data graph before activating it.


 

Q: TechEd session (Virtual Hands On) Achieving Composability with a Digital Integration Hub [IN181] - Can I find somewhere the presentation? Not the recording but the content?

 

Q: When using the Open Connector capability of SAP Integration Suite, how do I determine the costs? Is this request-based?

 

Q: Does the Open Connector capability of SAP Integration Suite support the integration of Google Docs as well?

  • A: Yes. Google Docs V4 is supported.


 

Q: Does the Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite support SAP S/4HANA only? Is SAP ECC also supported?

  • A: Yes, Graph supports SAP ECC OData APIs.


 

Q: What do you mean by "Composability"?

  • A: The ability to compose and modularize APIs and implementation as re-usable building blocks (at a high level).


 

Q: Will the Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite be also available at a Trial/Free Tier subaccount?

  • A: Yes. The Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite went into beta in December 2022, and can be used with a Trial account or as Free Tier service. If you are interested in trying out this functionality, please send us an email at sap.graph@sap.com.


 

Q: I already have an SAP Integration Suite instance on my SAP BTP Trial account up and running. Is it possible to "activate" the Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite as Beta at a later stage?

  • A: Yes. The Beta phase already started in Dec 2022. If you are interested in trying out this functionality, please send us an email at sap.graph@sap.com.

  • Furthermore, the Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite will be soon available in SAP Integration Suite. Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap for GA of the Graph capability: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: SAP PLM and its third party CAD files are stored in the SAP content server. Does SAP Integration Suite support file retrieve functions?

  • A: The Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite can retrieve files from e.g. SFTP / FTP / FTPS adapters.


 

Q: Which business objects are supported by Graph?

  • A: The Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite currently supports SAP S/4HANA, SAP Sales Cloud (Cloud and on-premise), SAP Service Cloud, SAP SuccessFactors and other OData sources.


 

Q: Which protocols can I use to call the Graph API?

 

Q: Can Business Data Graphs be used in Productive systems? If not, when it would be possible?

  • A: The Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite is planned for general availability in 2023. Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap for the Graph capability: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: On slide 15 of the first presentation (please see TechEd session: (Virtual Hands On) - Achieving Composability with a Digital Integration Hub [IN181]) it was mentioned that there is a kind of server roundtrip optimization using GraphQL. How do this correlates with the Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite?

  • A: GraphQL based querying is already supported by the Graph capability of SAP Integration Suite. Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap for GraphQL: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Event Mesh & Advanced Event Mesh (AEM):


 

Q: Does the Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite also provide Pub/Sub messaging type of capabilities?

  • A: Yes, the Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite also offers pub / sub capabilities


 

Q: When to use the Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite vs. (SAP Integration Suite) Advanced Event Mesh? Can you highlight the advantages/disadvantages?

 

Q: How good is the performance of the Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite? Which technology basis is it build of (RFC, OData, JDBC,...)?

  • A: SAP Event Mesh is for:

    • Small to medium volume use cases

    • Message size limited to 1MB

    • 10 GB storage

    • Maximum Guaranteed Throughput 250 KB/s

    • You can find the details on supported bitrate and other associated details on help.sap.com: What Is SAP Event Mesh? | SAP Help Portal



  • SAP Event Mesh provides:

    • Openness and focus at the same time by supporting standard protocols and patterns (like REST, AMQP, MQTT, pub/sub) while providing extra benefits for SAP’s ecosystem

    • Full integration with SAP backends and ecosystem

    • Native event broker for SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, free add-on available for event-enabling SAP ECC




 

Q: Is the Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite part of SAP Integration Suite licensing by default?

  • A: Till now it is available as a separate service on BTP via CPEA model.
    In 2023 it will be included into the SAP Integration Suite Standard Edition, SAP Integration Suite Premium Edition, and CPEA as well.

  • Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer

  • And kindly check updates of pricing here: SAP Discovery Center - Integration Suite (cloud.sap)


 

Q: What are the costs and comparison for the simple Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite and (SAP Integration Suite) Advanced Event Mesh?

 

Q: Is there any performance study done and can results be shared on the performance on standard Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite and (SAP Integration Suite) Advanced Event Mesh for standard and custom events; in terms of number of events/second, payload size

  • A: Please check the official documentation on help.sap.com. What Is SAP Event Mesh? | SAP Help Portal and What is SAP Integration Suite, Advanced Event Mesh? (cloud.sap)
    We have some numbers that will give you a good idea of these levels.

