June 2013 Spotlight: SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration PI | B2B | BPM | BRM

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And here is all about Process Orchestration, PI & SOA Middleware, B2B Integration, Business Process Management and Business Rules Management communities in June 2013.

Thanks to everyone who contributed and also thanks to the first time bloggers and contributors! The moderators' team is encouraging you to keep rewarding all the authors whose content you found useful. Also please help us surface great content by commenting and joining the discussion.

Moderators' Picks
SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration – the best is yet to come! In this blog volker.stiehl explains why you should opt in for Process Orchestration as your single Middleware platform from SAP. Also check in detail What is new in SP7 of SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration 7.31 and see all new and continuous investments that make SAP’s Middleware platform best in class.
SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management (DSM) is Generally Available! In this blog eduardo.chiocconi announces the general availability of SAP NetWeaver DSM to all SAP customers. An SAP NetWeaver add-on, based on SAP’s ABAP rules engine BRFplus, SAP NetWeaver DSM provides a cost-effective, simplified alternative to extensive application customization, custom coding, and application-embedded business rules. Read more about SAP NetWeaver DSM here.
Global SAPNetWeaver PI Survey 2013: new record and 4 weeks to go! The survey will be closed on August 24th. Read more in holger.himmelmann2’s latest blog and do not miss to share your feedback. Thanks to everyone who already participated.
Integration with Cloud Applications Using PI Integration with cloud services, e.g. SuccessFactors and Salesforce can bring some challenges.  In this blog, william.li explains the usage of user-defined function in message mapping, an alternative which does not require the use of BPM or ccBPM, but has some limitations.
SAP Operational Process Intelligence on HANA - a boost for process efficiency! Check out sebastian.zick2’s blog for first hand experiences from CubeServ’s participation in the ramp-up of SAP Operational Process Intelligence.
The Process Black Box – SAP Operational Process Intelligence shines a light inside Much talk has been made of what breakthroughs SAP HANA can provide to the world of business in terms of doing things that could not be done before. Read owen.pettiford3 from CompriseIT who believes that sapopint on SAP HANA is just such a product.
SAP Forum in UK & Ireland 2013 was in Birmingham on July 3-4 The SAP Technology forum sapforum turned into a huge success and is on its world tour for 3rd year in a row. See what you have missed and stay tuned for some materials and recordings from the venue.
Process Observer (POB) Direct Event API for Logging Processes from SAP and Non-SAP Systems In his latest blog bernd.schmitt introduces the direct event API which can be used as an alternative to BOR events for Business Suite applications working with Process Observer.

Articles and Blogs
POLL - The need to process incoming MDN messages synchronously The convenience of number range objects by dsannen
What you should know about cancelling a process instance ... by stefan.henke
Using BAdIs to Anonymize User Information in Process Observer (POB) by bernd.schmitt
SAP Process Observer - What is it and how does it relate to other similar tools? by kevin.wilson2
Master Data will always bite you by susan.keohan
How to create individual entries in the (technical) workflow protocol by florin.wach
Weird behavior of standard task TS00007842 (DRAW.EDIT) - solution by sergey.korolev
Custom Workflow Admin by vish.chaudhary
Write Messages to Container when calling an Exception for an Abap Class Method by andrew.curtis
What I learned: SAP Workflow approval process can be integrated with a Java application by sreekanth.krishnan2
Dynamic Multilevel approval Workflow using Block Step by anjan.paul
Handle Multiple User Decision work item Text dynamically in SAP workflow by biswanath.guha
Mapping Errors RWB Alert Subscription BSP Error AS400 JDBC on PI Adding Certificates to PI by tony.massoglia – welcome to SCN blogging, Tony! Keep it up.
Reducing integration effort by leveraging SAP enterprise services part1 Reducing integration effort by leveraging SAP enterprise services part2 by vikas.singh5
How to send a Test Message from RWB by bhargavakrishna.talasila
Java 7 Webstart with SAP PI Integration Builder tools by daniel.graversen
Open PI Initiative (OPI2) – A view “behind the scenes” by denny.schreber
Triggering SLD-registration of PI components by martin.wendler
Versioning in SAP PI - Part 2, the detail by robert.warde4
Autoclient by amarnath.kashinath
IDoc Monitoring: Encryption of Field Contents of IDoc Segments by vadim.klimov
Can’t find interfaces in the associated Business Component (Business Service) by muniyappan.marasamy
Configuring HMRC Interfaces for PI7.31 AAEX by barry.neaves3
POV: Does PI Eliminate the Pains of SAP HR Integration by abhishek.vinayaka
Advantages of Single Java Stack in SAP PI 7.3:-Good News for Java Resouces by abhinav.verma
EOIO in PI 7.31 single stack by vijay.kumar133
When and how to create an scenario in SAP PI without mapping objects by fernando.vignolopena
Step by step guide for MDM to CRM using PI7.31 by rashmi.joshi4
Configuration Of SLD : Creation of Technical And Bussiness System by roshankumar89
Important note for troubleshooting "devline does not exist" error by daniel.li
More Dynamism for the Adapters Please by shabarish.vijayakumar

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Here is the May 2013 Spotlight: SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration PI | B2B | BPM | BRM if you have missed it.