Last week Daniel decided to find out whether AI can convert an old Java mapping in 20 minutes.
He took a decade-old SAP PI/PO Java mapping with 36 compiled classes, no source code and around 6,000 lines of logic, and gave it to Claude Code.
About 20 minutes later, he had a native Groovy version producing byte-identical output.
But the interesting part was not really the conversion itself. It was realizing that the old mapping could be used as a test oracle: run the same payload through both versions and compare the result.
That changes the migration question from: Can we convert it? To: Can we prove the converted version still does the exact same thing?
Daniel has shared the experiment and the main takeaway on LinkedIn and in a blog post that goes deeper into the method, the testing approach, the limitations and what this means for PI/PO migrations.
Approving a change and understanding a change are not the same thing
Most SAP integration landscapes have a strict approval process and almost no visibility into what is actually being approved.
Your Change Management System, whether that’s ChaRM or Cloud ALM, can clear a change for production, but it rarely answers what actually changed, whether it was tested, which configuration differs per environment, who is allowed to move it, or whether you can roll it back.
In Daniel’s recent blog post Figaf and SAP Solution Manager Change Management System, he breaks down where Figaf fits into that gap, and why the fix does not have to start with a big automation project.
His suggested starting point, Level 0, is as simple as putting the Change Management number on the Figaf ticket. Nothing to build, and it closes the audit chain in week one.
OFTP2 on Edge: worth the wait, or worth working around?
SAP’s TPM gives a pretty complete picture for managing B2B interfaces (I’d still add Figaf to simplify it).
One question that keeps coming up is OFTP2. You can now use the adapter on Edge Integration Cell, but you won’t be able to run TPM on it until Q1 2027. Edge is great, but it’s harder to manage, and overkill if the missing adapter is your only reason to go there.
We’ve been exploring Mendelson instead, a few scripts and it’s a much easier way to manage OFTP partners for most use cases. We’re looking at automating that further. I asked on LinkedIn how have you resolved this?
Webinar: Let’s talk migration to SAP Integration Suite
Migrating from SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite is hard to get right. Jeroen Knops from Proclus and Daniel are talking through it live, no slideware, no sales pitch, just what they’ve actually seen work and go wrong across real migration projects.
Jeroen has spent years in the middle of SAP integration migrations. This webinar is your chance to hear directly from him about what actually happens during a migration to SAP Integration Suite. He will share the kind of detail you don’t get from a slide deck, delivered in an interview-style format.
Date: Monday, September 21, 2026
Time: 15:00 CEST / 9:00 AM EDT / 18:30 IST
CPI Helper 3.26 is live
No big headline feature this time. A new Plugins tab, a more stable plugin engine, two fixes. Exactly the kind of release that keeps a tool alive after every SAP change.
Read the full release note here
SAP has published a new IDC Business Value study on SAP Integration Suite, and the numbers are worth a look
This is a very interesting white paper, and if you are considering SAP Integration Suite, it is well worth a read.
A few numbers stood out:
- $47,900 in value per integrated application from improved efficiencies
- 3.6 hours to resolve incidents, around two hours faster than without Integration Suite
- 1.6 FTEs needed to support the integration landscape, roughly half the staffing level reported without Integration Suite
- $17,000 in additional revenue per integrated application
One number, however, did make us pause: 19 unplanned downtime incidents. That seems high for SAP Integration Suite itself, so we suspect some of these may be related to endpoints rather than the platform.
There are plenty of numbers to dig into here.
Which one stands out most to you?
