Integrating sap with web sphere portal

July 2011

Integrating SAP Applications with
IBM WebSphere Portal using
SAP Netweaver Portal Services

Marty Lechleider Guy Bavly
Program Director, Portal Products Director, Product Management, Portal and Enterprise Workspaces
IBM SWG SAP Technology and Innovation Platform
martin_lechleider@us.ibm.com T +972-9-7775550
M +972-54-3388048

Stefan Liesche Aviad Rivlin
WebSphere Portal Industry and Platform Chief Architect, STSM Product Management, Portal and Enterprise Workspaces
IBM SWG SAP Technology and Innovation Platform
liesche@de.ibm.com T +972-9-777-5251
M +972-54-227-7528

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Agenda

Business Drivers
WebSphere Portal SAP Integration Options Overview
SAP Netweaver Portal 3’rd Party Portal Integration
WebSphere Portal SAP Netweaver Portal Integration
SAP Integration on the Service Level
Summary


IBM WebSphere Portal Priorities

Deliver Exceptional User Experiences
Differentiate yourself to your customers
Drive revenue and loyalty with your partners
Enable productive and efficient employee web interactions

Significantly Reduce Costs
Fastest time-to market
Up to 50% in labor and other savings


WebSphere Portal - Seamlessly combine internal & external
Applications and Services

Portal Apps
Role
Personalize Based
Self
Dynami Contextua Conversion
d Service
c Secur l
e Content

Cloud

Social Collaboration

Combined with Web 2.0 & social
capabilities, employee intranets
& partner extranets help drive Consumer
better business outcomes


Integrate SAP with WebSphere Portal

nd SAP Applications and Process to new audiences in a way that can make an impact for your business

WebSphere Portal

Customer
Experiences

Partner
Experiences

Employee
Experiences


IBM is working with SAP to help customers extend value in Key Areas

bine SAP Applications and Processes with Web Content Management, Collaboration and Custom Development from IBM

WebSphere Portal

Content

Collaboration

Heterogenous
Integration and
Custom
Development

SAP
Integration

Portal integration is one of the ways SAP provides / will provide to integrate SAP content in non SAP portal


It starts with being able to leverage your SAP investment with
WebSphere Portal

WebSphere Portal
B u s in e s s S u ite
UI Level Integration
Re-Use of SAP User Interface
U s e r In te r fa c e C o m p o n e n t
( e .g . S A P P o r t a l iV ie w ,
Components
A B A P W e b D y n p ro )
Expose SAP iViews in WebSphere
Portal

Bring Pages and Navigation
B u s in e s s P a c k a g e elements from SAP Business
(P a g e s , W o r k s e ts , R o le s ,
N a v ig a t io n s e r v ic e ,… )
Packages into WebSphere Portal

Deep Integration
Service/API Access Custom
B u s in e s s S e r v ic e User Interface
( m a in ly A B A P , s o m e J a v a )
Create new experiences with SAP
services; integrate with other
services


UI Level Integration Today

Existing approaches to surface SAP UI
elements

iFrames
HTML pass thru
“Integration on the glass” WebSphere Portal

Web App Integrator SAP Portal
Injects WebSphere Portal markup into
SAP Page

WSRP
Custom iViews
SAP Business Packages currently not
available through WSRP

IBM and SAP are working together to improve UI
Level Integration options


Focus and Goal of this Presentation

Goal: to communicate the direction that SAP and IBM are taking to enable the integratio
High Level Summary
The Next major release of SAP Netweaver Portal includes SAP Netweaver Portal Servi
WebSphere Portal will deliver complementary services, enabling customers to smoothly
The following presentation will discuss SAP Netweaver Portal Services and its impleme

Portal Landscape Interoperability and Openness

KEY MESSAGE
Next major the navigation barPortal introduces extended integration capabilities for SAP and non-SAP content, both from and to non SAP
Link in release of SAP NetWeaver – to SAP

