Recommended ways to learn XI development

[Former Member]

Hi,

What is the best way for someone that is new to XI to learn XI development in detail?

Are there any practice exercises i can complete?

I did a few scenarios from the SDN wiki, but there are only a few there. Are the demo examples that are installed with XI any good for learning XI development?

Your advice is appreciated.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Pls refer sravya's blog

Aspirant to learn SAP XI...You won the Jackpot if you read this blogs..

Part I /people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/25/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-i

Part II /people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/26/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-ii

Part III /people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

Hope it helps..

Thanks,

vasanth

[Former Member]

Hi Roy,

Welcome to SAPXI.............The below mentioned links will help you in learning XI.

Kindly follow the links and do the excerises in TBIT (explained with screenshots)

TBIT40:

https://websmp109.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT40

TBIT41:

https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT41&LA...

TBIT42:

https://websmp206.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT42&LA...

TBIT43:

http://www50.sap.com/useducation/curriculum/course.asp?cid=60161651

TBIT44:

https://websmp102.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT44

Thanks

Sai

PS: kindly reward points if helpful

[Former Member]

Hi,

Rahter than jumping to any of the weblog:

Brief about XI:

XI is the middle ware tool which is used to integrate the SAP and Non SAP system.

Purpose

SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) enables you to implement cross-system processes. It enables you to connect systems from different vendors (non-SAP and SAP) in different versions and implemented in different programming languages (Java, ABAP, and so on) to each other. SAP Exchange Infrastructure is based on an open architecture, uses open standards (in particular those from the XML and Java environments) and offers those services that are essential in a heterogeneous and complex system landscape:

● Modeling and design of messages, transformations, and cross-component integration processes

● Configuration options for managing collaborative processes and message flow

● Runtime for message and process management

● Adapter Engine for integrating heterogeneous system components

● Central monitoring for monitoring message flow and processes

SAP XI supports internal company scenarios and cross-company scenarios.

XI has following components:

1) Design and Configuration time components http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/0d/5ab43b274a960de10000000a114084/frameset.htm

2) Mappings

3) Adapters

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/0d/5ab43b274a960de10000000a114084/frameset.htm

4) CCBPM

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/0d/5ab43b274a960de10000000a114084/frameset.htm

5) Central monitoring

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/7c/14b5765255e345a9e3f044f1e9bbbf/frameset.htm

Refer all the below links for starter:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e1/8e51341a06084de10000009b38f83b/frameset.htm

/thread/143337 [original link is broken]

1. Aspirant to learn SAP XI...You won the Jackpot if you read this!-Part I /people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/25/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-i

2. Aspirant to learn SAP XI...You won the Jackpot if you read this!-Part II /people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/26/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-ii

3. Aspirant to learn SAP XI...You won the Jackpot if you read this!-Part III /people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

then jump to

1) File-file weblog

2) Proxy-file

3) File-Proxy

4) IDOC-FIle

5) FILE-IDOC

and so on..

chirag

[Former Member]

Hi Roy

If you are new to SAP XI , then its better to read TBIT. Below are the links of TBIT

which are very helpful in understanding the End-to-end process of XI. And you can even do some exercies here which are very helpful.These have some steps by steps exrcises also through which you can learn basic developement> These TBIT series is must for any one want to learn SAP XI

Total certification part also covers from these TBIT series

TBIT40:

https://websmp109.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT40

TBIT41:

https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT41&LA...

TBIT42:

https://websmp206.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT42&LA...

TBIT43:

http://www50.sap.com/useducation/curriculum/course.asp?cid=60161651

TBIT44:

https://websmp102.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=TBIT44

Welcome in Xi

Thanks

Sandeep Sharma

PS if helpful kindly reward points

[Former Member]

Hi,

First of all Welcome to XI,

There is good learning Road Map have decided for XI

Intoduction to XI project

/people/community.user/blog/2007/01/18/steps-for-a-sound-footing-in-your-xi-project

Learning Map

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/xi/learning+map&;

Gratitude for Rocking response on the SAP XI Solid Starter Material…!

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2007/01/05/gratitude-for-rocking-response-on-the-sap-xi-solid-starter-material133

the below link will provide all the related links for step by step scenarios in XI

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

SAP XI Learning Guide

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid21_gci1008087,00.html

SAP‘s Exchange Infrastructure

http://www.omg.org/interop/presentations/2002/sinisa_zimek.pdf

SAP Exchange Infrastructure 3.0 Integrating Heterogeneous Systems with Ease

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/1ebea490-0201-0010-faad-a32...

SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/events/sdn-meets-l...

SAP Exchange Infrastructure for Developers ( This is an excellent website for free pdf book for XI)

http://www.sap-press.de/download/dateien/1191/sappress_exchange_infrastructure.pdf

Exchange Infrastructure : XI Transaction Codes

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/xi/xiTransactionCodes&

A Beginner's Guide to SAP XI Settings part I

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/73527b2c-0501-0010-5398-c4a...

A Beginner's Guide to SAP XI Settings part II

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/6bd6f69a-0701-0010-a88b-adb...

