The communication management apps allow you to integrate your system or solution with other systems to enable data exchange.
- Predefined communication scenarios are available for different use cases, for example the integration for employee data. Decide which scenario you are going to use to create a communication arrangement.
The communication management apps allow you to establish secure communication between your solution and other systems. The best practice to organize efficient data exchange is to proceed as follows:
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Create communication users for inbound communication according to your needs using the Maintain Communication Users app.
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Create a communication system using the Communication Systems app that represents the system you want to communicate with. If the selected scenario contains inbound services, you select the user for inbound communication that you have created earlier.
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Create a communication arrangement using the Communication Arrangements app. You select the communication system that you have created earlier. The information about the user for inbound communication will be populated automatically. If several users for inbound communication exist for the system, you can select the appropriate one. Otherwise the first user in the list will be selected automatically. If the selected scenario contains outbound services, you have to enter the outbound user information manually.
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Select Save to activate the communication arrangement.
A communication scenario is a design-time description of how two communication partners communicate with each other. It consists of inbound and/or outbound services as well as supported authentication methods. It provides technical information, such as the used inbound and outbound services and their service type, for example OData or SOAP, and the number of allowed communication arrangement instances. If the scenario exposes inbound services, it specifies the authorizations that are required to execute the services. The following types of communication scenarios are available:
Managed by SAP, where SAP provides a ready-to-use communication scenario and you create and maintain a communication arrangement.
Managed by Customer, where you develop a communication scenario and create and maintain a communication arrangement.
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