Blue
Harmony Key Capabilities
Support of JSR 168/ 286, WSRP 1.0
Support of SAML 1.0 and 2.0
Java EE 5 and Java SE 6 support
Integration of SAP Business Objects
reports via the Portal Integration Kit
Exposing the portal navigation structure
via a dedicated Web Service
Advanced capabilities for consuming
SAP application into 3rd party portals

Integration of SAP Portal navigation (lab preview)
structure into a 3rd party Portal

SAP Netweaver Portal Services Based Portal Integration
Seamless Consumption of SAP UI integration layer to 3rd Party Portal

KEY MESSAGE
Intranetin the navigation fictional customer, based on 3rd Party portal. Home page serves as the single point of entry to Blue employees to c
Link home page of “Blue “, a bar – to SAP

Blue
Blu
Harmony
e
Hom Company
e
Portfolio Employees Services Development Sales Marketing

Related Links
Next Generation Solutions for the Mobile Workforce
Success Stories
HR Direct
Sales Online Recent Project of the
News Month
Training Cost Savings Links
Measures Project “Timeless”
Careers Blue Announces 3rd Quarter
Employee Services Results SAP content integrated into a
Interview with Craig 3rd party portal homepage
Help / FAQ Johnson
Ask the Board Interview Team
Focus Links
Solution
Management Suite
My SAP
Alerts
You have 3 pending purchase orders to approve
Employee appraisal process is now open
APJ
EME Time Report
A
America Title goes
s here Travel Report
Regional News Blue TV
See what happens in your region Take a look at Blue latest digital media Address Book
updates
System News
Find out what are the recent changes in
Blue IT infrastructure Purchase Request

Emergency Numbers

Integration of all UI technologies types

KEY MESSAGE
Integrating SAP Portal content into a third party Portal supports all SAP UI technologies available in the SAP Portal: Transactions, BSP, Web Dynpro J

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Hom Company
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Related Links Portlet name
here
Success Stories Example:
HR Direct Customer Information Transaction integration
Sales Online
Training
Careers Company or Customer “Name”
Employee Services
Help / FAQ

Software Services GMBH
APJ Software Services GMBH
EME
A
America
s

Software Items Software Items

Supported capabilities

KEY MESSAGE
Integrating SAP Portal content into a third party Portal, supports all the SAP Portal functionality (Object Based Navigation, Branding, Session Manag

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Hom Company
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Branding
Related Links Access Customer
Information
Success Stories
HR Direct
Sales Online
Training
Careers
Employee Services
Help / FAQ

Object Based
Navigation
APJ
EME
A
America
s
Session
Management

Seamless Consumption of SAP UI integration layer to non SAP Portal

KEY MESSAGE
Integrationthebe achieved via a bar – to SAP
Link in can navigation deep-linking or non-deep linking (iView specific integration). Deep linking integration provides the capability of int

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Hom Company
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Related Links
Next Generation Solutions for the Mobile Workforce
Success Stories
HR Direct
Sales Online Recent Project of the
Training
News SAP Portal roles
Cost Savings
Month
Links
Measures consumption Project “Timeless”
Careers Blue Announces 3rd Quarter
Results
Employee Services
Interview with Craig
Work Overview Johnson
Ask the Board Interview Team
More info here Focus Links
Me at Blue Solution
Management Suite
Time and Vacation
My SAP
Order and Purchasing Alerts
Goods and Services You have 3 pending purchase orders to approve
Employee appraisal process is now open
It Services
Hardware and Software Time Report
Title goes
Help / FAQ here Travel Report
Regional News Blue TV
See what happens in your region Take a look at Blue latest digital media Address Book
updates
System News
Find out what are the recent changes in
Blue IT infrastructure Purchase Request

Emergency Numbers

SAP Business Packages Integration

KEY MESSAGE
SAP Business Packages inherent service map capability, enables out of the box provisioning of detailed application navigation, for 3rd party portal us

