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Dec 07, 2009 at 08:47 PM

SAP to PI/XI to Extranet as PDF

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The requirement is that SAP is being called from an external website (Sharepoint Extranet), and SAP is sending back fields in one step, and, in another step, a PDF is sent externally for display. I am not quite sure why yet, but the developers are trying to exclude any middleware including XI/PI. We do have PI/XI in house. I have some previous XI experience, my thinking is that using PI/XI would not only enhance the functionality for future requests, but would also take care of some of the heavy lifting for potential issues I've listed below for each requirement.

The requirements and potential issues:

1)From the website a user selects an SAP Order number, calls SAP (RFC/BAPI) sends back a list of all deliveries for the Order Number.

issue: Will authentication to enable log in be less complex if we use PI/XI?

2)From the website the user sends fields to SAP to post a Goods Issue, in return SAP sends back SAPSCRIPT docs as a pdf to the website for display.

issue: Our Sharepoint Extranet Developer is having issues (opening/displaying) the PDF that is being sent to him from SAP as an xstring binary type. Wouldn't the use of PI/XI make it easier to send/display a PDF to a Sharepoint website for display.

I am open to all, or any suggestions related to the 2 requirements above. It just seems to me that PI/XI would make these things easier to do.

Thank-You.