Subject: SAP-Business-Connect
In today’s complex enterprise ecosystems, organizations generate massive volumes of data from various sources—SAP systems, third-party applications, IoT devices, and more. However, raw data alone holds limited value without meaningful summarization and aggregation to drive business decisions.
SAP Business Connect, a powerful integration platform, facilitates not only data movement but also enables data aggregation—the process of summarizing and consolidating data to produce actionable insights.
This article explores the concept of data aggregation, its significance in SAP Business Connect, and best practices for implementing efficient summarization within integration flows.
Data aggregation refers to the process of collecting, grouping, and summarizing data points from multiple sources into meaningful summaries such as totals, averages, counts, or complex statistical metrics.
SAP Business Connect is designed to integrate and orchestrate data across heterogeneous landscapes. Aggregating data during these integrations helps to:
SAP Business Connect offers multiple ways to perform data aggregation within integration flows:
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
import groovy.json.JsonOutput
def payload = message.getBody(String)
def json = new JsonSlurper().parseText(payload)
def aggregation = [:]
json.each { record ->
def region = record.region
def sales = record.sales.toBigDecimal()
if (!aggregation.containsKey(region)) {
aggregation[region] = 0
}
aggregation[region] += sales
}
def result = aggregation.collect { region, totalSales ->
[region: region, totalSales: totalSales]
}
message.setBody(JsonOutput.toJson(result))
return message
sum(), count(), avg() can be utilized in mapping or expression steps.Data aggregation is a critical capability within SAP Business Connect that transforms raw data into meaningful summaries, enabling organizations to derive value quickly and efficiently. Whether through built-in functions, message mappings, or custom scripts, SAP Business Connect provides flexible options to implement aggregation tailored to specific business needs.
Mastering data aggregation in your integration flows not only optimizes system performance but also empowers better, data-driven decision-making across the enterprise.
Author: SAP Integration Specialist
Date: May 2025