SAP NETWEAVER EXCHANGE INFRASTRUCTURE (XI)

SAP NETWEAVER PROCESS INTEGRATION (PI) ADAPTERS

MEASUREMENT
Version

Changes

Date

3.0

New note 1648864

June 2015

1. Short Definition
Licensing of adapters for SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (SAP NetWeaver XI) 3.00 / SAP
NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI) 7.00 or higher release can be licensed based on the
request volume in gigabytes (GB) per month processed by the particular adapter. The size of the payload is
determined in the integration server. Afterwards, the sender and receiver systems are aggregated and
divided into the individual adapter types.

2. Description of Metric
The request size is determined by the payload size of each request that is successfully processed by the
integration server (IS) and, in synchronous cases, the size of the response. This also includes the
attachments. Mapping steps can cause the request size to vary significantly during the processing of the
message in the integration server.
That is why four measurements are made while processing the message:

Request payload size before mapping

Request payload size after mapping
Response payload size before mapping
Response payload size after mapping

(Pl_Req)
(Pl_Req_Map)
(Pl_Resp)
(Pl_Resp_Map)

The payload size of the request is then calculated as:

Payload size (request) = max [Pl_Req, Pl_Req_Map] + max [Pl_Resp, Pl_Resp_Map]

The result of the calculation in bytes is stored in raw data tables. The raw data is then aggregated according
to
Sender system
Receiver system
Processing mode (synchronous/asynchronous)
The aggregates are then stored in separate tables. The aggregation takes place at different steps, on an
hourly, daily, and monthly basis.

3. Definition of objects
The request size processed using a particular adapter is determined by the payload size of an XI/PI request
in the integration server at the time of the measurement. The size of the request is measured four times
while the request is processed in the integration server, see Error! Reference source not found. Error!
Reference source not found.. The measured values are stored in the XI/PI message object. After the
request has been successfully sent using the aforementioned metric, the measured values are combined to
give the total value of the payload size. These values are then saved specifically for each adapter and used
for the system measurement.
The measured payload for XI/PI Adapters will be calculated in Megabyte (MB)
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4. Notes on Measurement
The following adapters are relevant for measurement:
ID

Unit

Measurement*

2608

SAP Adapter Marketplace

Relevant

2611

SAP Adapter RosettaNet (RNIF 2.0)

Relevant

2613

SAP Adapter CIDX (RNIF 1.1)

Relevant

2630

iWay Adapter Swift

Relevant

2631

iWay Adapter Transora

Relevant

2632

iWay Adapter UCCnet

Relevant

2633

iWay Adapter AS1

Relevant

2634

iWay Adapter AS2

Relevant

2637

iWay Adapter Corba

Relevant

2639

iWay Adapter Tibco Rendezvous

Relevant

2647

Seeburger AS2

Relevant

2648

Seeburger OFTP

Relevant

2649

Seeburger VAN Access

Relevant

2650

Seeburger Generic EDI

Relevant

2651

Seeburger Cross Industry (Payment)

Relevant

2652

Seeburger Aerospace & Defense

Relevant

2653

Seeburger Automotive

Relevant

2654

Seeburger Chemicals

Relevant

2655

Seeburger Consumer Products

Relevant

2657

Seeburger High-Tech

Relevant

2658

Seeburger Paper

Relevant

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2659

Seeburger Pharmaceutical

Relevant

2660

Seeburger Retail

Relevant

The following adapters are relevant for measurement. However, the price-relevant metric is not the given
data volume. This serves as an indication only. If a measured value is greater than 0, these adapters are
considered to be in active use.
ID

Unit

Measurement*

2616

iWay Adapter Baan

Indicator

2619

iWay Adapter JDE One World XE

Indicator

2620

iWay Adapter JD Edwards World

Indicator

2625

iWay Adapter Oracle Applications

Indicator

2626

iWay Adapter PeopleSoft

Indicator

2627

iWay Adapter QAD MFG Pro

Indicator

2628

iWay Adapter Siebel

Indicator

2640

iWay Adapter CICS

Indicator

2641

iWay Adapter TMS/IMS

Indicator

2643

iWay Adapter Telnet (3270)

Indicator

2644

iWay Adapter Telnet (5250)

Indicator

The following adapters are included in the standard and are not relevant for measurement.
ID

Unit

Measurement*

2600

Unclear status

Not relevant

2601

SAP Adapter File/FTP

Not relevant

2602

SAP Adapter JDBC

Not relevant

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SAP Adapter JMS

Not relevant

2604

SAP Adapter SOAP

Not relevant

2605

SAP Adapter Plain HTTP

Not relevant

2606

SAP Adapter Mail

Not relevant

2607

SAP Business Connector

Not relevant

2609

SAP Adapter RFC

Not relevant

2610

SAP Adapter IDoc

Not relevant

2612

SAP Adapter RosettaNet (RNIF 1.1)

Not relevant

The following adapters are not part of the standard price list. If one of these adapters was measured, the
relevance of the result must be examined in that particular case.
ID

Unit

Measurement*

2614

Itemfield Conversion Agent

Indicator

2615

iWay Adapter Ariba

Indicator

2617

iWay Adapter Broadvision

Indicator

2618

iWay Adapter Clarify

Indicator

2621

iWay Adapter i2

Indicator

2622

iWay Adapter Lawson

Indicator

2623

iWay Adapter Manugistics

Indicator

2624

iWay Adapter Microsoft CRM

Indicator

2629

iWay Adapter Vantive

Indicator

2635

iWay Adapter BEA WLI

Indicator

2636

iWay Adapter COM+/DCOM

Indicator

2638

iWay Adapter Lotus Notes

Indicator

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iWay Adapter Tuxedo

Indicator

2645

iWay Adapter HL7

Indicator

2646

iWay Adapter MQSeries

Indicator

2656

Seeburger Consumer Products (UK)

Indicator

2661

Seeburger Retail (UK)

Indicator

2662

Seeburger PapiNet

Indicator

* Measurement options are:

Relevant:
Reliable value
Not Relevant:
Not reliable value
Threshold value: The measurement function described serves only to ascertain whether the product is in use or not. If the
threshold is exceeded, the engine is deemed in use.

The PI/XI-Base Engine will be measured via Unit IDs 2320 - 2323.
If the measurement log does not list all adapters used, please implement note 1648864.
5. Information on Measurement Availability
Measurement results are only displayed in the log if both the software component SAP_BASIS and the
application are at the required Support Package (SP) level.
The adapters can only be measured with SAP NetWeaver XI 3.0 or later. For technical reasons, earlier
releases cannot be measured.

Component

Shipment

with Note

SAP_BASIS (SAP NetWeaver XI 3.0)

6.40

SP 18

SAP_BASIS (SAP NetWeaver PI 7.0)

7.00

SP 09

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