  • SAP Event Mesh is for:

    • Small to medium volume use cases

    • Message size limited to 1MB

    • 10 GB storage

    • Maximum Guaranteed Throughput 250 KB/s



  • SAP Advanced Event Mesh is for:

    • High-volume use cases

    • Message size up to 30MB

    • 800 GB (soon 6TB) storage

    • Up to billions of events per day

    • Distributed deployment of event brokers in federated setup

    • Event portal for event design, catalogue, insights




 

Q: What is the Advantage of using Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite?

  • A: You get a lot of SAP specific advantages, for building event-driven architectures that you don't get with other open source tools.

  • Overview

    • Event-Broker-as-a-Service to decouple communication between event sources and event consumers

    • Low entry barrier to event-driven architectures, specifically since pricing is based on pay per use

    • Helps to integrate SAP applications in an event-driven way based on SAP Integration Suite

    • SAP BTP Deployment only

    • Scales well with set limits



  • Benefits

    • Full integration with SAP backends and ecosystem

    • Native event broker for SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, free add-on available for event-enabling SAP ECC

    • Openness and focus at the same time by supporting standard protocols and patterns (like REST, AMQP, MQTT, pub/sub) while providing extra benefits for SAP’s ecosystem




 

Q: Do you plan to provide integrations for Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite with other messaging platforms besides Azure Event Grid? (e.g. NATS.IO)

 

Q: Can SAP S/4HANA on-premise directly integrate with Azure Event Grid, without having Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite?

 

Q: Could the Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite replace the Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite for asynchronous messages?

  • A: No. The Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite is a middleware that offers a lot more capabilities that are specific to the middleware.


 

Q: How do we size or architect Event Mesh or Advanced Event Mesh if millions of events are generating by Event sources and x-time more the consumers.

 

Q: Does (SAP Integration Suite) Advanced Event Mesh provide re-submission capabilities?

  • A: Yes, Advanced Event Mesh supports this.


 

Q: How many subscriber queues can we create for one Topic? For Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite I believe the limit is 30 queues.

 

Q: Can events also be send to other message queues than Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite from SAP S/4HANA?

  • A: Yes, this is possible.


 

Q: We're using 'standard' Event Mesh capability of SAP Integration Suite. Do we need to restart from scratch when we want/need to use Advanced Event Mesh?

  • A: Advanced Event Mesh is a separate service and you need to set it up from scratch. However, you can use standard and advanced event mesh as complementary services for creating an event-driven ecosystem.


 

Q: The messages from SAP S/4HANA business objects are very simplistic. It would be great if we could specify what data the message should contain. For example, the client # would be helpful.

  • A: As of now "notification event" in cloud events format is supported and provides only business object id and type of operation. One needs to have right authorization to retrieve the complete object details (if needed) by connecting to SAP S/4HANA.
    A: Support of "Data Event" with more information on the event is under discussion.


 

Edge Integration Cell & SAP PI/PO migration to SAP Integration Suite:


 

Q: What will be pricing model for Edge Integration Cell, will it be different than cloud one (Integration Cell)?

 

Q: Will the CPU Cores for Edge Integration Cell be like in SAP PO?

  • A: You will probably need to use a reverse proxy to forward requests, like NGINX or SAP Web Dispatcher.


 

Q: Is it planned, that the Edge Integration Cell runs also on an on-premise Kubernetes?

  • A: Yes, the Edge Integration Cell will also run on on-premise Kubernetes platforms, such as Linux and IBM, this is planned for after general availability.

  • Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer

  • Hybrid Deployment Option - Beta on Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer

  • Edge Integration Cell on Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: Do you have more details about the Edge Integration Cell solution?

  • A: The Edge Integration Cell is in Beta program since Dec. 10th, 2022, and we plan to release it in general availability in 2023. Further information about Edge Integration Cell later during this presentation. Kindly check the TechEd session: SAP Integration Suite – Overview, Recent Innovations, and Road Map [IN203]

  • SAP Integration Suite Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer

  • Hybrid Deployment Option - Beta on Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer

  • Edge Integration Cell on Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: Will it be possible to run some iFlows in the cloud runtime (Integration Cell) and some in the local, on-premise (Edge Integration Cell) environment?

  • A: Yes, this is possible, you can decide where you want to deploy your integration flows.


 

Q: Is there a chance that SAP Process Integration / SAP Process Orchestration maintenance will be extended further than 2027/2030?