SAP XI AND SLD

http://www.sappro.com/downloads/nov06/XIandSLD.pdf

Exchange Infrastructure Learning Map

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/xi/learning+map&;

SAP Exchange Infrastructure eLearning Catalog(U wil get all downloads regarding XI starting from basics to end)

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/xi-elearning

All Articles on SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure(This website gives al articles on XI)

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/f04b44aa-fe06-2a10-859e-82ad4... [original link is broken]

Mastering SAP Netweaver XI - Programming( PDF Book for XI)

http://www.sap-hefte.de/download/dateien/1241/140_leseprobe.pdf

SAP Exchange Infrastructure 2.0

http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/sap/collateral/SunSAPWP_final.pdf

http://help.sap.com/bp_bpmv130/Documentation/Planning/TechnicalInfrasture.pdf

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/xi

http://tsr.strain.at/space/SAP+XI

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/xi

Thanks

Swarup

Edited by: Swarup Sawant on Apr 10, 2008 5:46 AM

[agasthuri_doss]

Hi,

Go thru the following weblog and try it out, SDN is the best way to study

Following are the links to weblogs which will help to develop the basic scenarios.

/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/08/introduction-to-idoc-xi-file-scenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starters - IDoc to File

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/03/14/abap-proxies-in-xiclient-proxy - ABAP Proxy to File

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/06/01/file-to-jdbc-adapter-using-sap-xi-30 - File to JDBC

/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/14/file-to-r3-via-abap-proxy - File to ABAP Proxy

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/02/introduction-to-simplefile-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart1 - File to File Part 1

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/03/introduction-to-simple-file-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart2 - File to File Part 2

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/06/24/convert-any-flat-file-to-any-idoc-java-mapping - Any flat file to any Idoc

/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/27/rfc-scenario-using-bpm--starter-kit - File to RFC

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/1685 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] - File to Mail

/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/20/dynamic-file-name-using-xi-30-sp12-part--i - Dynamic File Name Part 1

/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/28/dynamic-file-namexslt-mapping-with-java-enhancement-using-xi-30-sp12-part-ii - Dynamic File Name Part 2

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/03/07/mail-adapter-xi--how-to-implement-dynamic-mail-address - Dynamic Mail Address

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/05/25/understanding-message-flow-in-xi - Message Flow in XI

/people/krishna.moorthyp/blog/2005/06/09/walkthrough-with-bpm - Walk through BPM

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/05/22/schedule-your-bpm - Schedule BPM

/people/sriram.vasudevan3/blog/2005/01/11/demonstrating-use-of-synchronous-asynchronous-bridge-to-integrate-synchronous-and-asynchronous-systems-using-ccbpm-in-sap-xi - Use of Synch - Asynch bridge in ccBPM

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/1403 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] - Use of Synch - Asynch bridge in ccBPM

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/08/22/xi-maintain-rfc-destinations-centrally - Maintain RFC destination centrally

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/08/18/triggering-e-mails-to-shared-folders-of-sap-is-u - Triggering Email from folder

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/08/17/outbound-idocs--work-around-using-party - Handling different partners for IDoc

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/08/27/modeling-integration-scenario146s-in-xi - Modeling Integration Scenario in XI

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/08/25/xi-sending-a-message-without-the-use-of-an-adapter-not-possible - Testing of integration process

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/05/25/xi-how-to-add-authorizations-to-repository-objects - Authorization in XI

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/58/d22940cbf2195de10000000a1550b0/content.htm - Authorization in XI

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/09/09/xi-alerts--step-by-step - Alert Configuration

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/09/09/xi-alerts--troubleshooting-guide - Trouble shoot alert config

/people/sameer.shadab/blog/2005/09/21/executing-unix-shell-script-using-operating-system-command-in-xi - Call UNIX Shell Script

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/11/02/overview-of-transition-from-dev-to-qa-in-xi - Transport in XI

/people/r.eijpe/blog/2005/11/04/using-abap-xslt-extensions-for-xi-mapping - Using ABAP XSLT Extensions for XI Mapping

/people/prasad.ulagappan2/blog/2005/06/07/mail-adapter-scenarios-150-sap-exchange-infrastructure - Mail Adaptor options

/people/pooja.pandey/blog/2005/07/27/idocs-multiple-types-collection-in-bpm - Collection of IDoc to Single File

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/17/xi-controlling-access-to-sensitive-interfaces - Controlling access to Sensitive Interfaces

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/10/xi-the-same-filename-from-a-sender-to-a-receiver-file-adapter--sp14 - The same filename from a sender to a receiver file adapter - SP14

/people/prasad.illapani/blog/2005/11/14/payload-based-message-search-in-xi30-using-trex-engine - Payload Based Message Search in XI30 using Trex Engine /people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/24/xi-configuring-ccms-monitoring-for-xi-part-i - XI : Configuring CCMS Monitoring for XI- Part I

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/23/xi-html-e-mails-from-the-receiver-mail-adapter - XI: HTML e-mails from the receiver mail adapter

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/22/xi-faqs-provided-by-sap-updated - XI : FAQ's Provided by SAP

Regards

Sangeetha