CPI-DS is a cloud-based data integration tool for batch & scheduled data integration between on-premise applications and the SAP cloud platform. If you all aware about ETL tools such as SAP BODS, MS SSIS, CPI-DS is also ETL tool which operates on Cloud with limited Functionality.
If you aware about SAP IBP, IBP is the one that we are using mostly SAP CPI-DS. IBP runs on Separate server and it needs data to be pumped periodically from SAP ERP or LOB systems.
I will give you a brief introduction about CPI-DS interface
1.
Once you registered with SAP for CPI-DS, you will receive an activation email. You need to activate your
account and once get activated you can see the screen as follows
Organization name is very important. So, make sure to put your
Organization Name as it is mandatory.
2. Once you log
in, following is the screen that you are going to see
3. You can see overall states of the interfaces
with DashBoard
4. One of the important configurations is
DataStores. Here you can define source
systems and target system that you are planning to define as source and target
for your Interface
1 Once all are in place, you can start creating your first Dataflow.
We will discuss more about Dataflows and its operation in next coming section.
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