SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI), part of the broader SAP Integration Suite, is a powerful iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) that allows businesses to connect cloud-based and on-premise applications seamlessly. One of the key enablers of rapid integration in CPI is the predefined integration content provided by SAP and its partners. This content accelerates project delivery, reduces implementation costs, and ensures best practices are adhered to across integration scenarios.
Predefined integration content refers to ready-to-use integration packages provided by SAP through the SAP API Business Hub. These packages typically include:
These packages are developed by SAP and SAP-certified partners, offering standard connectivity and data transformations between popular SAP and third-party systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, Salesforce, Ariba, etc.).
Faster Time to Market
Leveraging existing templates avoids the need to build integrations from scratch, enabling faster deployment of integration scenarios.
Standardization and Best Practices
SAP’s predefined content adheres to industry standards and best practices, ensuring scalable and maintainable integration designs.
Reduced Development Effort
Developers can focus on configuration rather than development, minimizing coding effort and associated errors.
Simplified Maintenance
As SAP updates the content based on system upgrades or new features, customers can benefit from ongoing improvements without starting over.
Prebuilt Connectivity
Includes pre-configured adapters and credentials setup, significantly simplifying the connectivity with SAP and third-party systems.
SAP provides access to predefined integration packages through the SAP Business Accelerator Hub (formerly SAP API Business Hub):
From here, you can search for integration packages by:
Open the imported iFlow(s) and provide system-specific configurations such as:
Modify mappings if necessary to accommodate any business-specific customizations.
Using predefined integration content in SAP Cloud Platform Integration drastically reduces the complexity of enterprise integration. It enables organizations to rapidly adapt to evolving business requirements with minimal manual effort. By leveraging SAP’s continuously evolving library of integration packages, businesses can achieve robust, secure, and standardized integration landscapes across heterogeneous IT environments.