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B2B Archiving Setup and Search
Two first FAID apps, and a preview of how Figaf will help you run SAP standard B2B; step-by-step, app-by-app, agent-by-agent.
Faster message mappings in SAP Integration Suite: meet the CI Mapping Toolkit
A free, open-source Chrome extension that brings quick, keyboard-driven editing back to the Cloud Integration mapping editor.
The migration step is the easy part
“Export the iFlow” sounds like two minutes. The iFlow is the easy part. What travels with it is harder.
Figaf and SAP Solution Manager Change Management System
How Figaf fits under your existing release process - without changing it
I didn’t think you could convert a compiled Java mapping
How a decompiled SAP PI Java mapping became a Groovy script in twenty minutes, and how to prove the result matches the original byte for byte.
10 things you should know about your B2B solution before you start a migration to SAP Integration Suite
Ten points to settle before a B2B migration to SAP Integration Suite: inventory, MAGs or mappings, testing, governance, transports, partners and automation.
SAP Integration Suite GitHub integration: what it is (and how it stacks up against Figaf)
What SAP Integration Suite’s new GitHub integration for iFlows does, where it falls short, and how it compares with Figaf’s automatic Git workflow.
Getting SAP Integration Suite right from day one
A governance guide for new SAP Cloud Integration landscapes: guidelines, naming, tenants, transports, access, error handling, monitoring, testing and training.
Figaf’s support of Edge Integration Cell
How Figaf supports SAP Edge Integration Cell: transport with edge configuration, testing, deployment overview, message monitoring and alerting.
SAP integration: 2025 trends and how to prepare for 2026
Webinar takeaways on SAP integration in 2025: AI, Edge Integration Cell, B2B and TPM, and why to start your SAP PI/PO migration now.
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Is AI going to kill SAP integration development as we know it?
Where AI helps SAP integration developers, from Groovy and documentation to errors, and why mapping, business context and architecture still need people.
Exploring Figaf
A curated guided tour of about 2 hours that lets you explore Figaf DevOps and PI to Integration Suite migration without installing anything.
Transport solution in Figaf DevOps Suite for SAP Integration Suite
How Figaf DevOps Suite handles SAP Integration Suite transports: tickets, virtual tenants, rules, approvals, landscape overview and parameter handling.
Get system documentation for your SAP integration projects
Why SAP integration projects often lack usable documentation after go-live, what to ask your partner, and how Figaf automates documentation and test cases.
Recap: SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025
Daniel's takeaways from SAP Sapphire 2025 in Orlando on SAP Integration Suite, migration, SAP Business Data Cloud and AI
SAP Sapphire 2025: SAP integration trends to watch during and post Sapphire
What SAP Sapphire 2025 signaled for SAP integration: AI in Integration Suite, Edge Integration Cell, event driven integration, migration and API security
Unpacking SAP Sapphire Orlando: integration, automation and what I look forward to attending
A look at the integration sessions at SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025, from Integration Suite migrations to event-driven architecture, AI and Edge Integration Cell
How to work on SAP Cloud Integration Groovy scripts?
How developers work on Groovy for SAP Cloud Integration, from the built-in editor to IDEs, and why Figaf’s Groovy editor runs on your own tenant.
What we look forward to at SAP Insider Las Vegas 2025
SAP Insider Las Vegas 2025 sessions we looked forward to, covering event-driven architecture, test automation, SAP PO migration and Edge Integration Cell
Integration Modernization Summit for SAP partners
Takeaways from SAP's Integration Modernization Summit for partners: new adapters, migration assessment data, the Kemira story, Pipeline Concept and governance.
Cool improvements of SAP Integration Suite in 2024
A roundup of SAP Integration Suite improvements in 2024, from Edge Integration Cell and Event Mesh to Pipeline Concept, design guidelines and script checks.
SAP’s updated migration tool
A look at the new generation of SAP's PI/PO migration tool: generated iFlows instead of templates, recipient lists, Java mappings, and where Figaf still helps.
SAP integration updates from SAP TechEd 2024
Highlights for SAP Integration Suite from SAP TechEd 2024: AI code optimization, pattern based migration, the migration roadmap and DevOps ideas
Why consider the Pipeline Concept for your migrations to Integration Suite?
