PCK against framework

[Former Member]

Hello,

i am looking for some information about the PCK. In fact my main question is why to use PCK instead of a normal XI alone ?

If I understand how it works, PCK is installed on the partner site, and it transforms specific format message in XI-SOAP format and then sends it to the main XI.

In a XI alone landscape it is the adpater engine that transforms the message from specific format to XI-SOAP....

I don't see any special difference into the functionalities. Can somebody help me please ?

Thanks

Thomas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Thomas,

the PCK is used at a partner site to configure the

XI Adapter Engine. In a stand alone XI installation

you will configure adapters in the integration directory.

On a partner site you do not have a integration directory

(only the adapter engine is installed there) so you need

another tool to do the job. That's the PCK. Therefore

you can't see any difference between the integration

directory and the PCK, both do essentially the same job.

Regards,

Hermann

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your answer

Imagine that I am a little enterprise, does there is an interest for me to install PCK ? It needs a server, development, license cost, etc.

Can't I send to my partner a XML or JMS or etc. message and the XI adapter transform it ?

If yes, I don't see an interest for me to install PCK.

I've seen that I can do mapping and routing in PCK, so the main interest for me, is that I can communicate with an other partner of the XI's enterprise. Is this correct ?

I don't know if my question is very clear. In fact, I am searching why to install PCK on a little enterprise.

thanks for your help.

thomas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

in your scenario. How does the XI Adapter at your

little enterprise's site know what to do with that

XML? He has to configure his adapter. And that's where

the PCK comes into the game. Here at SAP our scenario

is that a large enterprise (imaging a large car

manufacturer) has several very small suppliers that

don't want to invest a lot in data exchange. You could

build up a homogeneous environment with them (by forcing

them to by a full-blown XI) or you can supply them with

the PCK where their IT provider can integrate using an

XI adapter.

I hope this makes the intented use clearer (besides there

are a lot of other uses for the PCK).

Regards,

Hermann