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SAP NetWeaver Composition EnvironmentOverview

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Process Components

SAP Applications

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Platform Components

SAP NetWeaver

Service & EventEnablement

Enterprise SOAProvisioning

Service-enabledApplications MDM BI …

Service & EventComposition

Enterprise SOAConsumption

UI Composition

InformationComposition

Enterprise SOA Technology with SAP NetWeaver

Business Process Composition & Management (BPM)

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SOA Middleware

SAP provides a comprehensive blueprint that delivers key building blocks of the Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). The Enterprise SOA blueprint shows how these building blocks facilitate innovation, enable business network transformation, and achieve operational excellence in an cost efficient way. Any given enterprise-level scenario does not need to use all of the capabilities that reside in these building blocks; different scenarios will use different capabilities and the facilitating platform will enable the incremental adoption of more capabilities to ensure flexibility and innovation. Building blocks are organized in the following SOA principles which define ground rules for SOA capabilities:

User Interface: Provide a high performance and rich UI experienceEnterprise SOA Consumption: Composition of service based applications by consuming business entities delivered through the platform.

Business Process Composition & Management: Modeling, configuration, execution and monitoring of business processesUI Composition: Build, code, compose, and adapt UI interaction, logic, and best-practice UI patternsService & Event Composition: Composition and adaptation of services and eventsInformation Composition: Collaborative composition (in business user runtime) of structured and unstructured information within a business context (aka situational composites)

SOA Middleware: Communication and service management layer to ensure optimizedinteroperability between consumption, provisioning and external entities.

Service Bus: Allows efficient and scalable messaging, routing, mediation, federation, and event processing. Seamless integration with Enterprise Services Repository (ESR), Services Registry (SR), and SOA management capabilitiesSOA Design Governance: SOA metadata repository; design, configuration, and management of services prior to deployment; supported by the ESR SOA Management: Safe-guard deployment and operations of SOA applications. Runtime governance solutions and security; monitoring and measurement

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Enterprise SOA Technology with SAP NetWeaver (notes continued)

Connectivity & Integration

Enterprise SOA Provisioning: Provide services and events; manage connectivity integration to other platforms and external entities.

Service & Event Enablement: Capabilities to create services and events; local event processingConnectivity & Integration: Enterprise application integration (EAI) and legacy connectivity capabilities; B2B integration with external business partners

Service-enabled Applications: Service enablement of SAP applications and technology. Integration touch points with partners and legacy systems

Process Components: Service enabled application functionality covering all main domains of enterprise applications (e.g. ERP, SCM, SRM, CRM)Platform Services: Service enabled integration platform capabilities (e.g. BI, MDM, KM)Customer & Partner Applications: Service enabled or integrated partner or customer applicationsNon SAP & Legacy: Available connectivity capabilities with non-SAP and legacy systems

SAP NetWeaver delivers SAP’s enterprise SOA technology foundation with two product shipments. While SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI) 7.1 provides enterprise SOA provisioning and SOA middleware capabilities, SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE) 7.1 enables enterprise SOA consumption, development and composition of SOA applications. Both shipments share the Enterprise Services Repository (ESR) as a common repository for enterprise SOA assets.

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From Operational Efficiency to Business Agility Deliver Competitive Advantage with a Business Process Platform

Business Agility

Business Process Reengineering

Enterprise Resource Planning

Operational Efficiency

Business Network Transformation

Business Process Platform

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Reuse of SOA Assets Based on Standards

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From Operational Efficiency to Business Agility

During the 90s, with ERP and Business Process Re-engineering, SAP provided great operational excellence by harmonizing business processes within the company (e.g., Finance (FI) and Costing (CO) with production planning (PP) and materials management (MM)). This gave companies a set of best practices to standardize their business on.

However, the world changed since these times. Take key business drivers like the digitalization of all communications e.g. via the Internet. Customers today use industry specific market places to switch suppliers with one mouse click. This increased market transparency has triggered a tectonic shift of power to the customer. In addition, the impact of globalization in some industries -- especially services and manufactured goods – has created an extreme abundance of supply, which also is giving more power to the customer and results in intensified global competition.

Increased customer power and intensified global competition have two effects:Increased pressure to deliver innovative products and align business models to ever changing environments.Customers expecting complete solutions for total customer experiences (e.g. Nike is not only delivering sneakers only … but a “jogging-solution” that includes as well an iPod)

Companies join forces within business networks to meet these new market requirements of “Business Agility” in addition to “Operational Excellence”. The resulting transformation of these networks of collaborating suppliers, customers and partners enables co-innovation of solutions that go beyond company, industry, and geography boundaries. SAP calls this paradigm Business Network Transformation. It is about the process by which companies collaborate with partners and customers to improve efficiencies and deliver innovative solutions for competitive advantage.

