SAP Integration Suite is the component of SAP Business Technology Platform dedicated to system and application integration. If your company uses SAP and needs to connect your ERP system with external applications-cloud or on-premise-SAP Integration Suite is probably the tool you’re looking for, although you may not know it by that name yet.
What is SAP Integration Suite and what does it do
SAP Integration Suite is a cloud integration platform that connects SAP and non-SAP systems through configurable data flows (called iFlow), pre-built connectors for popular systems, and a centralized monitoring environment. It is part of the SAP Business Technology Platform ecosystem and is available as a cloud service managed by SAP.
Before SAP Integration Suite, it was called SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) or HCI. The name change reflects the expansion of functionality: today it is not just about integrating systems, but about API management, event management, message brokering, and ensuring enterprise-scale integration governance.
When it pays to adopt SAP Integration Suite
SAP Integration Suite makes sense when the enterprise has more than a handful of integrations to manage, when existing integrations are difficult to maintain or document, when you are transitioning to SAP S/4HANA and want to redesign the integration landscape, or when you want to connect cloud systems with on-premise systems in a governed manner.
For companies with few simple and stable integrations, a point-to-point approach may be cheaper in the short term. But as the number of connected systems grows, the cost of maintaining point-to-point integrations grows exponentially. Read our in-depth look atSAP systems integration to see when SAP Integration Suite is the right choice.
Key features of SAP Integration Suite
Cloud Integration (iFlow): the core of the platform. It enables the configuration of integration flows with data transformations, service orchestration, and error management, using a low-code graphical development environment.
API Management: allows SAP services to be exposed as governed APIs, with rate limiting, authentication, versioning and analytics on usage. It is essential for companies that want to open their data to external partners or applications.
Event Mesh: allows asynchronous event-based systems to be connected, enabling reactive and decoupled architectures that scale better than traditional synchronous integrations.
Integration Advisor: a machine learning-based tool that helps build data mappings for messaging standards such as EDIFACT, X12 or SAP IDoc, significantly reducing the development time of B2B integrations.
Getting Started with SAP Integration Suite
The typical starting point is an analysis of the current integration landscape: how many integrations exist, how they work, which are the most critical, and what are the main maintenance issues. From this analysis, a migration roadmap to SAP Integration Suite is defined, starting with the simplest or most critical integrations.
Do you have legacy and cloud systems to connect with SAP? Find out how Technis Blu’s SAP BTP Innovation & Integration service can help you. Contact us for an analysis of your integration landscape.
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