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Hom Company
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Related Links Access Employee Services
Success Stories Integration of SAP
HR Direct Employee Services Options landing page – Service
Sales Online
Map, into 3rd party Portal
Work Overview IT Services
Training More info More info
here here
Careers Hardware and
Employee Services Me at Blue
Software
Conferencin
Help / FAQ More info g
here Connecting to
Time and SAP
Vacation
Life and Work E – Mail
Events
Personal Telecommunication
Data s
Benefits and
Health
APJ
EME Career Success
A Center
America
s Diversity

Order and Purchasing
More info
here
Goods and
Services
Policies and
Guidelines

New UI Level Integration between SAP and WebSphere Portal

WebSphere Portal Integration with SAP Netweaver Portal Services
iView and Page: Supported through
Portal Administration Tools
Navigation: integration of role-based
SAP navigation into WebSphere Portal
Single Sign On (SAML 2.0, Basic Auth)
Corporate Branding – ability to align
WebSphere Portal and SAP

Nothing Extra to Buy – out of the box product level support in
SAP Netweaver Portal and WebSphere Portal
SAP target: Netweaver Portal 7.3
IBM target: IBM Solutions Catalog based on WebSphere Portal 7.0

Future
Solution Catalog

Demo Video


SAP Role Based Navigational Integration
for WebSphere Portal

Role Based Navigation from SA
federated into WebSphere Port

Page from SAP in WebSphere Po

SAP EP content is
available in
WebSphere Portal
without additional
administration


iView Integration for WebSphere Portal

iView within Portlet in WebSphere Portal

single iView integration let you create pages with different layouts for SAP UIs as well as
composites with different SAP and non SAP applications
Single iView integration enables the creation of WebSphere Portal pages with different
layouts for SAP UIs as well as composites with different SAP and non SAP applications

Leveraging Your SAP Investment
Integration of SAP and Navigation in WebSphere Portal

1. WebSphere Portal display of navigation from SAP Netweaver Portal for current user
IBM WebSphere Portal SAP Netweaver Portal

Navigation Feed
1) Authenticated WS
request

Web Service
Inject to
navigation
2) Response with Navigation
part

Dynamic assembly

2. WebSphere Portal display of pages from SAP Netweaver
Portal
IBM WebSphere Portal 3) On SAP content SAP Netweaver Portal
request

4) Integrate content via
iFrame API

SAP Netweaver Portal
Pages

System Landscape Overview
Clien
t
Participants:
IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0.0.1+
SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3 +
Client browser
Optional: TFIM
All the servers need to be part of the same IBM Portal
SSO domain as otherwise cookies will not
be handled correctly by browsers.
SAP

WS-Stack
Important is that clients use the full SSO domain IBM AS Login or Token NetWeaver
when accessing the systems Portal
Client need to have direct access to all
involved servers. Of course a proxy can be
used.

Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM)

SSO Domain e.g. ibm.com


SSO scenarios

An SSO scenario between IBM Portal and SAP NetWeaver Portal needs to be established.
We support two ways for that:
BasicAuthnetication with CredVault or
SAML with TFIM
Credential Vault is the idea of storing user ids and passwords in the Portal database or
custom credential providers/stores. Portal Administration is used for creating such slots.
Using non-admin slots, means user ids and passwords are provided on a per user basis.
These credentials will be used to answer BasicAuthentication challenges from the SAP
system on behalf of the current user. The user credentials are used to authenticate the user
with the SAP system and extract an SAP SSO token.
TFIM provides more flexibility with federations and user mappings and does not require
the user to provide specific credentials for the SAP system to WebSphere Portal. The
SAML 2.0 protocol is used to authenticate the user with the SAP system and extract an
SAP SSO token.


