SAP Process Integration 7.1

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI) provides SOA foundation capabilities for customers. Using SAP NetWeaver PI, customers can leverage enterprise services delivered by SAP and also enable their existing investments in third-party and legacy applications by integrating them into their landscape and also service enabling the functions delivered in these applications.
With the earlier releases, SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.0 and SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure 3.0 (SAP NetWeaver XI 3.0), SAP already offers a broad spectrum of technology covering modeling, design and service bus capabilities.

The new release SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 is a further step towards a comprehensive implementation of SOA technology. SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 mainly leverages functionalities for service enablement and service and process orchestration, and makes available extensive tools and concepts for SOA management. One of the cornerstones of the new release is the Enterprise Services Repository - the central repository where enterprise service definitions are stored and maintained.
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SAP NetWeaver PI provides a wide set of capabilities that are described in detail in the corresponding SAP NetWeaver Capabilities sections, sorted by market category:

• SOA Middleware: Modeling and Design, Service Bus, SOA Management
• Lifecycle Management: Landscape Design, Application Management, Software Logistics
• Security and Identity Management: Secure Collaboration, Identity and Access Management, Infrastructure Security, Software Lifecycle Security

Upgrading Design and Configuration Objects (PDF 2 MB)

This how-to guide explains the relevant tasks to move objects from an Integration Repository or an Integration Directory (based on SAP NetWeaver XI 3.0 or SAP NetWeaver PI 7.0) to the corresponding repository or directory in SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1.