IT can bring new revenue and growth to the company by having both capabilities – applications for standard business processes and the technology to integrate and change business processes across the business network as part of an integrated business process platform (we will elaborate on the definition later)

Since companies of all sizes are subject to the speed of change, establishing a business processes platform is of relevance of all companies.

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Java Application Server

Robust, enterprise-class Java EE 5 application server

Eclipse Development Environment

SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio: Eclipse based development and modeling environment

Model-Driven Development and Deployment with SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1

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Enterprise Services Repository and Registry (ESR)Software lifecycle management and logistics (NWDI)

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SAP Composite Application Framework (CAF) business object modeling and service composition

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The SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment is based on an enterprise-class Java EE 5 application server as runtime and an Eclipse 3.3-based development environment:

The SAP NetWeaver Java Application Server, an enterprise-class Java EE 5 application server to ensure robustness, scalability, and supportability through features such as configurable session failover, built-in load balancing and cluster support, robust monitoring, and unique supportability of non-functional problems based on SAP's own Java VM features. The server offers full support of the latest Java EE 5 features, such as EJB 3.0, JSF 1.2, Java Persistency API 1.0, Service Data Objects (SDO) 2.1 standard simplifying data programming for applications and frameworks, support for development of standard-based portlets, and a job scheduler implementation. With the Java Connector Architecture (JCA) 1.5 and full Web Services standards support, it enables connectivity to SAP and non-SAP backends and services. Memory Analyzer is a complementary debugging and analysis tool for Java heap dumps (donated to the Eclipse Technology Project).The SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, an integrated Eclipse 3.3-based development environment for the creation of Java-based, multi-tiered composite SOA applications. SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio is built on Eclipse, an open-source tooling platform comprised of extensible frameworks and tools. SAP has enhanced the standard Eclipse functionality with a comprehensive set of design, construction, and modeling tools.

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Model-Driven Development and Deployment with SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1(notes continued)

Customers and partners can already develop and run Java applications in an SOA landscape with this Java-only option. However, integration with software lifecycle management, an enterprise services repository and registry, and an enterprise service bus are mandatory for complex and heterogeneous business application landscapes.

SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Services Repository (ESR) is the central registry and repository in which service interfaces and enterprise services are modeled and their metadata is stored. This includes the metadata repository of all service objects in an enterprise SOA as well as a UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) v3-compliant services registry that supports publishing, classifying and discovering services.Integration with SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) ensure a comprehensive software lifecycle management and transport logistics for all content (including models and code) through the development-test-production landscape.Optional connectivity through a service bus infrastructure and EAI is achieved with SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1

SAP NetWeaver CE also provides a set of model-driven tools for composing services, creating user interfaces, and orchestrating processes that simplify development and increase productivity significantly.

The SAP Composite Application Framework (CAF) is a business-object modeling and service-composition tool, enabling development of new business logic and adaptation of existing enterprise services.SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer provides a model-driven user interface (UI) development tool for transactional and analytical UIs, including the incorporation of voice and mobile interaction into enterprise applications.Web Dynpro allows to build rich user interfaces and data-driven applications while benefiting from graphical tools and code generation that speed up the development process. Web Dynpro clearly separates business and display logic in a model-view-control (MVC) paradigm.SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe add online and offline support for composite formsA Portal is included with SAP NetWeaver CE to offer a single access point for end users and roles through a federated portal network implementationSAP NetWeaver CE provides SAP NetWeaver BPM as a flexible framework for designing and running user-centric collaborative processes and reusable workflows.

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SOA Development Example:Investment Approval Process

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To illustrate a typical SOA development example we use an investment approval process. This process serves as an example for:

Heterogeneity: spans across multiple applications, SAP and non-SAP, Legacy, etc.Flexibility: ability to change composite and core processes according to business requirements.Integration: spans across LoB, Corporate, etc. boundaries and integrates internal and external parties.Openness: based on open standards.Extension using Before-Process.Externalizes Company Policies using RulesTransparency on order fulfillment with regards to change history and time constraints for compliancy.

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ProcessInnovation

ProcessComposition

DiscoveringServices

Enterprise SOA Operations

Enterprise SOA Lifecycle Management

ServiceProvisioning

ConsumingServices

MediatingServices

End-to-End SOA Development Experience

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Enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) provides a blueprint for services-based, enterprise-scale business solutions that are adaptable, flexible, and open. It enables innovation and standardization in a single environment, allowing to deliver new, innovative applications and packaged solutions with the speed and efficiency that the business requires.

