Michal's Tips: SXMB_MONI vs FEH/ECH vs AIF

[MichalKrawczyk]

In this article I will try to present the main differencies between 3 SAP technologies which are used in SAP integration projects on the SAP backend systems (like ERP, SCM, etc.) for handling interface related errors:

a) SXMB_MONI - standard monitor for proxy messages

b) FEH/ECH - Forward error handling, Error and Conflict Handler - standard SAP tool for enterprise service error solving

c) AIF - Application Interface Framework - additional tool from SAP for interface monitoring

A similar comparision was already done in this article - POV: FEH or AIF or Custom Error Handling - but since then there have been some significant changes in some of those technologies so I believe it's worth to do the comparision once more.

FEH/ECH	AIF	SXMB_MONI
Works for inbound asynchronous services	Works for inbound asynchronous services	Works for inbound asynchronous services
	Works for outbound asynchronous services	Works for outbound asynchronous services
	Works for inbound synchronous services	Works for inbound synchronous services
	Works for outbound synchronous services	Works for outbound synchronous services
SAP Standard services use ECH	Needs to be customized (no coding required)	SAP Standard services use SXBM_MONI
Payload editor	Payload editor	Payload editor based on XML
Manual restarting	Manual restarting	Manual restarting
Automated error resolution based on error type	Very limited automated restarting	Very limited automated restarting
Alerting, Notification	Alerting, Notification also based on content of the message	Alerting, Notification
SXMB_MONI - integration - links		SXMB_MONI - integrated
Data search on the basis of message attributes	Data search on the basis of message attributes from indexed tables
Usage of tips and hints	Usage of tips and hints
	Authorization concept with payload attributes usage
Framework for implementing error handling - only	Framework for implementing all kinds interfaces (IDOC, WS, etc.)
	IDOC monitoring in the same tool (look and feel)
	Own runtime for processing other types of integrations (file, etc.)
	Simple navigation from error to the field level
	Value mapping tables are the AIF standard objects
	Grouping of interface based on defined criteria
	Message mapping tool for additional mapping
	Versions of interfaces
	Customizable application tabs (with own objects)
Does not link to the documents	Customized links to documents	Does not link to the documents
Licence cost - free	Licence cost - Seperate Licence	Licence cost - free

I hope some of you can use this information to determine what kind of error handling tool do you need in your projects.