Over the last couple of weeks, we have been making transports easier for SAP CPI. Now the turn has come to SAP API management. As I understand from APIGEE the normal way is to have a build server that allows you to transport and test scripts. It does require some time and skill in setting up such a server. From the last roadmap session SAP was planing to relase some CTS+ integration in Q3 if I recall correct.
We are using the same approach to document changes ofAPIProxies. So you can see which Proxy part has been updated, or which script was changed. This makes it a lot easier to document what is going on and why something was changed. You will therefore know what is changed in each release.
We also allows users to make transports based on the business requirements. It is therefore easier to document changes made to the proxy, and link all changes to a business reason.
You can try it out your self at Figaf IRTCloud and see how it performs in your landscape.
With Figaf IRT you have one enviorment that allow you to document all your SAP Integrations in just one application.
We are going to add other functions to monitor your API management, so you can get some more detailed alerts about what is going on in your landscape.
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In this blog, I will cower how IRT Cloud will improve the way you work with transporting.
Before we get started, we need to find a clear definition of what “DevOps” are. According to wikipedia it goes like this:
“DevOps is a set of software development practices that aim to shorten the systems development life cycle while delivering features, fixes and updates frequently in close alignment with business objectives”
Understand what is changed
Track what object is being changed – Is it a part of the BPMN model – Is it scripts or mappings – Is it configuration which is changed
Register changes with business reason
Make a service request in the IRT tool, that allow you to link the changes to the reason.
User can assign changes in iFlows to it:
Test the changes
With the build in testing tool you are able to test the modification you make does not not affect anything unexpected.
You can document what test you have run and the result of them.
iFlow configuration in the landscape
Configure an iflow once and then let IRT handle configuration in the landscape once importing the change:
Transport individual
Be able to import changes into target system. Figaf will import the object into the target system. Then configuration will be applied:
Check out the demo
So, I if want to check out how this work, please take a look at the demo video below:
So, I you ready to try Figaf IRT/Cloud to see, what IRT/Cloud can do for you? I offer a 30 days free trial at https://figaf.com/IRTCloud.
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Once I started to make my first SAP CPI transports I did not like that you needed to transport the full package. I wanted just to transport a single Iflow and log what was changed with it, then I knew what was being changed. But it was a rather difficult process to make sure you did correctly. So I thought we could optimize the process to make it easier to apply transports for single iflows.
So we have created a flow for developers where they will make the normal changes.
Save it as a version in the development CPI system after normal development
Syncronize the IRT with the CPI system (by clicking the button or wait for the scheduled synchronization job)
Create a ticket and assign the object version to the ticket. A ticket can correspond to a Service Request or Incident. It is possible to update the version if you have multiple attempts to fix the problems
From the ticket, you then create transport with one of the Iflow on the systems
IRT can then import that QA/production system. It will delete the existing iflow and upload the new version.
I have recorded a demonstration video you can see how it works
The following are we working on before it will be released.
Fix some of the few bugs we have seen in our test environment
Have a way to get the configuration in a global table, so once you import an iflow on QA it will apply the configured configuration from IRT
Investigate if we can upload the new iflow without removing the old version.
There may also be other ways we can integrate this both with our testing application part and make a flow that better fits with a DevOps focus of development.
We expect this functionality to be released within the next few weeks both in our cloud application as well as the on-prem deployment of IRT.
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Over the time I have gotten a lot of request for a SAP Cloud Platform Integration / Hana Cloud Integration (SAP CPI/HCI) course. I have always wanted to help solve clients needs but did not have the experience of creating integrations in SAP CPI self. It is first the last half year that I have really been involved in projects and I have learned a lot about how to create integrations. I did struggle a lot of times to understand how I should build my integrations the best way, and what it really is about.
I am happy to announce that I have put a lot of effort and energy in developing a brand new CPI course, which I am sure will be very valuable for you.
My goal
My goal has been to make a course that takes you thru the process of designing iflows without having to do as much research as I had to go thru to understand the basics of
building good integration. In the course, I’ll not go into details about all elements because it is a lot easier to find it directly in the manual.
Why take the SAP CPI Course?
Learning SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI aka HCI) can be pretty difficult. I was struggling when creating my first projects with on CPI. It was pretty easy to get started. In the design part, I ran into multiple problems, that I did not understand how to solve. It was all of the challenges the course will cover.
Why Cloud Integration?
Customers are moving to the cloud and also want easy to use the tool in the cloud All the competitors have a cloud product and if SAP customers are moving away from SAP
it is not a good thing. SAP needs to make it easier to integrate all their application, so customers will buy the full intelligent enterprise from SAP and not mix it. Cheap to get started with (Compared to SAP PI)
Modules in the course
In the CPI course I will take you through the following modules:
Getting started
Building
Communication
Advanced
(Bonus)
All the modules of the CPI course are not yet published. But they will be in a short
while. I also plan to do a Question and Answer-session.
Prize
The prize for the full course will be 147 euro, but if you buy no later than February 15., 2019 you will get a 50 euro discount, so your prize will be only 97 euro.
Enhanced SAP CPI Monitor, Web integration and PI create test form error
So, lately I have been working with development of Figafs Integration Regression Tool, and I think the new stuff is pretty cool. Hopefully, it will be something that is useful for you to improve the ability to develop and run SAP CPI/PI content even faster and give you less support. If you have ideas for improvements I’ll like to hear.
Improved SAP CPI monitoring
We have improved the logging of errors. So it will download the attachments for the failed flows. Then it will be a lot easier for you to monitor and process the alerts. We have also improved the OData filter, so you can specify filters for messages that do not fail. So if you are using sender and receiver information you can setup a filter like Sender = ‘Salesforce’ and Receiver = ‘LOG’ that way you can get the payloads even if there are no errors on the CPI flow.
Support tool with webhooks
The IRT Support desktop is not the only one in your organization. This way you can setup integration with Jira, Paparduty or Solution manager. We configure to receive Jira notifications in about 1 hour with the information we got from the rules using zapier.com but you can use SAP PI/CPI for it.
Used Mappings report
Understand what is used on your SAP PI system of mappings, we have now added an option to show also Java Mappings, XSLT and also Message Mappings. Just use the Excel export of your configuration scenario.
If your message fails because of a message mapping, you can set up a new test case to cover that case. This way it becomes a lot faster to validate that you have fixed the mapping once you have fixed the problem.
Want to ease your work?
I do believe that these improvements will make your work a lot easier. If you want to learn more please watch this video:
The last details
I also cover my newest insight about IRT in this slideshow:
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