Process Innovation – Innovative collaborative processes offer competitive advantage and are a strong driver for enterprise SOA projects.Discovering Enterprise Services – The identification of existing business functionality is a key pillar of an enterprise SOA landscape for maximum reuse and is increasing the value of current systems.Service Provisioning & Governance – Create Services by the help of an established governance methodology to prevent gaps by using tailored self-developed enterprise services.Consuming (Enterprise) Services - Service-enabled assets help to efficiently develop innovative solutions.Process Composition & Execution - From model to execution: bridging the gap between process models and executable processes.Mediating Services - An ESB is the central environment for addressing all kinds of integration challenges extending the reach of enterprise SOA based applications to include legacy and 3rd party systems.Enterprise SOA Operations - The distributed environment of an enterprise SOA landscape can be controlled, administrated, and maintained in one central cockpit.Lifecycle Management - All lifecycle management aspects can be centrally controlled by one environment.

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Java Application Server

Robust, enterprise-class Java EE 5 application server

Eclipse Development Environment

SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio: Eclipse based development and modeling environment

Selected Improvements with SAP EHP 1 for SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1

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Enterprise Services Repository and Registry (ESR)Software lifecycle management and logistics (NWDI)

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NewGraphical, BPMN-based process compositionBusiness rules

ImprovedCAF performance (no MMR)Graphical designer and developer productivity

New / improvedFull BI & ALV support in Visual ComposerWeb Dynpro components in VCVC grid layout / HTMLFlash islands in WD

NewComposite DesignerEclipse 3.3.xVC in Eclipse

New / improvedESR in CENWDI in CE

NewWS-RM & idempotencyGroup configuration

ImprovedJava supportability (MC, deployment, logging, memory analysis)Performance and failover

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Summary: SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1

Provides the scalable, reliable, and productive enterprise SOA infrastructure to build, modify, and run innovative and flexiblecomposite applications

Builds on the industry standard development environment from Eclipse and integrates composition tools

Enables standard enterprise services development and provisioning using Java EE 5 (EJB 3.0) and web services standards

Reduces time-to-value and development efforts through model-driven composition using an integrated set of modeling tools for services, views, and processes

Facilitates out-of-the-box enterprise services and SOA asset reuse with the Enterprise Services Repository (ESR)

Provides a comprehensive software lifecycle management across entire composition stack to reduce TCO

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SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE) is a scalable, reliable, and highly productive development and deployment platform that enables building, modifying, and running composite applications based on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Building on industry standards from Java, Web Services, and Eclipse, it enables Java EE 5 application development and allows for enterprise services consumption and provisioning. An integrated set of model-driven tools for services, UI, and process composition improves developer productivity and reduces the time-to-value.

SAP NetWeaver CE delivers the Enterprise Services Repository (ESR) and allows for reuse of enterprise SOA assets (global data types, enterprise services). It also provides a comprehensive lifecycle management across the entire Java and composition stack. Being part of the SAP NetWeaver integration platform, it reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) to run SOA applications.

More specifically, SAP NetWeaver CE addresses the key pain points of SAP’s customers as they undergo the ERP upgrade and evolve their landscapes following enterprise SOA principles:

Need to improve service to line-of-business end users (e.g. access to information, electronic workflows to replace paper or mail processes), reduce time to deliver and increase flexibility for innovative functionalityDeliver return-on-investment and early benefits for ERP upgrade while protecting investments into existing, highly optimized business applications, Reduce high TCO for applications (due to lack of consistent build / buy / compose approach, fragmented deployment and operations, high degree of customization)

For partners (system integrators / SIs and independent software vendors / ISVs), SAP NetWeaver CE lowers the barrier of adoption with its standards-based, lean, and productive approach and addresses their pain points:

Customer trend towards (semi-)packaged business software and high cost pressure on build / customization projects with strong need to increase developer productivity and to reuse SOA assets (industry-specific services, application templates)Customer standards (e.g. UI, lifecycle management) and consolidation of application platforms in customer landscapesHigh TCO for modifications of solutions (e.g. adaptation of UI, changes to backend connectivity, upgrades)

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Software Downloads for Evaluation and Additional Information

For software evaluation downloads and more information about SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1, please visit our SDN website:

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-composition

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More information about SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE) is available on SAP Developer Network (SDN) on the SAP NetWeaver products site following http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-ce.

Additional information about SOA application development and composition can also be found on SDN in the SAP NetWeaver capabilities section on the Composition page http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-composition. Additional links point to the SAP NetWeaver CE knowledge center, forums, blogs, and documentation.

For software evaluation downloads of SAP NetWeaver CE including the Enterprise Services Repository (ESR), please visit the SDN download website: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-ce-downloads.

Contact SAP NetWeaver Product Management Composition: composition@sap.com

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