Middleware information

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Hi All,

My clinet has ECC 6 and needs to talk to other non-sap systems. I understand that we need to have a middleware to make this happen. I was thinking to implement XI. But i came to know that even to implement XI some hardware procurement is necessary. And we are running out of time. To implement XI itself would be a mini project of 4-6 months (correct me if i am wrong).

Is there any other way to get data into SAP without usage of middleware. Say i need to import customer master, material master, pricing into SAP from JD Edwards and Mainframes.

Can anyone give me all the required details on how to achieve feasible solution on this.

Regards,

Jayant

[Former Member]

Hi Javant,

Some possible integration technologies in SAP with external systems without using PI are:

1. IDOC, the message format is like EDI and use to communicate with any EDI system, SAP system, or 3rd party which can read and process IDOC format.

2. RFC and BAPI, this is used with any RFC client or server, can be used together with Jco for Java or .NET for microsoft

3. Upload and Download using File. The source put the file at the sharing folder and the target picks it up and process it.

4. SAP Connect, mainly for mail and faxing

5. SAP Phone, maily for telephony integration

I think you might want try option 1, 2, and 3.

Regards,

Lim...