Agenda

Business Drivers
WebSphere Portal SAP Integration Options Overview
SAP Netweaver Portal 3’rd Party Portal Integration
WebSphere Portal SAP Netweaver Portal Integration
SAP Integration on the Service Level
Summary
Q&A


IBM Web Experience Factory

is a key tool
to develop
Exceptional Web
Experiences


Rapidly Build Rich Web 2.0 Experiences


Extend Your Applications to Smart Interfaces


What is Web Experience Factory?
A model based development tool making it easier and faster than traditional coding
Includes 150+ pre-built builders. Examples include:
Standard based Back-end connectors including Rest APIs, Web Services, Databases
Proprietary back-end connectors to systems like SAP, Peoplesoft and Siebel
Pre-built business logic builders for transformation and manipulation of content
Pre-built Front-end builders for building sophisticated mult-channel applications like Ajax and
Dojo Widgets
Common user interface patterns for lists, tables, forms, etc.
Dynamic profiling allowing you to write once deploy on many platforms with minimal effort

Fast Simple development Write once deploy many


Enter... IBM Web Experience Factory:
One tool – multiple platforms, multiple devices Mashups

Desktop
M Web Experience Factory Platforms Browsers

WebSphere Portal

Smartphones
WebSphere
Application Server
Tablets

ONE efficient way to deploy to multiple platforms to be accessed by multiple devices


Builder picker enhancements, to simplify and guide builder selection

s often hard for both novice and experienced Web Experience Factory developer to find the right builder.

to find the right builder for the task at hand, making it much easier and faster to develop solutions.


Web Experience Factory SAP Connectors
SAP Function Call – Call any remote-
SAP BW Data Access – Access SAP enabled SAP RFC or BAPI
BW via XMLA
SAP View & Form - Rapidly create
portlets that leverage any remote-
enabled SAP function or BAPI

SAP Help Values – Easily access
help values used in SAP functions
SAP Batch Input – Execute a batch
input transaction

SAP InfoType - Rapidly create
portlets that leverage InfoTypes


SAP Integration with Web Experience Factory

Web Experience
SAP
Servi
ces SAP
SAP BAPI/

Custo
m
Web SAP ERP/C
RFC
Experience JCo BAPI, RM
Integration
Models Model RF ABA

Publ
ic
P
C

Model-driven accelerated Web Experience development
SOA approach: separation of Web Experience and SAP Integration Service
Multiple Web Experiences can leverage a single Integration Service
Provides SAP service discovery and can map BAPI/RFC to web services
Deep Integration with SAP (building custom SAP services) possible


BAPI,
Web Experience RF
C
SAP
Web Servi
Web ces SAP

Custo
Service

m
ERP/C

Enterpri

Servi

Bus
ces
Experience

se
Integration SAP RM
Models Model Web
JCo ABA
Service

Publ
ic
P

Other Clients Non SAP Apps

Keep middleware related tasks in the ESB layer
Define granular components on the ESB to abstract from the backend
system
Shield Portal from changes in SAP ERP (support packs, fixes, upgrades)
Leverage the power of Portlet Factory to compose UI services in a flexible
manner


Sample SAP Portlets Built with Portlet Factory
Available on the IBM Business
Employee Self-Service Manager Self-Service Solutions Catalog

Time and Attendance Approve Working Time
Work Schedule Approve Leave Request
Record Working Time Team Viewer
Leave Request Team Calendar
Leave Balance Reminder of Dates
Master Date
Pay and Bank Absence Create
Display Basic Pay Location Information
Display Pay Slip Residence Status
Bank Information New Hire
Tax Withholdings (W4) Voluntary/involuntary separation
Job transfers
Personal Information
Job information changes,
Name
Promotion/demotion,
Telephone
Premium pay increase
Marital Status
New Organization Unit
Address
Pay Change
Family Information
Emergency Contacts
Previous Employer
Communications
Education
Display Location Information
Display Residence Status


New Simplified Access to SAP through Project Gateway

Access to SAP through standard REST
interfaces
Announced at TechEd 2010

“The core idea of Gateway is to make life as
easy as possible for developers and users.
Many developers work with integrated
development environments that are standard
but not located within the SAP landscape.
Creating apps in a familiar environment
reduces time and keeps costs down. REST
keeps developers at a distance from the
complex processes in the back end.
Knowledge of SAP or specifically of ABAP
isn’t necessary.”