Why SAP’s Pipeline Concept is worth considering when you migrate SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite, and the challenges to plan for.
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Figaf: 2024-1 security advisory
Security advisory for a privilege escalation issue that needs Figaf admin access. We recommend upgrading to Figaf release 2406.
Getting started with Integration Suite in 2024
Resources to learn SAP Integration Suite by yourself: a free trial, SAP Learning courses, a CPI course and how Figaf helps with development and migration.
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SAP Sapphire 2024 on SAP integration
Daniel's takeaways from SAP Sapphire 2024 on Integration Suite, SAP's integration strategy paper, PI/PO migration, AI and what was missing.
Figaf vision for pipelines
How Figaf plans to support SAP's Pipeline Concept in Integration Suite, from Partner Directory operations and transports to migrating ICOs into pipeline flows.
Getting started with SAP’s pipeline concept for Integration Suite
A step by step guide to try SAP’s pipeline concept for Cloud Integration with Figaf’s demo package and a Bruno collection for the Partner Directory.
Git workflows and SAP Cloud Integration
The challenges of building Git workflows and DevOps pipelines for SAP Cloud Integration, and how Figaf supports Git, testing, transports and governance.
Can you remove Figaf?
What happens if you stop using Figaf: your integrations keep running, you keep your reports, and test iFlows and integrations are easy to remove.
Experiment: run Cloud Integration iFlows without authorization
How to expose an SAP Cloud Integration iFlow without authentication by putting SAP API Management in front, with the credentials in a key value map.
Moving from SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite for B2B: a comparative guide
Two ways to move SAP PI/PO B2B and EDI mappings to Integration Suite: rebuild with Integration Content Advisor or migrate existing message mappings.
Before you start a manual migration from SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite
Before migrating SAP PI/PO ICOs to Integration Suite by hand, try the free Figaf Migration Edition and its assessment report on the scenarios other tools miss.
Migrating SAP PI message mappings with function libraries
How to migrate SAP PI message mappings that use function libraries to Cloud Integration, with SAP’s new function library object or Groovy, using Figaf.
Validate your iFlows with Git pipelines in Figaf
Run CPILint, JUnit tests or other checks in a Git pipeline each time Figaf updates an iflow, and block transports that fail validation.
The right editor for your Groovy editing
The built-in editor, online editors, Figaf’s integrated editor or a full IDE: the pros and cons of each for SAP Cloud Integration Groovy and XSLT.
Cloud Integration upgrade to Camel 3.14
What the Apache Camel 3.14 upgrade of SAP Cloud Integration means for custom adapters and simple expressions, and how to find affected iflows.
New Groovy editor integrated in Figaf
The Figaf Groovy editor lets you open a script from an iFlow, add input or test data, run it on your Cloud Integration tenant and compare results.
How many reports can Figaf generate for SAP integration
A video tour of around 17 reports in Figaf for SAP PI/PO and Cloud Integration, from migration assessment to test, transport and audit reports.
Certificate export from Neo-based systems to Cloud Foundry/Integration Suite
An iflow that reads Neo certificate to user mappings and generates CF commands to recreate them as service instances and keys on Cloud Foundry.
Unlock the power of your SAP PI/PO migration with our free assessment report
Figaf's free assessment report gives a detailed view of your SAP PI/PO landscape in about 30 minutes, as a starting point for your migration.
Key insights from SAP Sapphire 2023 on SAP integration
Takeaways from SAP Sapphire 2023: the move from PI to Integration Suite, Edge Integration Cell, AI partnerships, sustainability and SAP Datasphere.
9 essential tools for managing a SAP Integration Suite
There are many tools for managing your SAP Integration Suite. See our list of the top tools you will need for your SAP Integration Suite.
What SAP PI/PO scenarios cannot be migrated with Figaf
What the Figaf Migration Tool handles when moving SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite, and which scenarios still need manual work or are not supported.
Enhance your release management process for SAP Integration Suite
How the Figaf DevOps Suite helps release managers check iFlow testing, track transports, see the landscape and control approvals in SAP Integration Suite.
Simplifying DevOps for SAP Cloud Integration with Figaf
How Figaf sets up DevOps for SAP Cloud Integration in about 20 minutes, with testing, transports, reviews, monitoring and Git.
