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Basics
TERP02 SAP ERP: Introduction into SAP NetWeaver> About This Module > Introduction
TERP02 SAP ERP: Introduction into SAP NetWeaver
This module gives you an overview of the components and functions of SAP NetWeaver, the role of SAP NetWeaver in supporting business
processes and its strategic advantages.
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Module Content
Target Audience
About This Topic
This topic explains the various components of SAP NetWeaver, how it supports businesses, and its strategic advantages.
What's in it for me?
Describe the components of
NetWeaver
Explain the Business Processes
supported by NetWeaver
Describe the strategic advantages ofNetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver Integration
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The SAP Business Suite is built on SAP NetWeaver, which allows integration between SAP and non-SAP components and supports integration
with the Internet thereby enabling collaborative business or c-business. In this image you can see that the Business Suite offering combines R/3
as well as ERP components and makes it one complete solution offering in a collaborative business environment.
Apart from cross-industry solutions, SAP also offers 22 industry-specific or IS solutions such as Automotive, Chemicals and more. As you see
here, the SAP Customer Services Network spreads across the entire Business Suite and aims at ensuring that customers achieve maximum return
on their investment with SAP Business Suite.
Sub areas of SAP NetWeaver
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SAP NetWeaver is an open and scalable infrastructure upon which the SAP Business Suite is built. With its ability to integrate with the Internet,
SAPs NetWeaver enables collaborative business. As you see on this slide, NetWeaver provides for a comprehensive integration and application
platform thereby delivering solutions with lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) to the customer. We will see more of the NetWeaver features
in next slide.
SAP NetWeaver Components
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Let us explore the various components of SAP NetWeaver and how it is placed through out the life cycle of software management NetWeaver
enables SAP Mobile Infrastructure SAP Enterprise
Portals SAP Business Information Warehouse Master
Data Management SAP Exchange Infrastructure and
SAP Web Application Server.
It also provides a composite application framework withPeople integration, Information integration, Process
integration, and Application platform. PeopleIntegration uses SAP Enterprise Portal to ensure that
Employees get the information, and access necessary for
efficient work.
Using SAP Business Information Warehouse,
Information Integration ensures that structured and
unstructured information is accessible. Next, to ensure
that all your business processes run smoothly through
your heterogeneous system landscape, SAP exchangeInfrastructure works with XML Data packages and
workflows at the Process Integration level. Finally, the
Application platform supports J2EE and ABAP in asingle environment using SAP Web Application Server.
This guarantees independence between databases and operating systems. Thus SAP NetWeaver
plays a vital role in collaborative e-business.
Integrated System Landscape
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SAP NetWeaver is a complete package of components that works in
harmony to provide solutions for customers integration requirements,
where a single platform is used to integrate information and systems.
More and more SAP applications are making use of the SAP NetWeaverExchange Infrastructure and introducing NetWeaver XI to customer
landscapes. Some of the applications and components that use SAPNetWeaver XI include Extended Applications like xRPM Master Data
Management Supplier, Relationship Management, ERP Central
Component, Customer Relationship Management, and SAP BusinessOne.
Integration and Flexibility with ESA
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Enterprise Services Architecture provides a blueprint for
service-based, enterprise-scale business solutions
solutions that are adaptable, flexible, and open, for lower
TCO. Applications can be created on top of existing
enterprise applications, and served by Enterprise Services
Architecture to increase the value of those systems, and
extend automation to new processes.
ESA expands the concept of Web services to architecturefor business applications. While Web services represent
only a technical concept, ESA is the proposal for
comprehensive and service-based business applications.
Enterprise Services Architecture: Supports all people that
participate in a business process inside and outside of the
corporation, comprises all information that is relevant for
the business process, integrates all systems that are
important for the process. It does this regardless of whetherthe systems involved are SAP or non-SAP, internal or
external.
Properties and Structure of SAP Web AS
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The functional architecture of SAP Web application server contains three separate levels: Presentation level, Application level and integration
level. SAP Web Application Server has a runtime environment for J2EE-based Java programs, the SAP J2EE Engine. This is, in addition, to the
traditional runtime environment for ABAP programs, together with the database SAP Web Application Server forms the Application Platform of
SAP NetWeaver.
SAP Web application server offers:
A multilevel architecture with the SAP Webapplication server a reliable tested runtime
environment for ABAP and Java programs.
High scalability
An independence between Operating System
and databases.
A Convenient development environment.
Support for various protocols like HTTP and
RFC, and The Highest security standards for the
execution of complex business process.
SAP Web AS as Part of Different SAP Systems
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You have seen that the SAP Web Application Server is the application platform of SAP NetWeaver. The functions of different SAP systems like
ECC 6.0 and CRM can be divided into two categories namely, Basis functions and Application functions. For example, if you take ECC, the
SAP ERP central component would be the Application function and the Web Application Server would be the Basis function. In CRM, SAP
CRM would be the application function. Similarly, many SAP software components, such as, SAP BI and SAP SCM, also use the SAP Web
Application Server as its Basis function.
Connecting Different Systems to SAP XI
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SAP XI connects to different SAP and Non-SAP systems. In this example of an integration landscape at a customer site, an SAP R/3 version 3.1,
an SAP R/3 version 4.6C, and a third party system are integrated through SAP XI. The Integration Server also handles the connection to
different Business Partners, as well as, to a Public Marketplace.
Certain adapters are needed in situations where the Integration Server has to exchange messages with an R/3 system. If you want to use SAP XI
to realize a cross-system integration process and if the systems involved are based on SAP Web Application Server 6.20 or higher, you can use
the new SAP XI programming model.
Integrated SAP MDM
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Let us now explore how Master Data Management enables companies to store, augment and consolidate Master Data, while ensuring consistent
distribution to all applications, and systems within the IT landscapes.
MDM uses the technological foundation of the exchange infrastructure, SAP XI, to distribute the data.
Master Data Management features: Content Consolidation Master Data harmonization and Central Master Data Management. SAP MDM
supports a step by step approach to collective Master Data maintenance in a distributed and heterogeneous environment.
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SAP EP Central User Interface
SAP Enterprise Portal is a flexible, reliable, and secure solution that lets you take advantage of all your information assets. Based on open
standards, it integrates any enterprise information source. All your SAP and non-SAP systems, your data warehouse, desktop documents, Webcontents, and Web services are brought together in one single user interface. Portal content is used to empower users to get relevant information,
make effective decisions, take appropriate action, and collaborate with others.
With SAP Enterprise portal, the portal also provides content designed specifically to serve users in various industries and business areas. The
SAP Enterprise Portal provides a role-based, secure Web-based interface to all information, applications and services. Portal roles structure and
deliver targeted content to each end user. A company can structure its business processes and deliver business content according to the needs of
certain user groups.
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Advantages of SAP NetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver has a number of advantages:
Openness and extendibility: SAP NetWeaver features complete compatibility and extendibility with IBM WebSphere and Microsoft .NET(technologies in which companies have made significant investments.) SAP Web Application Server achieves the Operating System and
Database independency for both ABAP and JAVA applications.
Immediate Integration: SAP NetWeaver allows complete integration of people, information, and business processes in companies.
Clear Roadmap: SAP NetWeaver is the technological foundation of all future SAP Solutions.
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Lower total cost of ownership: SAP Web AS protects customer investments. It leverages existing IT investments by integrating different
systems.