MovingMercedes-BenzInterfaceMonitoringtoSAPAIF
Interface monitoring is easier to run when it is part of the SAP standard rather than a separate product to maintain. At Mercedes-Benz, Codemine contributed technical consulting and AIF architecture to the integration team, supporting the move from a third-party monitoring tool to SAP Application Interface Framework (AIF).
Client
Industry
Automotive
Period
2021–2023
Codemine role
AIF architecture, technical consulting and ABAP leadership
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Interface monitoring moved from a separate third-party product into SAP’s own AIF, and the same work showed project teams what AIF could do for a new solution.
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Context
Mercedes-Benz ran its interface monitoring on a third-party product, on an SAP ECC 6.0 landscape. SAP AIF, the standard solution for this task, is also part of the S/4HANA package.
Moving to AIF therefore meant replacing a separate tool with the SAP standard. The work took place in the integration team, together with an upgrade of AIF to a newer enhancement package.
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The challenge
The integration landscape relied on a third-party product for interface monitoring. Moving this capability to SAP AIF meant migrating the existing monitoring setup while also upgrading AIF to a newer enhancement package level.
The migration had to cover demanding scenarios, including interfaces processing large files and SAP PI messages that needed to be processed in the correct order.
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Our approach
- 01
AIF upgrade
AIF was upgraded to a newer enhancement package level, giving the migration a current foundation.
- 02
Migration to AIF
The interface monitoring set up in the third-party tool was moved to SAP AIF, including the AIF setup for the migrated interfaces.
- 03
Heavy file interfaces
Interfaces that process large files were set up in AIF, one of the demanding scenarios the migration had to cover.
- 04
PI message serialization
SAP PI messages that must be processed in a fixed order were serialized, so they arrive in SAP in the right sequence.
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A proof of concept for press machines
In parallel, an ABAP/AIF proof of concept was built for a new greenfield solution for press machines, supported by AIF training and presentations for project teams.
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Results
Interface monitoring moved to the SAP standard
The migration replaced the third-party monitoring tool with SAP AIF.
An upgraded AIF foundation
The AIF enhancement package upgrade was part of the integration scope.
Support for demanding interface scenarios
Work covered heavy file interfaces and PI message serialization.
A proof of concept for new solutions
AIF training, presentations and a PoC supported a greenfield solution for press machines.
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Technologies
SAP AIF · SAP ECC 6.0 · SAP PI · ABAP · File interfaces · Message serialization · Interface monitoring
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