Features of PI7.1:
The Enterprise Services Repository and Registry is the central repository in which service interfaces and enterprise services are modeled and their metadata is stored.
It is made up of
* Enterprise Services Repository
* Services Registry: UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration) V3 compliant registry that supports publishing, classifying and discovering services.
1. Web Services Reliable Messaging (WS - RM)
* Asynchronous messaging (EO, EOIO) based on open WS standard
* Native support through Integration Engine (w/o Adapter)
2 Principle Propagation based on SAML
* Forward user context from sender to receiver
* Authorization check in receiving system based on original user
3. High volume support
Message Packing
* Process bulk of messages in one service call (mapping, routing...)
* Reduce context switches
* Enable mass operations on Database.
* For Asynchronous Scenarios
Local Processing in Adapter Engine
* Natural Evolution of Adapter Engine
* Provides mapping , routing to by-pass integration server
* Adapter to adapter communication
* For synchronous and asynchronous scenarios
Major Enhancements for Process Automation
BPEL Adoption
* BPEL4WS 1.1
* WS-BPEL 2.0 preview and implementation
* BPEL4People planned
Human Interaction
* Generic User decision
* Language dependent texts for end user display, enriched with variables.
* Integration Paradigm (design / configuration)
Event Correlation
* Subscription and handling of business process events
* Milestone Monitoring Process definition
Embedded Event Infrastructure
* Collecting, pre-filtering and publication of events across SAP and non--SAP systems.
Major Enhancements for Mapping
Function Libraries
* Re- usable UDF's
Synchronous DB/RFC look-ups
* Use graphical function to model look-ups
Parameterizable Mappings
* Specify mapping parameters at configuration time
Function with multiple results
* Look-up function reads multiple fields
XML Payload Validation
* Validate incoming/Outgoing message against XML Schema
* Forward/Backward error handling
Unified Administration
* Key monitoring functionalities integrated in SAP NW Administrator.
* One place to monitor and administrate SAP NetWeaver
Only ASCS(ABAP SAP Central Services Instance) is supported