DevOps interview with Nuno Pereira
Daniel Graversen talks with Nuno Pereira about how his team built CI/CD for SAP Cloud Integration, covering Git, transports, code review and testing.
Figaf needs to be a part of your SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite migration
How Figaf helps an SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite migration: project overview, testing with real messages, ICO to iFlow conversion and DevOps transports
Why choose Figaf’s SAP PI to Integration Suite migration tool
How Figaf’s SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite migration tool compares with SAP’s free tool: UDFs, mappings, channel templates, B2B TPM, testing and speed.
Understanding SAP’s migration assessment tool
A first look at SAP’s Migration Assessment for PI/PO, what its effort estimates miss, and how it compares with Figaf’s assessment report.
Top features of 2022 and plans for 2023
A month by month recap of Figaf DevOps Suite releases in 2022, from CPI and PI/PO transports to migration tooling, and our plans for 2023
Tip: run SAP PI/PO Integration Builder without Oracle JDK
How to open the SAP PI/PO Integration Builder with Adoptium Java 8 and OpenWebStart instead of Oracle Java, in a few minutes.
How to estimate an SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite migration
What to include when you estimate an SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite migration: assessment, migration, testing, documentation, transport and go-live.
First look: SAP’s PI/PO to Integration Suite move
A first reaction to the beta of SAP's migration tool for moving SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite: the assessment, the migration and what was missing.
ChatGPT: Groovy code help for SAP Cloud Integration
Testing ChatGPT on Groovy, XSLT and ABAP code for a purchase order mapping, and asking it when to use SAP PI or SAP Cloud Integration.
Free Figaf Migration Edition to help with your migration to Integration Suite
The Figaf Migration Edition helps you assess, track and test your SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite migration, with a trial of the full Figaf DevOps Suite.
Enabling SAML authentication for Cloud Integration
How Figaf connects to SAP Cloud Integration with its own SAML identity provider, why it is secure, and the steps to configure it.
2022 International SAP PI Operations Week
A week in September 2022 about running SAP PI/PO better: transports, test cases, monitoring and upgrades, with a webinar on DevOps for SAP PI.
Experiment: performance testing of SAP Cloud Integration
How to performance test SAP Cloud Integration iFlows with Apache JMeter, with a sample test plan to download and the reports it gives.
Avoid the wild west with only two SAP Cloud Integration tenants
How Figaf virtual tenants give you governed transports, approvals and configuration on just two SAP Cloud Integration tenants, or even one.
Do I need 2 or 3 SAP Cloud Integration tenants?
Whether you need two or three SAP Cloud Integration tenants, and how Figaf virtual landscapes let you reuse one tenant for QA with proper transports.
CPI experiment: monitoring long running SAP CPI processes
How to follow the progress of a long running SAP Cloud Integration iFlow with headers and variables, and stop it with a data store entry.
Webinar replay: regression testing of SAP Cloud Integration (CPI)
Webinar replay on regression testing of SAP Cloud Integration: why to test, how to automate tests, mock endpoints and test a PI to CPI migration.
Migration assessment tooling for SAP PI 7.1-7.5
Use the Figaf Integration Assessment to get a detailed report of your SAP PI/PO landscape before you plan a migration to SAP Cloud Integration.
Competition: how fast can you create your first transport?
How to create and run your first SAP Cloud Integration transport in about 10 minutes with the cloud version of the Figaf DevOps Suite.
Webinar replay: enabling Git repositories for SAP CPI iFlows
Webinar replay on moving SAP Cloud Integration iFlows, message mappings, script collections and value mappings into a Git repository with Figaf.
1 year anniversary: winning the SAP Hack2Build competition
A year after winning SAP Hack2Build in 2021, the story of how the prototype became the Figaf Migration Tool, from a failed first project to real migrations.
Full installation video: Figaf DevOps Suite
A recorded webinar that shows a full installation of the on-premise Figaf DevOps Suite for SAP Cloud Integration in about 75 minutes.
Overview of your SAP PI to CPI migration
A migration cockpit in the Figaf Migration Tool gives developers one place to test, migrate and track the status of each ICO in a PI/PO to CPI migration.
