Transcript SAP Enterprise Portals Neeraj Athalye PreSales Manager

SAP Enterprise
Portals
Bikram Dogra
NetWeaver Portal Consultant
Agenda
 What is SAP?
SAP NetWeaver Platform
What is an Enterprise Portal?
SAP Enterprise Portals
SAP Solution Architecture
Summary
What is SAP?
An IT based transaction processing system
Integrated information management and retrieval
Covers strategic and operational requirements of the business
Order to Cash - Sales activity from quotation, to sales order, to shipment, to customer payment
(accounts receivable)
Plan to Produce - The planning and manufacturing process to supply materials and labor to
make our products.
Req to Pay - The requisitioning, purchase orders, and receipt of materials for our business.
Finance/Controlling - Tracks and reports what we had to invest to manufacture and ship these
sale orders, and how much profit we made.
Finance
HR
Manufacturing
Materials
Sales
SAP Business Applications
Supplier
ERP
Customer
Logistics
SD
Accounting
FI
Sales &
Distribution
Financial
Accounting
MM
CO
Materials
Mgmt.
Controlling
PP
AM
Production
Planning
R/3
SM
mySAP
CRM
Service
Management
QM
Quality
Management
EC
Client / Server
ABAP
PM
WF
Plant Maintenance
Human
Resources
Fixed Assets
Mgmt.
Enterprise
Controlling
PS
Project
System
Workflow
HR
IS
Human
Resources
Industry
Solution
Cross
Application
Functions
mySAP
SRM
Agenda
What is SAP?
 SAP NetWeaver Platform
What is an Enterprise Portal?
SAP Enterprise Portals
SAP Solution Architecture
Summary
SAP NetWeaver 2004
Open integration and application development platform for all SAP Products
1 Platform
Synchronized release dates
SAP NetWeaver™
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
…
Portal
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business
Process Mgmt
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
1 Foundation
SAP Web AS 6.40
Collaboration
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
Life Cycle Mgmt
Composite Application Framework
Multi channel access
1 Package
Coherent installation process
1 Set of scenarios
Integrated components
All Apps
Business Suite, partner
solutions and xApps
developed on NetWeaver
Application Platform
SAP Web Application Server
SAP NetWeaver™
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multichannel access
Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Management
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business Process
Management
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
Life Cycle Management
Composite Application Framework
Portal
 J2EE 1.3 compliant Java
server
and ABAP server side by
side
 Zero footprint UI (Browser)
 Model driven UI, patterns
 Highly scalable and reliable,
advanced caching
 OS and DB abstraction layer
Process Integration
SAP Exchange Infrastructure
SAP NetWeaver™
 For both internal and external
process integration
(with SAP and non-SAP)
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multichannel access
Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Management
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business Process
Management
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
Life Cycle Management
Composite Application Framework
Portal
 Prepackaged integration
knowledge
 Third party system integration
based on standards and
adapters
 Cross-component Business
Process Management
Information Integration
SAP Business Intelligence
SAP NetWeaver™
 End-to-end solution for
enterprise-wide BI
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
 Business content for rapid
deployment
Multi channel access
Collaboration
 Fully integrated with portal
 Open architecture
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Management
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business Process
Management
Life Cycle Management
Composite Application Framework
Portal
 95% integration of SAP and nonSAP data
SAP Enterprise Portal Knowledge
Management
 Unified access to multiple
respositories
 Search & classification
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
SAP Master Data Management
 Information integrity across the
business network
 Reduce duplicates
 Get accurate reporting
 Optimize decision making
People Integration
SAP Enterprise Portal
SAP NetWeaver™
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PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multi channel access
Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Management
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business Process
Management
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
Life Cycle Management
Composite Application Framework
Portal
Any source
Any audience
Role-based
Team collaboration
(both real-time &
asynchronous)
SAP Mobile Infrastructure
 Enables mobile apps to run
disconnected or connected
 Built for handheld devices
(Pocket PC, EPOC, Linux…)
and laptops
 Browser or native front-end
 Multiple-backend
connectivity
Composite Application Framework
SAP NetWeaver™
Composite Application
Framework
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
 Basis for development of
composite apps and xApps
Multichannel access
Collaboration
Key Features
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Management
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business Process
Management
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
Life Cycle Management
Composite Application Framework
Portal
 a methodology for building
composite applications
 a model- and metadata-driven
programming model
 aggregated APIs to access
objects and services across
all NetWeaver components
 reusable object models as
well as application and UI
patterns
Solution Manager
SAP NetWeaver™
SAP Solution Manager
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multichannel access
Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Management
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business Process
Management
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
Life Cycle Management
Composite Application Framework
Portal
 Implementation
 Global-RollOut
 Configuration
Synchronization
 Testing
 Landscape Reporting
 Support Desk
 Solution Monitoring
 Service Level Reporting
Agenda
What is SAP?
