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Adapter Development

former_member184154
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Hi Guys,

This question will sound weird, but can anyone give me a rough idea of the effort (man days) needed to develop a new PI adapter?

10?

100?

200?

I know the final effort can vary depending on a number of factors but, again, I only need a very rough idea.

Thanks

Alex

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Former Member
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Hi,

could provide you only these two links about this topic:

Regards

Patrick

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prateek
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Hi Alex,

There couldn't be an exact answer to this. However I could try a bit

As u r aiming towards the adapter development, u must be thinking of communication with a system which do not directly communicate with XI.

- The first thing to consider is the skill level of ur resources (manpower). In my opinion, then should be java proficient preferrably J2EE as lot of deploy and debug stuff on our Java based adapter engine.

- Next thing would be technical impementation of your adapter logic. It means the protocol and communication detail for your custom adapter. This may reside in form of the Adapter Module. If you already have this logic implemented, then u will surely reduce 1/4 th of the overall efforts. Again it would a bit depend upon the complexity of the logic involved.

- Then the normal development procedure would begin. Following the help.sap :). Here, SAP provides an option wherein u may ask SAP for their continous review and suggestion throughout the development of adapter. Or if you have some1 with prior such experience, then that would help.

Now with all this in mind and thinking of Best and Ideal situations, the development effort could come somewhere near 150 manhours (my estimate)

Best Regards,

Prateek

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Hi Alex,

I pretty much agree with what Prateek wrote, but I would break down the analysis in two main categories, the what and the who:

What?

What do you actually wish to build? This could range from a relatively simple solution for a particular customer's requirements to a broadly applicable, generic solution relevant for a wide customer range - in other words something suitable for sale as packaged software.

Who?

Who is going to build this? This is mainly a question of figuring out your team's skills. Areas to consider include:

- General Java experience

- J2EE experience

- SAP-specific Java experience, e.g. NWDS, NWDI, WAS APIs, etc

- JCA experience (incl. SAPs extentions)

- Experience with the particular protocol in question including whether you will build from scratch or if you will build on top of an existing library or similar

Remember to not only look at developer resources but also at testing both in terms of the people who will be testing the adapter and in terms of the test environment(s). A generic, full-featured product will require more testing resources and environments than a simple, single-customer solution.

Regards,

Thorsten

former_member184154
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Thank you all guys.

My question actually required much less information than you provided, but that's just fine.

Cheers,

Alex

former_member183906
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Hii

Its very difficult to evaluate mandays for adapter development without knowing details of it.You need to know SDM.

Software Deployment Manager (SDM) is a tool with which you can manage and deploy software packages

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/22/a7663bb3808c1fe10000000a114084/frameset.htm

other discn.