Replay: automating SAP PI/PO deployments with Figaf
Replay and slides from an April 2022 webinar on automating SAP PI/PO transports and channel configuration with Figaf, so no manual steps follow an import.
SAP PI/PO to CPI migration assessment report
How the Figaf migration assessment for SAP PI/PO to Cloud Integration came about, and the rules it checks to show what can be migrated.
Recap: automating your SAP PI to CPI migration with Figaf
Webinar recap on preparing and planning an SAP PI to CPI migration, with a demo of how the Figaf Migration Tool automates migration, transport and testing.
SAP Process Integration DevOps
How Figaf DevOps Suite automates SAP PI/PO transports, channel configuration, documentation and testing so teams spend less time on manual governance work.
Webinar recap: testing in SAP Cloud Integration with Figaf
Recap of our webinar on testing SAP Cloud Integration: standard testing options, automated test cases and mocks with Figaf, and testing PI to CPI migrations
Recap: SAP Cloud Integration (CPI) management with DevOps
Webinar recap on using DevOps to manage SAP Cloud Integration, its limits, and how Figaf DevOps Suite handles transport, plus an implementation plan.
Figaf is now on the SAP Business Accelerator Hub
Figaf DevOps Suite connector iflows and examples from the Figaf Migration Tool are available as packages on the SAP Business Accelerator Hub
DevOps for SAP CPI should be easy to set up
Why DevOps for SAP Cloud Integration should be simple, and how a ticket based transport with testing, approval and governance works in the Figaf DevOps Suite.
Figaf DevOps Suite available on SAP Business Technology Platform
The Figaf DevOps Suite can run on SAP BTP Cloud Foundry, making it easier to start a trial, manage access and get better support.
Handling SAP PI/PO processes in 2022
How Figaf DevOps Suite streamlines SAP PI/PO transports with tickets, regression tests, configuration, approvals and ICO filtering instead of Excel.
Figaf DevOps Suite 2112 on 21/12: automating SAP PI/PO transports
Figaf DevOps Suite release 2112: easier SAP PI/PO transports and governance at scale, better channel configuration and PI to CPI migration improvements.
December launch event: improve your SAP PI/PO processes in 2022
Recap and replay of the December 2021 launch of SAP PI/PO management in the Figaf DevOps Suite, covering governance, transports and development.
Figaf is on the SAP Discovery Center with our migration tool
Figaf’s SAP Discovery Center mission guides you step by step from installing the Figaf Migration Tool to go live of your PI to Cloud Integration migration.
Version update: Figaf PI to CPI migration tool
Updates to the Figaf PI to CPI migration tool from late 2021: RFC lookups, test case migration, WSDL support, licensing, migration logs and current features.
Figaf Migration Tool for SAP Integration Suite now available on SAP Store
Press release from 2021: the Figaf Migration Tool, which converts SAP PI/PO ICOs to iFlows and migrates mappings and test cases, is on SAP Store
A complete list of SAP Cloud Integration transport tools
The options for transporting SAP Cloud Integration content: SAP’s standard tools, Git and CI/CD pipelines, partner tools and Figaf.
Why Figaf is better than SAP Cloud Transport Management
A comparison of SAP Cloud Transport Management and Figaf for SAP CPI transports: diffs, approvals, testing, configuration, history and virtual tenants.
Managing project and support SAP CPI instances without extra systems
How Figaf lets you run project and support releases of SAP CPI iFlows on the same tenants, revert to the productive version and compare changes.
Figaf wins SAP’s Hack2Build to build the first-ever SAP PI to CPI migration automation tool
Figaf won SAP Hack2Build in 2021 with a prototype that generates Cloud Integration iFlows from SAP PI/PO ICOs, the start of the Figaf Migration Tool.
New features: comparison between objects
Release 2105 adds comparison of any object across your SAP landscape, OAuth2 and CSRF support in CPI testing, and CPI iFlow monitor filter improvements.
SAP CPI Neo to Cloud Foundry migration
The steps to move SAP Cloud Integration from Neo to Cloud Foundry: landscape planning, technical migration, security, testing, transport and go-live.
How to reduce the risk of failure of your SAP integration
The cost of SAP integration failures and how to reduce risk in support, testing, transports and error handling for SAP Cloud Integration, with Figaf.
