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SAP Application Development and Integration
For success and for even survival, today’s companies must develop and roll out applications, with high quality, user experience, and integration, while minimizing risks associated with the rapid development and deployment of applications.
SAP Application Development and Integration
For success and for even survival, today’s companies must develop and roll out applications, with high quality, user experience, and integration, while minimizing risks associated with the rapid development and deployment of applications.
SAPinsider’s benchmark report on Application Strategies and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud discovered that found that the top driver for application strategy is the need to maintain or improve business processes rapidly to support changing needs (50%). The next important driver is the continued demand for SAP and non-SAP applications that connect to core SAP (36%).
Understanding this burgeoning need for developing applications, SAP has bundled several tools in the SAP Extension Suite and SAP Integration Suite which are part of the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP).
To deliver the value proposition, SAP Extension Suite includes components such as SAP AppGyver for low-code development, SAP Business Application Studio for extending business applications, SAP Conversational AI for voice and bot applications, SAP Mobile Development Kit (MDK) for mobile applications, SAP native SDKs for iOS and Android as well as the SAP Fiori design system and design platform for pre-built common applications for thousands of use cases.
This valuable article Extend Your Core Business Applications and Drive Your Business Forward with SAP Extension Suite outlines the various ways in which SAP Extension Suite provides extensibility and walks through the various steps in the process of utilizing it.
ABAP code forms the bulk of the legacy customizations and extensions. As part of SAP BTP, ABAP environments provide ways to develop using the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), leveraging SAP HANA, SAP Fiori, and a cloud-optimized ABAP language with a clear set of released standard APIs. Developers can utilize a development toolset that enables tight integration with Git-enabled lifecycle management that includes ABAP ABAP editors, dictionary, UI painters, function, class, and web app builders.
Skills are always a major issue in development as the above-mentioned report found. SAP Extension Suite offers options of different technologies and programming languages through various options and runtime environments are available on the SAP BTP: ABAP environment, Cloud Foundry runtime, and Kyma runtime.
Almost half of the respondents in SAPinsider research on Application Strategies and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud are planning or evaluating low-code platforms. There is an expectation of significant impact from these platforms such as ability to deliver applications rapidly, reduced IT costs, and enabling industry standards. Read the article “Governance for Low-code Platforms” on recommendations on governance for low-code platforms.
There is an exciting range of applications that are possible in today’s platforms. Companies like ServiceNow and Pillir.io provide a significant set of prebuilt apps in their low-code platforms. Consultants such as Cognizant, cbs Consulting, Capgemini, and TechMahindra can provide the expertise to drive innovation.
What is SAP Integration?
Establishing a single hub of information is vital to arm business leaders at any organization with the real-time information they need to make the decisions that will benefit their organization the most. While IT teams can manually create some connections, integration platforms are often favored as the solutions to keep all facets of the business connected.
These platforms have significant experience in ensuring that data flows throughout the business to the appropriate points while remaining accurate, accessible, and up-to-date. Organizations should ensure that they keep integration in mind when incorporating new applications and systems into their overall SAP landscape.
Organizations should ensure that all solutions they adopt can become part of a consistent software architecture that will accommodate any changes to business processes, new applications, and technological upgrades.
Some business processes require SAP to connect with multiple systems that communicate with SAP in slightly different ways. These systems can function together, as long as the company is able to find an integration layer that goes in between SAP and these systems, allowing the data to flow freely around the entire SAP landscape.
Why is SAP integration important?
SAP integration is vital for organizations across all industries. Nearly half a million organizations use SAP. Their reach extends to more than three quarters of all transactions between business and customers around the world. The massive scope of SAP powers global commerce. To make the most of this scale, organizations must integrate their SAP software and applications to the rest of their system, including their ERP.
Many organizations are turning more towards Software as a Service (SaaS) applications such as Salesforce to help manage business processes. Companies should be aware that the mixture of on-premise and cloud applications can pose a challenge for integrations, and factor that potential issue into any decisions made about which solutions or services they decide to leverage.
SAP Application Integration: Use Cases
Integration is important for all SAP applications to pair with non-SAP applications. Yet there are certain specific scenarios, systems, applications, and functions in which SAP integration is most common. These scenarios are:
CRM applications: Customer Relationship Management is one of the most vital functions of a consumer-facing business. As such, organizations must ensure that they have tight integration between their CRM systems and their ERP systems. Ensuring that customer data is consistent can help avoid improve overall business agility. To do this, organizations need to have a consistent pipeline of information between CRM systems and ERP systems so that financial, performance, and other business data is easily accessible from all parts of the business.
