Subject: SAP-Business-Connect | Domain: SAP Integration
The evolving IT landscape demands faster, more scalable, and cost-effective integration solutions to connect diverse systems and applications. Serverless integration is an emerging paradigm that enables organizations to build integrations without managing underlying infrastructure, focusing purely on business logic and data flow.
Within the SAP ecosystem, SAP Business Connect supports the development of serverless integration scenarios, empowering enterprises to leverage the agility and efficiency of serverless computing while maintaining robust, enterprise-grade connectivity.
This article explores the concept of serverless integration, its benefits, and how SAP Business Connect facilitates building serverless integrations.
Serverless integration refers to designing and deploying integration flows where the cloud provider automatically manages server provisioning, scaling, and maintenance. Developers write integration logic as discrete functions or event-driven workflows, and the platform handles execution on demand.
Key characteristics include:
Build and deploy integrations quickly without waiting for infrastructure setup.
Automatically handle variable workloads—peak business periods or batch processing—without manual intervention.
Pay only for actual processing time, reducing infrastructure costs.
Developers concentrate on mapping, transformation, and routing without worrying about server upkeep.
Easily connect cloud-native services, APIs, and on-premises SAP systems.
SAP Business Connect provides several capabilities that align with serverless principles:
Define Event Sources
Identify triggers such as HTTP requests, message queues, or file drops that initiate the integration.
Design Integration Logic
Develop transformation, enrichment, and routing steps using SAP Business Connect’s graphical tools or scripting.
Configure Managed Connectors
Use out-of-the-box connectors to interface with SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, or external APIs.
Deploy to Serverless Runtime
Publish the integration flow to the cloud-native runtime that handles execution dynamically.
Monitor and Scale
Leverage built-in monitoring to track performance and allow the platform to scale transparently.
An e-commerce company receives orders through an API gateway. Using SAP Business Connect’s serverless integration capabilities:
Serverless integration through SAP Business Connect offers a modern approach to building agile, scalable, and cost-effective enterprise integrations. By abstracting infrastructure management and focusing on business logic, organizations can accelerate digital transformation and respond rapidly to evolving business demands.
Embracing serverless integration empowers SAP customers to harness cloud-native innovations while maintaining seamless connectivity across their SAP and non-SAP ecosystems.