New changes in 2104: configuration of API proxies, BPMN diagrams and message mapping report of iFlows
Figaf release 2104: landscape configuration of SAP API proxies and KVMs, BPMN models as SVG, a message mapping comparison report for iFlows and an EDI monitor.
Logging of user actions and access
Figaf logs user logins, password changes, invalid passwords and user management actions, and shows them in the audit log to support SOX compliance.
Simplify configurations in your SAP integration landscape with host replacements
How Figaf host replacements translate development hosts and values into QA and production for SAP CPI iflows, PI/PO channels and API Management.
Automation of SAP PI/PO transport processes
Replay and slides from our March 2021 webinar on automating SAP PI/PO transports, with documentation, approval, testing and channel configuration.
SOX compliant SAP CPI transport
How Figaf supports SOX compliant SAP CPI transports with a two eye approval, email notifications, approval reports and user logging.
Webinar: DevOps for SAP Integration Suite (CPI)
Recording and slides from a webinar on DevOps for SAP CPI: transports, Git development, automated testing and how Figaf compares to Azure DevOps.
SAP PI JDBC proxy
How we built a small Spring based JDBC proxy so an SAP PI 7.1 system could keep talking to an MSSQL 2019 database through the HTTP adapter.
SAP API Management configuration transports
Figaf adds KVM synchronization, Git storage and landscape specific configuration of KVMs and target endpoints to SAP API Management transports.
Approve SAP CPI iflow changes
How Figaf lets you transport only iflow configuration in SAP CPI, so every configuration change gets an approval process and documentation.
SAP PI/PO message mapping documentation and diff
Figaf documents SAP PI/PO and Cloud Integration message mappings in Excel and compares versions, so you see changes between mappings and systems.
PoC of the Figaf tools in just 30 minutes
Videos showing how to run a 30 minute proof of concept of Figaf for SAP CPI, SAP PI/PO and the SAP PI to CPI migration tool.
2020 improvements to SAP CPI and PI processes
What we added to Figaf in 2020 for SAP CPI and SAP PI/PO: secure and mocked testing, transports, monitoring, Cloud Foundry support and more.
SAP CPI performance considerations
Lessons from a CPI go-live with performance problems: loops vs collections, string building vs concatenation, and CPI steps vs Groovy scripting.
Automate your SAP Cloud Integration test cases
Features in Figaf for SAP Cloud Integration testing: record and replay, endpoint mocking, step filters, supported adapters and PI to CPI test migration.
How do you improve your SAP PI/PO or SAP CPI processes?
Replays and slides from two webinars on improving SAP PI/PO and SAP CPI change processes with fewer systems, fewer handovers and automated documentation.
Setting up error handling in SAP Cloud Integration in 10 minutes
How to set up monitoring and alerting for SAP Cloud Integration with Figaf: deploy on SAP BTP, connect your tenant and create alert rules.
SAP CPI with Azure DevOps
A proof of concept for delivering SAP Cloud Integration iFlows with Azure DevOps pipelines and Figaf’s Gradle plugins, and the challenges to solve.
SAP integration governance: a horror story
A light video on the fear of an audit, and how Figaf DevOps Suite links changes to business requests and documents them automatically.
API to simplify your SAP CPI and SAP PI transports
Figaf APIs let tools like Jira, ServiceNow or Azure DevOps search tickets and trigger imports of SAP CPI, PI/PO and API Management transports.
Visual diff between SAP CPI iFlows
How Figaf shows what changed between two versions of an SAP Cloud Integration iFlow, on the visual model and down to each changed step.
Figaf DevOps 2.15: CPI on Cloud Foundry
Figaf DevOps 2.15 adds a visual iflow diff, Cloud Foundry support for CPI and API Management, a transport API, custom header search and Tradacom.
Keep iFlows in trace mode
How Figaf keeps an SAP Cloud Integration iFlow in trace mode for hours, so you can record test cases from messages that are processed rarely.
How to onboard SAP CPI developers
Why a short onboarding pays off for SAP CPI and PI/PO developers, what to cover in it, and template slides you can adapt for your team.
Restore CPI iflows and packages
How to restore or undelete SAP CPI packages, iflows and value mappings with Figaf, using the versions already stored in Git.