SAP NetWeaver Platform
 What is an Enterprise Portal?
SAP Enterprise Portals
SAP Solution Architecture
Summary
What is an Enterprise Portal?
An Enterprise Portal provides:
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A single point of access via a web browser to application, contents
and services
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A personalized, role based user interface, customizable to individual
needs
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Simple maintenance based on open and flexible system with no
additional client software
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Secure access from anywhere
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Unification technology and predefined unifiers for database and
legacy systems, which supports users in identifying business issues
and navigating across systems to immediately resolve these issues
Need for Enterprise Portal
The Information Technology landscape in large organization is
complex, and getting more so.
Such landscape are marked by following characteristics:
 Heterogeneous Systems
Dozens to hundreds of separate systems from different vendors require
expensive point to point integration
 Proprietary Technologies and communication protocols
Different business partners have no shared knowledge of business
processes or access to partner’s business information. This endangers
future success
 Complex business environments
These environments contribute to a business nightmare with multiple
dependencies and an average industry cost per year, per interface of
$10,000
Portal – The brief history of time
2002 – Integration Portal
WebServices
2001 – Application Portal
Connectivity Framework
Web
WebServices
content
Transactional
Systems &
Legacy DB
Portal
Engine
Enterprise
Portal
User
Engine
2000 – Exec Dashboard
BI Reporting / Scorecard
2003 – Enterprise Portal
Scalability & Performance
Unstructured
Documents
Data Warehouse
& Analytics
1998 – “Enterprise Yahoo”
HTML Aggregation
BPM
2004 – Ubiquitous Platform
Process Modeling
1999 – Document Portal
Knowledge Management
Need for Enterprise Portal
From Desktop to WebTop
Agenda
What is SAP?
SAP NetWeaver Platform
What is an Enterprise Portal?
 SAP Enterprise Portal
SAP Solution Architecture
Summary
SAP NetWeaver™
Enterprise Portal
SAP NetWeaver™
SAP Enterprise Portal
Powered by SAP NetWeaver
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
 Web-based, role-based, secure
access
Portal
Collaboration
 Integrating any kind of structured
information
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business
Process Mgmt
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
Life Cycle Mgmt
Composite Application Framework
Multi channel access
 The frontend to the SAP World
 Sophisticated navigation
possibilities
 Wide platform support, wide
language support
 Built on open standards
 SAP EP encompasses portal, KM
and Collaboration
Portal Infrastructure
Role-based, …
Portal
Line
Manager
Sales
Manager
…secure…
Authentication
…and Web-based…
SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0
Business
Developer
Single Sign On
…access to any kind
of applications,
information and
services
ERP
CRM
…
Docs*
*covered by KM
Users Need a Personalized Experience
Corporate
Branding
1st level content
personalization: My Role
My Sales Figures
MyWeather
3rd level content
personalization: My iViews
2nd level content
personalization: My Page
Portal
Generating a Role-Based Portal:
The Role Concept
Role
Role
workset 1
workset 2
service 1
service 2
service 3
service 4
A content template consisting of
one or more worksets that model
a typical job
workset 3
service 1
service 2
service 3
service 4
WS2.1
WS2.2
service 1 service 1
service 2 service 2
Portal
Workset
A set of coherent activities that
belong to one or more related
work areas
Service
A (complex) task or service that
is performed in the context of a
workset
The Enterprise Portal uses roles to generate a role-based user
interface, simplifying application and information access.
