Shipping Line Integration in SAP Event Management

[arun_yesodharan]

Dear Experts ,

I am currently integrating the shipping line with SAP Event Management. Current design is to recieve the events via INTRAA. However my doubt is regarding SAP PI . Do we need a SAP PI system to integrate with SAP EM. Or shall i directly fetch the xml file from TIBCO - the middleware currently in use.

As per my understanding using SAP PI will be adding another layer in between & fetching it directly from the TIBCO folder will be better. Please advise.

[rafael_cano_perez · Accepted solution]

Hi Arun

You can go both ways.

If you use PI then you don't have to do the mapping from the XML INTTRA status updates to EM events, neither you have to manage the processing process, with error and retries management. You will just just receive IDocs or BAPI calls in EM with the events.

If you use EM, then you have to create a job to read the files, manage some kind of processing queue, do the mapping, and post the events locally. In this case, as the EM system is accessing local files, it would be ok. No need to call external system so no security issues.

I have done both ways, and depending on your skills to do XML processing, I would rather go to the EM only approach, as I prefer to have full control. Also the customer might have some specific architecture requirements to use PI.

Hope it helps, regards, Rafael.

[arun_yesodharan]

Thanks Rafael for sharing your thoughts , i was also analyzing if i should go for IDOCs to process the Events from INTRAA or shall i use the EM Webservice? I had doubt on choosing whether IDOC or BAPI , however i feel idoc will be better for error handling as users or support team can rerun the idocs after corrections . I am not sure about how webservices will rate in comparision to EM Webservice.