Figaf 2.14: simplifying your SAP CPI and PI
Figaf 2.14 adds CTS+ integration for SAP PI/PO, CPI restore, iFlow distribution configuration, better EDI and XML comparison and faster testing.
Deliver SAP Cloud Integration better for your clients
How SAP partners can use one Figaf DevOps Suite instance to manage Git, testing, transports, documentation and monitoring for all their CPI clients.
SAP CPI development in Git and debug your Groovy scripts
Video on setting up the Figaf Git integration for SAP CPI so you can write, unit test and debug Groovy scripts locally in IntelliJ IDEA.
Comparison and ignoring
How Figaf ignore expressions handle empty or missing elements and decimal precision, so automated tests only flag the differences that matter.
Configuration of multiple iFlows based on a template
How Figaf distribution configuration creates several SAP CPI iFlows from one template iFlow and keeps them updated when the template changes.
Why choose Figaf for testing when you have SAP PIT for free
How Figaf compares with SAP PIT for testing SAP PI/PO: features, confidential data, EDI comparison, test maintenance, transports and CPI testing.
Workaround for TLS 1.2 for older SAP PI/PO systems
A temporary workaround for SAP PI/PO systems without TLS 1.2: an nginx reverse proxy that forwards your calls to partners using TLS 1.2.
Getting started with Figaf and SAP CPI
A step-by-step video on setting up Figaf DevOps Suite for SAP Cloud Integration: agents, landscapes, test cases, tickets, transports, monitors and alerts.
Figaf DevOps Suite 2.13 released
Release 2.13 eases getting started and adds CPI package and value mapping transports, persisted message monitoring and SAP PI/PO testing improvements
Simplifying the SAP CPI monitor view of persisted messages
The Figaf monitor for SAP CPI shows payloads from both MPL attachments and the Message Persist step, so support and business users can find messages easily.
When to use SAP PI/PO vs SAP Cloud Integration (CPI)
The strong sides of SAP PI/PO and SAP Cloud Integration, and which platform to choose for new integrations, on-premise traffic and migrations.
4 tools to make your SAP CPI delivery easier
Four tools that speed up SAP Cloud Integration delivery: CPI Helper, GroovyIDE, SAP’s iFlow simulation and Figaf.
Transport SAP CPI value mappings and packages
How Figaf transports SAP Cloud Integration value mappings and packages, with version history, tickets, approvals and Git.
SAP CPI testing, now with mocks and secured data
How Figaf tests SAP CPI iflows with mocked services such as SuccessFactors, masked production payloads and Groovy unit tests from test cases.
The new roadmap for SAP PI/PO and SAP CPI suite
What SAP’s 2020 roadmap meant for SAP PI/PO and SAP Cloud Integration: support for PI/PO 7.5 until 2027 and 2030, and CPI as the way forward.
Plan an SAP PI/PO patch or upgrade
How to plan an SAP PI/PO patch or upgrade: patches vs upgrades, how often to upgrade, how to test, and a timeline from development to go-live.
Fetching SAP PI test messages from a dual-stack system
How Figaf fetches messages from SAP PI 7.1 to 7.4 dual-stack systems and turns them into test cases for your migration to a 7.5 single stack.
Figaf DevOps Suite 2.12: secure SAP PI testing, dual stack and more
Release 2.12 adds test case creation from SAP PI dual stack systems, scrambled test data for secure testing, better CPI iflow comparison and OpenJDK 11
Secure your SAP PI/PO and CPI test cases
How Figaf lets you test SAP PI/PO and CPI with production data while scrambling confidential payloads for users without the right role.
Simplifying your SAP integration support
How Figaf collects and handles alerts from SAP PI/PO, CPI and API Management in one place, with rules, webhooks, resend and tickets.
Governing SAP CPI with Figaf tools webinar replay
Replay of our December 2019 webinar on governing SAP CPI with Figaf, covering change management, audit trail, testing and documentation.
Figaf 2.11 is out, enabling DevOps for SAP PI and CPI
Figaf 2.11 adds a transport and governance process for SAP PI/PO with tickets, testing and channel configuration, plus migration support to 7.5.
Monitoring SAP Cloud Integration
How to monitor SAP Cloud Integration (CPI): correlation and application IDs, custom headers, alerting and tenant performance, with and without Figaf.