 

Q: When we will get complete migration tool from SAP PO to SAP Integration Suite, with all types of integration scenarios.

 

Q: Some of the existing features exist in SAP Process Orchestration like IDOCXMLTOFLATFILE module features are missing in SAP BTP. Are we planning to bring those pre-build mapping in SAP BTP?

  • A: IDOC to XML and reverse is an out-of-the-box step in the Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite. For Flatfile conversion, we recommend script-based conversions.


 

Q: What is the migration scenario if you use SAP PI with SwingUI, so no iFlows?

  • A: Currently, the classical configuration scenarios are not being targeted by the migration tool. We recommend using SAP PO 7.5 and above as older versions went out of maintenance end of 2020. For SwingUI, we support the ICO migration. In beta, we support ICOs only, iflow is on the roadmap. And for any UI requirements, we have the services on SAP BTP (SAP Build Apps) which is a recommended alternative.


 

Q: Can SAP NW BPM based orchestrations from SAP PO be migrated to SAP Integration Suite?

  • A: The alternative for system-centric flows is SAP Integration Suite. And for the human-centric flows the option to look at is SAP Process Automation. We do not have a migration path for the BPM artifacts currently.


 

Q: If you migrate form SAP PI on-prem to Edge Integration Cell (Ground to Ground), can you keep the same URLs (hostname & path) for SOAP and REST PI Endpoints? (We have 300 of them)

  • A: Yes, you can use a reverse proxy / web dispatcher to forward request and keep the same URL


 

SAP Integration Suite – Cross Topics


 

Q: What is the future of the SAP Open Connectors within SAP Integration Suite?

  • A: There will be more adapters added to the Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite, such as Slack, Rabbit MQ, Splunk, and many more. Kindly check the SAP Integration Suite Roadmap: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: When will SAP Integration Suite be “GxP Compliant” to enable use in Life-sciences Industry?

 

Q: Is there a plan to bring iRPA under the "SAP integration Suite" offering?

  • A: Currently, we are seeing the market evolving and requesting for Hyperautomation. But we are yet to hear our customers point of view for this and how it is being implemented in your organizations today. This will be interesting for us to hear and learn to project on our product offerings. For now, it is a thoughtleadership session. Please feel free to reach out to us, we are always interested in customer discussions.


 

Q: Is SAP Integration Suite an evolution alternative for SAP Cloud Platform Integration (SCPI), SAP PI/PO, etc.?

  • A: Yes, SAP Integration Suite is a product bundle containing multiple integration services, such as Cloud Integration, API Management, Integration Advisor, Trading Partner Management etc. One of the benefits of SAP Integration Suite is that we bring these integration services closer together, e. g. through a common tooling for an enhanced developer experience.


 

Q: Does iRPA need SAP Integration Suite for Integrations or its direct connect between SAP S/4HANA and BOTs?

  • A: iRPA can use the APIs for SAP S/4HANA as well, for mediated communications SAP Integration Suite is the best fit.


 

Q: Where are the old questions & answers?

 

SAP Integration Suite & SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery service (CI/CD setup)


 

Q: Where I can find the recording for the TechEd session for SAP Integration Suite & SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery service (CI/CD setup)?

 

Q: Do we have something new for on-premise object transports?

  • A: SAP Integration Suite is a cloud solution. If you're looking for on-prem object transports, you might want to look into the Change and Transport System (CTS): Change and Transport System (sap.com)


 

Q: Can you please provide advantages of SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery service (CI/CD) vs. Transport Managing Service (TMS) for SAP Integration Suite?

  • A: TMS is enabling things like approvals of transports, and transports into multiple systems. CI/CD let's you automate processes. You can combine both by trigger the transport to TMS automatically (Piper step to come) and then do the approval in TMS.


 

Q: We are using downloaded file not as transport request from SAP Integration Suite. To automate, it needs a Jenkin job at backend. Is that correct?

  • A: To automate this, you either need to have a Jenkins job that runs your Jenkinsfile, or you can subscribe to and use the SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery service, which has a pre-made pipeline for you. When you use that service you don't need to have your own Jenkins instance. Mayur will walk you through setting up the job in the SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery service later in the session: Leveraging Commands from “Piper” for CI/CD Setup with SAP Integration Suite [IN180]


 

Q: How about deploying other artifacts? Value-mapping? Script Collection?

 

Q: How is this project following the CI/CD pipelines principles, like automating testing etc.? Can we get a glance of that?