- taken from Two-Minunte Apps, SAP.Info



Web Experience
SAP
Servi
SAP
ces
REST

Gate
Web

Project
ERP/C

way
Experience Integration RM
Models Model REST

Model-driven accelerated Web Experience development
SOA approach: separation of Web Experience and REST Integration Service
Simplified access to SAP data
No knowledge of ABAP required


New wizards, to provide guidance for building more types of service provider models

Development
just got faster
and easier

novice and experienced developers to start new projects, significantly reduce development time.


Rapidly Integrate SAP Services with WebSphere Portlet Factory

Build Rich composites by
integrating SAP content and
services with other application “on Deliver Rich, Role Based, Composite
Portal Applications
the glass”
REST services
SAP

Embed collaboration, facilitate people
awareness
Provide a seamless user experience by
leveraging Single Sign On to transparently
access disparate back-end systems
Integrate data from multiple back-end
systems by creating composite
applications
Empower business user led customization
Web services
Google Gadgets


Web Experience Factory profiling enables multi-channel rendering
from single code base
Single Application Renders in Smartphones or Desktop

Enables rapid creation of a Smartphones

single application capable of
rendering in a desktop
browser and smartphone
Enables users to access applications
via their preferred channel
Enables the technology organization
to utilize a single technology
product for desktop and mobile
and application creation Sales Orders
Provides ability to optimize Application
user experience based on Model
Desktop Browser
target rendering
environment from single
code base


Web Experience Factory 7.0.1 mobile automation components

Mobile List & Detail Service Consumer wizard for creating
great-looking mobile and multi-channel applications in
minutes.
Data Layout builder for scrolling lists with configurable
options such as thumbnail images and multi-line text with
multiple styles
Mobile Page Navigation builder for native-looking
navigation tabs and lists
Geolocation builder for access to device geolocation
without coding
Mobile UI themes for smartphone-optimized look and feel,
including optional “slide in” effect
Mobile Rich Data Definition library for automatic support
for mobile UI controls such as selectable lists, numeric
keypad input, phone numbers, etc.
Mobile Device Type profile set for multi-channel support


SAP Integration Summary

User Interface Level Integration
iFrames
WSRP
WAI
New: IBM Portal Integrator for SAP – avail 3Q201
Services Level Integration
WEF with SAP Connectors
WEF with WS Connectors and ESB
WEF with REST Connectors and new Project Gateway


IBM Portal: Integration Tools Overview
Components can be built with a variety of tools and skills. Components can be built independently from assembly.

composite applications
Feeds/Atom
Portlet Catalog
Workplace Dashboard
Framework 3270 and iSeries
role- screens via HATS
Gadgets and iWidgets
based
in context
JSR 286
services
WSRP v2.0
process
Component built with
driven 168
JSR
Portlet Factory WSRP v1.0 E-form built with
Forms Designer

Notes applications built SAP iViews Portlet component built WSRP Producer
with Domino Designer SAP Portal Pages with Rational RAD/RSA


Summary

Partners Customers Employees

IBM WebSphere
Portal

SAP Netweaver
Portal

SAP
Web

Web Content
Management
Best of Breed

Collaboration
Service Bus
DynPro

Application
Enterprise
R/3 ERP BS BI R/3
ECC
BW
CRM
…

SAP Systems


For More Information

WebSphere Portal – IBM Site
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/genservers/portal/
WebSphere Portal Information Center
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/zones/portal/proddoc.html
WebSphere Portal Business Solutions Catalog (on Lotus Greenhouse)
https://greenhouse.lotus.com/catalog/home_full.xsp?fProduct=WebSphere%20Portal
WebSphere and Lotus Web Content Management Portal Open Beta
https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/lotus/portalopenbeta/
WebSphere Portal Blog
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/WebSpherePortal/
SAP NetWeaver Portal and Collaboration
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-portalandcollaboration


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