Change management can be simple
Generic versus tool-specific change management for SAP landscapes, and how Figaf handles transports and DevOps for SAP PI/PO, CPI and API Management.
Creating unit tests for SAP CPI
How Figaf generates Groovy unit tests for SAP CPI scripts from recorded test cases, with JSON test data, mock services in Git and custom assertions.
Figaf DevOps Suite 2.10: faster SAP CPI development with Git
Release 2.10 adds Git integration for SAP CPI and API Management, open source Gradle plugins and template based workflows for working in your own IDE
Making Seeburger migration faster
Seeburger Migration Tool 2.0 converts Seeburger message mappings on SAP PI to the B2B Add-on with simpler licensing, VDA support and a new UI5 interface.
SAP CPI and Git integration
How Figaf synchronizes your SAP Cloud Integration content to Git, with free Gradle plugins to download, upload, deploy and test iFlows from your IDE.
Virtual SAP CPI landscapes
How Figaf lets you run a virtual dev, QA and production landscape on a single SAP CPI tenant, with prefixed iFlows and ProcessDirect URLs
Testing SAP CPI with mock data service
How Figaf tests SAP CPI iflows with mock data by replacing receiver channels in a test copy, so backends do not need to reply the same way.
How do you document your SAP Cloud Integration iFlows?
What useful SAP Cloud Integration iFlow documentation contains, and how Figaf generates it automatically, so it stays up to date with every change.
Figaf now improves your SAP PI/PO CTS transports
How Figaf automates SAP PI/PO CTS transports with documentation, business reasons, QA testing and central configuration to deliver integrations faster
Links to your SAP cloud landscape
Configure your full SAP integration landscape in Figaf and get links to every CPI tenant, PI system and API Management portal from one home page.
SAP PI/PO migration
Resources for planning an SAP PI/PO migration: timeline, upgrade options, the migration process, and how testing and automation reduce risk.
Documenting your SAP PI/PO scenarios
How Figaf generates SAP PI/PO scenario documentation with a real change history, linked to the tickets behind each change.
Monitor your SAP API Management easily
How to log errors in SAP API Management with a key value map, read them through the API and get notified by email, Slack or Jira.
A different way to restart SAP CPI content
A 2019 approach to restarting failed SAP Cloud Integration messages with a Groovy script and Figaf, before the Pipeline Concept existed.
Transporting with Figaf: improve your SAP CPI life
How Figaf improves SAP CPI transports: see what changed, link changes to a business reason, test them and apply iFlow configuration on import.
How to monitor SAP CPI using Figaf
How Figaf helps you monitor SAP CPI: set up XPath based rules for errors, label them by criticality and send alerts to Jira, Slack or email.
Case story: using Figaf before testing an SAP PI/PO upgrade
Mark Oshifeso explains how automated testing with Figaf IRT, now part of Figaf DevOps Suite, made SAP PI/PO upgrades faster for 300 interfaces.
What is SAP CPI best practice?
Why there is no single best practice for SAP Cloud Integration yet: a freer platform, different flows and different requirements in every organization.
Optimize your SAP PI/CPI development
The steps of an SAP PI/PO and CPI development process, from scoping to support, and how automating them improves change management. Webinar replay.
Generate test data for your Groovy scripts in CPI
How Figaf generates test data from SAP CPI traces so you can run and test your Groovy scripts locally in Eclipse or IntelliJ.
SAP PI/PO support, why not learn from the errors
Recurring SAP PI/PO errors waste support time. How XPath rules can document solutions and automatically reprocess, cancel or notify the business.
How to get paid more for your SAP PI/PO/Cloud Integration projects
How SAP integration consultancies can prove quality with models, frameworks and automation tools to win bigger projects and command higher rates.
How to make a modern EDI landscape with SAP S/4HANA
Options for building a new EDI platform on SAP S/4HANA: EDI IDocs, Enterprise Services, the new SAP APIs, Integration Advisor and AIF for error handling.
Why a full set of SAP PI/PO regression test cases is needed
Why cumulative Java patches make SAP PI/PO upgrades risky, and how a full automated regression test set lets you patch and upgrade with confidence
Testing SAP PI/PO without installing anything on the PI server
How Figaf records and tests SAP PI/PO interfaces from the message logs, without installing anything on the PI/PO server.