 

Q: Does CI/CD use a downloaded file (MTAR) or it is automated from one environment to another?

 

SAP Integration Suite & Central Monitoring of Integration Scenarios Using SAP Cloud ALM


 

Q: Where can I find an overview when to use which monitoring tool from SAP?

 

Q: In Health monitoring, can we monitor the actual hardware resource utilization, MPL log threshold, JMS queue utilization?

  • A: It is not possible to see the hardware resource utilization for SAP Integration Suite, as it is a SaaS service which is operated by SAP. But for other products which are operated by the customer (e.g. SAP S/4HANA) it is also possible to get insight into hardware resources like CPU, memory and disk utilization.

  • JMS queue utilization is already supported today as shown by Gabriela (in the TechEd session Central Monitoring of Integration Scenarios Using SAP Cloud ALM [IN280]). For other Cloud Integration tenant resources, we have a roadmap item which will enable customers to monitor the tenant health of the Cloud Integration capability locally in the SAP Integration Suite. This roadmap item also talks about having a remote API for an integration with SAP Cloud ALM: SAP Road Map Explorer


 

Q: Is it possible to configure a business service with a filter on specific Cloud Integration packages before any messages are pulled from Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite?

  • A: Yes, this is possible on the runtime data which is already pulled from Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite. Information about the available filters for the different categories you'll find here: SAP Integration Suite (Cloud Integration).
    That's now specific for SAP Integration Suite (Cloud Integration). At the moment the data collection can only be filtered with the STATUS and STATUS GROUP. We have the plans to enhance this in the further future.


 

Q: If we have a business flow consisting of a Non-SAP Source, Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite as a middleware, and SAP On-premise as a target, will SAP Cloud ALM be able to support this end-to-end business flow and message tracking?

  • A: The current solution is only able to show you the end-to-end flow between the Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite and the SAP on-premise system. For the Non-SAP source we'll only see the message which is retrieved within the Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite.


 

Q: Do we need to pay licensing cost to use SAP Cloud ALM for monitoring purpose? If yes, how much it would cost?

  • A: No, SAP Cloud ALM is a free offering from SAP and it comes with any cloud contract. Means, as soon as you have any cloud product in place from SAP you should be able to request a tenant. Information about the usage rights and request process can be found here: SAP Cloud ALM and Usage Rights (sap.com)


 

Q: Is it possible to increase the frequency of data collection from 5 minutes?

  • A: No, it's currently not possible to change the frequency for pull-based data collection (Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite). In case of push-based data collection (e.g. SAP S/4HANA Cloud) it's possible to change it.


 

Q: What's about the usage rights of SAP Cloud ALM? Which SAP support contract is needed or comes with it with the booked SAP BTP [SAP Integration Suite, Cloud Integration] Neo Services and all the other SAP Cloud Services like SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Concur etc.

  • A: SAP Cloud ALM is a free offering and the customer is allowed to use it as soon as a cloud contract is available. (Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Concur...). Usage rights are captured here: Usage Rights (sap.com)
    You can check if you're allowed to use it via the request process in the SAP for Me Portal: SAP Cloud ALM. There is a request button on the right side - we'll check during the process if you're allowed to request a tenant with your S-User and customer combination.


 

Q: A default option to create ServiceNow tickets is available but what about MS Teams or Slack options out of the box to send a notification to a group of people instead of e-mails? Roadmap doesn't show this (yet).

  • A: We have the plans to offer a kind of generic interface for creating tickets also in other ITSM tools. Regarding MS Teams and Slack we'll have a native integration in IEP (Intelligent Event Processing) in the further future.


 

Q: Is it possible to set a threshold before a notification is triggered?

  • A: It depends on the use case. In Integration & Exception Monitoring we are currently not supporting this kind of configuration but it's on our list for 2023. Other use cases like Health Monitoring are already supporting this.


 

Q: How is SAP Cloud ALM is different from SAP Focused Run 3.0

  • A: SAP Focused Run is intended for on-premise centric hybrid customer or service provider, strong focus on system management (monitoring) and also non-ABAP systems are captured there. In addition, with SAP Focused Run we can handle huge system landscapes and metric volumes. SAP Focused Run is a product which has to be licensed and bought from SAP.
    SAP Cloud ALM is intended for cloud centric customers. SAP Cloud ALM is a free offering from SAP as soon as you have any cloud solution bought from SAP.
    From Integration & Exception Monitoring point of view there is only a difference in the currently supported content at the moment.