Supplier systems: Just as businesses must have accurate and up-to-date information for their customers, they must also have that same data for vendors. Staying on top of purchase requests, ensuring that all potential suppliers know what raw materials a business needs, and having a single source of truth for all quotes keeps all financial information accurate and ensures continuity through the supply side of the business.
Third party purchase order systems: While it is important to integrate all applications within ones own business, it is also important to set up a system to communicate with partners, such as third parties who operate purchase order systems. Integrating with these valuable organizations can help streamline new purchase orders, automatically enabling businesses to buy necessary materials while keeping all facets of the organization up to date on the process.
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Using CxLink for SAP Data and Applications on AWS
October 13, 2022
There are SAP applications everywhere and in various organizations. Some reside on-premises while others are cloud-based. Databases and documents are everywhere and are very siloed. This webinar presents options for breaking down those siloes using CxLink for SAP data and applications on AWS. Join us to learn how creating integrated and innovative views of your…
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Seven Essential Tips and Tricks for Queries and Tables – Part Two
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Get tips and tricks that will make your day easier and faster in SAP. Learn how to create your own queries, find specific tables, and convert spool requests into PDF files automatically. Part 2 This content is for Basic Access, SAPinsider Monthly Subscription, SAPinsider Annual Subscription, and SAPinsider Premium Annual Subscription members only.Log In Join…
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Seven Essential Tips and Tricks for Queries and Tables – Part One
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Get tips and tricks that will make your day easier and faster in SAP. Learn how to create your own queries, find specific tables, and convert spool requests into PDF files automatically. This content is for Basic Access, SAPinsider Monthly Subscription, SAPinsider Annual Subscription, and SAPinsider Premium Annual Subscription members only.Log In Join Now
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Integration in the Hyper-connected SAP Landscape – Research Report
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Integration in the Hyper-connected SAP Landscape In this report we will discuss integration in the hyper-connected SAP Landscape. SAP landscapes are today, far from monoliths. They are hyper-integrated with a host of applications to SAP to enable seamless business processes and enterprise analytics. This is a colossal task considering the need to integrate with legacy…
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Achieving the “Clean Core” Utopia
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SAP teams have been chasing the “clean core” utopia for decades. Yet, they have not only missed reaching it, but often have also made the scenario worse. SAP customers have often invested heavily in customization, and this has resulted in massive custom code, often with clunky interfaces and limited documentation. Yet, there is significant risk…...…
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Governance for Low-code Platforms
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Low-code governance is about making decisions with consistent, structured criteria to rollout low-code apps to support IT in delivering business goals, so that they generate business value with minimum risks. This content is for Basic Access, SAPinsider Monthly Subscription, SAPinsider Annual Subscription, and SAPinsider Premium Annual Subscription members only.Log In Join Now
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Application Strategy and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud Research Webinar
March 10, 2022
On Demand With digital transformation initiatives maturing and the market presenting an increasing range of new software solutions, IT departments are developing sophisticated application strategies and roadmaps to deliver quality applications rapidly without blowing up budgets. For SAP customers, the critical challenge is how they can monetize their past SAP investments while rapidly deploying applications that…
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How the automation of SAP infrastructure increases operational efficiency and makes room for innovation
Automation is critical to managing the way your SAP business operates. By simplifying change through automation, you gain time and energy to focus on innovation. Register to watch this informative video hosted by Red Hat.
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Master Data Management Best Practices to Maximize Value From Your SAP Deployment
March 01, 2022
Ensuring you have trusted, reconciled, and consistent data across both SAP and non-SAP systems is critical in support of various business processes, applications, and insights. Increasingly, organizations are adopting master data management (MDM) to ensure the integrity of their business processes. However, launching and managing a MDM initiative can be a demanding and complex project. Join…
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Application Strategy and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud Research
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In This Report: With digital transformation initiatives maturing and the market presenting an increasing range of new software solutions, IT departments are developing sophisticated application strategies and roadmaps to deliver quality applications rapidly without blowing up budgets. For SAP customers, the critical challenge is how they can monetize their past SAP investments while rapidly deploying…
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