IRT 2.2 release notes: testing of SAP PI, Cloud Integration and change management
IRT 2.2 adds testing of SAP Cloud Integration, baseline test cases for messages sent by other tools, and change tracking of SAP PI/PO repository objects.
Migrate from Seeburger to SAP PI B2B Add-on webinar
Webinar replay and slides on moving from Seeburger on SAP PI to the B2B Add-on: business case, mapping conversion, Seeburger UDFs and testing.
The Goldilocks zone of change management for SAP PI
Why SAP PI/PO change management should be neither too light nor too heavy, and how tracking changes with tickets helps.
Updating a SAP PI/PO system: what to think about
Why and how to keep your SAP PI/PO system updated: the benefits, the costs, the update types, what can go wrong and how to test it.
IRT 2.1 released for SAP PI/PO including change tracking and manual upload
IRT 2.1 adds change tracking for directory and TPM objects, manual upload of test payloads, an audit log and a global splitter configuration for SAP PI/PO.
Why our testing is different from most test systems for SAP PI
Workflow based testing versus record and replay testing for SAP PI/PO, and why record and replay lets you create many test cases quickly
IRT 2.0 released for SAP PI/PO testing
IRT 2.0 lets you collect messages from your productive SAP PI/PO system and process them on development to validate that your scenarios still work.
How to ensure quality from your SAP consultants
Why references say little about an SAP consultant’s work, and how third party reviews and a premium rate for good work could ensure quality.
How to start from scratch using SAP PI/PO
Advice for new SAP PI/PO customers on architecture, testing, migration planning and when to consider cloud integration instead.
Christmas release of the Figaf DevOps Suite for SAP PI/PO testing
December 2017 release for SAP PI/PO testing: cluster workload sharing, faster comparison, single stack agreements and system and interface mapping.
IRT 1.4: testing big messages in SAP PI/PO
IRT 1.4 adds testing of big SAP PI/PO messages with zipped payloads, a less memory hungry comparison, and unique numbers using the B2B Add-on number ranges.
7 steps to an SAP PI to PO migration
The seven steps for an SAP PI to PO migration: goals, current integrations, patterns, resources, phases, development and testing. With video and slides.
Does your new purchase require extra resources?
Why new tools like SAP API Management need extra people and skills, not just the existing integration team, and why that should be planned for.
SAP XI/PI dual stack to SAP PI/PO single stack migration
Upgrade or fresh install? Two ways to move from SAP XI/PI dual stack to PI/PO 7.5 single stack, with migration steps, testing and Seeburger to B2B add-on.
Always use PI/PO for exposing web services
Should web services and portals always go through SAP PI/PO, or can they call ECC directly? Pros and cons of PI, Gateway and API management.
The risk pyramid and SAP PI/PO projects
Why integration projects need to manage risk alongside price, time and quality, and how repeatable regression testing lowers that risk.
SAP integration landscape and emerging complexity
How SAP integration moved from mainframes to the cloud, and why architects must know which SAP integration tool fits each scenario.
How the Seeburger migration tool works
How Figaf’s Seeburger Migration Tool (SOT) converts PI message mappings from Seeburger BIC XML formats to the SAP B2B Add-on formats.
Forcing the use of SAP PI/PO
Pros and cons of forcing all interfaces through SAP PI/PO: easier monitoring and load control versus a single point of failure and extra work.
Searching SAP PI/PO message content with module development
A 2015 example of a Java adapter module that sends SAP PI/PO payloads to a search index, and how Figaf monitoring now archives payloads.
Getting feedback on your SAP PI/PO design
Why you should ask for feedback on your SAP PI/PO integration design throughout the project, not at the end, and who to ask.
How to use the SAP PI message mapping documenting tool
The original open source tool for documenting SAP PI message mappings in Excel, now replaced by mapping documentation and diff in Figaf.
Use SAP PI to work around legacy integration issues
Why SAP PI is often used to adapt to legacy system interfaces, the reasons for doing so and why such workarounds need documentation
Required knowledge for SAP PI support staff
What support staff need to know to monitor and troubleshoot SAP PI, and how that affects how much documentation you must write for them.