 

Q: Is there any specific document for to enable SAP Cloud ALM tenant?

  • A: Yes, all information about the request process you can find here: SAP Cloud ALM
    On the right side you see a button called "Request" which will forward you the SAP for ME portal. Documentation regarding the configuration is available here: SAP Cloud ALM for Operations Expert Portal


 

Q: Hello, will there also be a mobile version for phones and tablets? Example of emergency service.

  • A: In case of SAP Cloud ALM we're following the SAP UX guidelines and using Fiori and UI5. Applications should be accessible by tablet and mobile phone but they are not mobile optimised. It's currently not planned to offer native mobile applications


 

Q: I notice again a lot of colors are used, and I'm 'color deaf' (see colors but cannot distinquish). Is a colorblind setting for example with symbols or patterns also possible?

  • A: You can personalize your experience. We offer two themes "SAP High Contrast Black" and "SAP High Contrast White" which can be used. In addition, we have a standard which says that every symbol should have a description and also tooltips are available. I hope this would be an option for you to use SAP Cloud ALM. If not, please reach out to us.


 

Q: Adding to the same questions, can SAP Cloud ALM be used as central Integration monitoring solution for connecting to Third Party middlewares, ESB's such as webmethods, snaplogic etc?

  • A: Currently, it's not possible to monitor 3rd party middleware solutions. In general, the topic of 3rd party monitoring in Integration & Exception Monitoring is definitely on our list for the further future but no timeline available yet for it. At the moment we're focusing on the SAP solutions to be integrated. In addition, we have also plans to publish public APIs in the further future.


 

Q&As from SAP TechEd 2021:


If you like to take a look into more Q&As, kindly find my last blog post of FAQs for SAP Integration Suite at SAP TechEd 2021:

SAP TechEd 2021: Watch the SAP Integration Suite session recordings and discover the SAP Integration...

 

Thank you very much for your attention. I hope you enjoyed all the insights.

If you have further questions or if you are interested in a joint collaboration, please feel free to contact me, e.g., via LinkedIn.

 

Best Regards,

Milena Mathyl

(Product Manager SAP Integration Suite)

 

 

References:


 

Overall SAP BTP Innovations at TechEd 2022 : SAP BTP Innovations for an Enhanced Professional Developer Experience – TechEd 2022 | SAP Blogs

SAP Integration Suite at SAP TechEd 2022 session overview: SAP TechEd 2022: Connect with SAP Integration Suite | SAP Blogs

SAP Integration Suite Recordings and Q&As at SAP TechEd 2021: SAP TechEd 2021: Watch the SAP Integration Suite session recordings and discover the SAP Integration...

SAP Roadmap for SAP Integration Suite: SAP Road Map Explorer

Q&As of SAP Integration Suite at SAP Community Call 2021: Q&A of SAP Community Call “SAP Integration Suite” | SAP Blogs

SAP Integration Suite at SAP TechEd 2021 session overview: SAP TechEd 2021: Connecting Your Enterprise with SAP Integration Suite | SAP Blogs

Learn more about SAP Integration Suite: Learning Journey: SAP Integration Suite

Discover SAP Integration Suite capabilites, pricing, missions and related customer stories: SAP Discovery Center – Integration Suite (cloud.sap)

Discover SAP Integration Suite openSAP course: Accelerate Enterprise Integrations with SAP Integration Suite

Find out how to use which SAP's integration solution:

Update on SAP's Integration Strategy (at SAP TechEd 2022): Update on SAP’s Integration Strategy – SAP TechEd 2022 Highlights | SAP Blogs

SAP Influence Portal (Please help us to shape the roadmap for SAP Integration Suite directly to your needs): Influence Opportunity Homepage – Customer Influence (sap.com)

Discover SAP Integration Suite customer references: SAP Customer Reviews & Stories | Software & Technology Solutions

If you are interested in different public (customer stories, presenting at events, etc.) or internal programs (Beta testing, feedback to devolpment, etc.) with our Product Management team for SAP Integration Suite, please reach out to me, e.g. via LinkedIn. I will give you a short introduction and overview. 🙂

 

 

*) ROADMAP DISCLAIMER: Any roadmaps shown in this blog post are for informational purposes only. The items, dates and timing within such roadmaps are subject to change or delay and the continued development or release of a project on the roadmaps is at the sole discretion of SAP.

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