Juggling multiple partners and clients? Streamline your business communications with this guide to electronic data interchange (EDI) in SAP S/4HANA! Begin with an overview of EDI processing and how it works. Next, follow step-by-step instructions for configuring and managing EDIs in your SAP S/4HANA landscape. Customize IDocs, configure SAP Application Interface Framework and SAP Integration Suite, test your EDI solution, and more. This is your one-stop shop for comprehensive B2B integration in SAP S/4HANA!Highlights include:1) Prerequisites2) Environment setup3) EDI standards4) Configuration5) SAP Application Interface Framework6) SAP Integration Suite7) SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)8) Test automation9) IDocs10) APIs

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... Objective of This Book ... 13 ... Target Audience ... 14 ... Structure of This Book ... 14 ... Acknowledgments ... 16 1.1 ... Introduction to SAP S/4HANA ... 20 1.2 ... Architecture and Characteristics ... 25 1.3 ... Deployment Options ... 36 1.4 ... Implementation Options ... 42 1.5 ... Summary ... 46 2.1 ... SAP Strategy and Recommendations for Integration ... 48 2.2 ... Technologies from SAP ... 50 2.3 ... New and Improved Technologies ... 56 2.4 ... SAP Business Technology Platform ... 67 2.5 ... Summary ... 73 3.1 ... Concept and Characteristics of EDI ... 76 3.2 ... EDI Standards for Messages ... 82 3.3 ... EDI Standards for Communication ... 96 3.4 ... Characteristics of the EDI Integration Pattern ... 103 3.5 ... Example Use Case for EDI ... 104 3.6 ... Summary ... 105 4.1 ... Business Process ... 107 4.2 ... Technical Solution Design ... 120 4.3 ... Summary ... 136 5.1 ... Prerequisites Checklist ... 137 5.2 ... Summary ... 148 6.1 ... Readiness of the Technical Components ... 149 6.2 ... Deployment of the Trading Partner Management Package ... 150 6.3 ... Connecting SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP ... 154 6.4 ... Summary ... 181 7.1 ... IDoc Fundamentals ... 183 7.2 ... IDoc Selections ... 185 7.3 ... IDoc Processing ... 200 7.4 ... Handling External Identifiers during IDoc Processing ... 219 7.5 ... Summary ... 224 8.1 ... Enabling SAP Application Interface Framework ... 227 8.2 ... Customizing IDoc-Based Interfaces on SAP Application Interface Framework ... 230 8.3 ... Summary ... 271 9.1 ... B2B EDI on SAP Integration Suite ... 273 9.2 ... Integration Advisor ... 274 9.3 ... Trading Partner Management ... 337 9.4 ... Summary ... 373 10.1 ... Verifying Inbound Processing ... 375 10.2 ... Verifying Outbound Processing ... 392 10.3 ... Negative Testing, Alerting, and Error Handling ... 408 10.4 ... Summary ... 414 11.1 ... Overcoming the Challenges of EDI Testing ... 415 11.2 ... The Value of and Approaches to EDI Testing ... 416 11.3 ... Automated Regression Testing for EDI with Int4 Suite ... 418 11.4 ... Summary ... 458 12.1 ... API Concept and Characteristics ... 459 12.2 ... APIs in SAP S/4HANA ... 471 12.3 ... Extending the EDI Scenario with APIs ... 491 12.4 ... Summary ... 524 13.1 ... Component Versions ... 527 13.2 ... Topics Intentionally or Necessarily Overlooked ... 531 13.3 ... Summary ... 536 ... Contributor ... 537