Collaboration with SAP EP 6.0
Collaboration Room - virtual
workspaces & communities
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Self service set-up
Presence
Room templates
Document & iView sharing
(asynchronous)
 Groupware integration
Real-time collaboration
 Application & Desktop sharing
 Instant Messaging / Chat
Ad-hoc Workflow
Universal Worklist (UWL)
 Central access to all work
items
Unstructured Information has it’s Particular Challenges
Knowledge
Management
Intranet
Web
Shared
Drives
Groupware
Unstructured
Email
Doc.
Mgt.
Structured
85%
Structured Information
(e.g. ERP, etc.)
15%
Source: IBM
Homogeneity Would Be Nice But...
Knowledge
Management
...information is distributed in organizations...
Technically
Organizationally
Semantically
 Web server
 Subsidiaries
 Categories
 File server
 Departments
 Keywords
 SAP systems
 Teams
 DM systems
 ...
 Navigation
hierarchies
 ...
 ...
...and the consequences are
 People do not find the right information
 Related information cannot be connected
 Collaboration and information exchange between people does not work
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KM & Collaboration – Information Loop
Author
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Knowledge
Management
Feedback, Rating
Discussion
Chat*, Application Sharing*
Collaboration Rooms*
Consumer
 Navigation
 Search
 Subscription
 Authoring
 Publishing
 Workflow
SAP Enterprise Portal
Connectors
Distributed
repositories
 Taxonomies
 Classification
 Access Control
Content
Manager
* As part of collaboration capabilities of EP6.0
Agenda
 What is SAP?
SAP NetWeaver Platform
What is an Enterprise Portal?
SAP Enterprise Portals
 SAP Solution Archictecture
Summary
SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 - Architecture
Browser,
Devices
Open Portal Platform
 Support of Internet standards
SAP Enterprise Portal
like LDAP, Java, X.509,.Net,
Knowledge Management
ICE
Unification
XML, JCA, JAAS.
Content
Retrieval&
Real-time
Database
Database
Application
 Web service support
Mngmt. Unifier
Classif.
Collaboration
Unifier
Unifiers
WebDAV
(SOAP, UDDI)
Portal Content Catalog
 Portal services like auditing,
logging, caching, rendering, JDBC
System
Roles
Worksets Layout
iViews
Pages
personalization service.
Landscape
 Open APIs
Technical Portal Services
FTP
 Secure environment
Audit, Log, User Mngmt.
Monitoring
Service
Personaliz.
Service
Caching
Service
Open KM Platform
 Applications around
unstructured information
 People-centric collaboration
 Enterprise content
management
Patented Unification Technology
 Drag&Relate operations
between heterogeneous apps
Notification Rendering
Service
Service
Applications / Repositories
Open Development Platform
 Web-based definition of worksets,
roles, layout, etc.
 Portal Content Studio for code-free
development of portal content
 Portal Development Kit for
developing portal content
LDAP
SOAP
XML
HTTP/
HTTPS
Agenda
What is SAP?
SAP NetWeaver Platform
What is an Enterprise Portal?
SAP an Enterprise Portals
SAP Solution Architecture
 Summary
Thank You
For Further Reading
http://www.sap.com
http://sdn.sap.com
Bikram Dogra
SAP NetWeaver Portal Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Tel: (262) 792-0200 Ext 228
Fax: (262) 792- 0202
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