Well designed interfaces are not enough.
High Quality Interfaces can be achieved with good Documentation & Reporting (Transparency).
Together with a smart Monitoring & Alerting, an interface landscape can reach Zero Downtimes!
WHINT® Interface Management Suite (On-Premise)
WHINT® Interface Management Suite (Cloud)
WHINT® Integration Cockpit (new SaaS-solution)
Solution Comparison
| Feature | Interface Man. Suite (Add-on) | Integration Cockpit (SaaS) |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory | Excel-Documents in SharePoint/SFTP | Interfaces stored & standardized in database (PostgreSQL), browser-based access |
| Enrich Interface Metadata | not available | Add custom fields and tags to interfaces (e.g. RACI or Domain) |
| EAM-Integration | LeanIX, LUY (SAP PO, SAP CPI) | LeanIX, LUY, Hopex Bee360 |
| End-To-End Integrations | not available | create (and auto-generate) sequence of interfaces (e.g. SAP API-M -> SAP CI -> SAP IDOC) |
| Lifecycle Management | not available | create or import planned interfaces (JIRA, SAP Integration Assessment) |
| Reporting | Message Volume Report (SAP PO) Traffic in Interface Catalog (SAP CPI) | Traffic (Count & Performance), Robustness, Adapter Usage, Decommissioning List |
| Documentation | PDF/HTML documents in SharePoint/SFTP | Confluence Integration (in build phase) |
| Checks | Landscape Checks, Quality Checks | Landscape Checks (SAP Cloud Integration: in build phase) |
| Monitoring | Interface Monitoring/Alerting (Messages, Channels, Queues, Certificates) for via E-Mail/Microsoft Teams | not in scope (yet) |
| Data Sources | SAP Process Orchestration SAP Integration Suite SAP ABAP Backend Microsoft Azure | SAP Process Orchestration SAP Integration Suite SAP ABAP Backend Microsoft Azure MuleSoft (in build phase) Solace/SAP AEM (planned) |
WHINT® Interface Transparency for Documentation & Reporting
- WHINT® Interface Catalog (On-Premise) / Interface Catalog (Cloud)
- WHINT® Interface Documentation (On-Premise) / Interface Documentation (Cloud)
- WHINT® MessageVolume Report
WHINT® Interface Control for Monitoring & Alerting
Feature List (Interface Catalog, Documentation, Monitoring)
- Inventory (Excel)
- Integrated Configurations/iFlows, Channels, Configuration Scenarios, TPM, BPM Processes (SAP PI/PO)
- Integration Flows, APIs, Connections, User Credentials, Partner Directory (SAP Cloud Integration)
- API Proxies, Products (SAP API Management)
- Backend Interfaces: IDoc, SOAP, OData, HTTP, QRFC, File (SAP ABAP Backends)
- Queues & Topics (SAP Event Mesh)
- API Services, Proxies, Operations (MS Azure API Management)
- Workflows: Standard & Consumption (MS Azure Logic Apps)
- Queues & Topics (MS Azure Service Bus)
- Topics & System Topics (MS Azure Event Grid)
- Documentation (PDF)
- Configuration Scenarios, NWDS Folders/iFlows with ESR Details, Channels, XSLT & Message Mappings in Excel as Attachment (SAP PI/PO)
- Integration Packages, Value Mappings, Integration Flows with BPMN Details, BPMN-Grafik, Parameter, XSLT & Groovy & Metadata & Message Mappings in Excel as Attachment (SAP Cloud Integration)
- API Proxies with Policies (SAP API Management)
- Reporting (Excel/E-Mail)
- Traffic (SAP PI/PO, SAP Cloud Integration: IS & PO)
- Message Volume (SAP PI/PO)
- Checks (Excel/E-Mail)
- Quality (SAP Cloud Integration)
- Landscape (SAP Cloud Integration: IS & PO, SAP PI/PO)
- Performance (SAP PI/PO, SAP Cloud Integration)
- Runtime (SAP PI/PO, SAP Cloud Integration)
- Alerting (E-Mail)
- Errors: Messages, Channels, Queues (SAP PI/PO, SAP Backends, SAP Cloud Integration, SAP API Management, MS Azure API Management, MS Azure Logic Apps, MS Azure Service Bus, MS Azure Event Grid)
- Error Correlations (SAP Cloud Integration: IS & PO)
- Certificates (SAP PI/PO, SAP Cloud Integration)
- Enterprise Architecture (Integration)
- LeanIX (SAP Cloud Integration, SAP PI/PO)
- Iteratec LUY (SAP Cloud Integration, SAP PI/PO)
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