WHINT® Solutions: Interface Management

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)

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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)

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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

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WHINT® Interface Control for Monitoring & Alerting

• WHINT® Interface Monitoring (On-Premise) / Interface Monitoring (Cloud)
• WHINT® MessageMissing Alert

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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)