Recalling the Benefits and Features

Note

To make reading through the material easier throughout the course, we'll refer to "SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network" as either "Managed Gateway for Spend and Network" or simply "the managed gateway". All of these terms are interchangeable.

In today's digital landscape, businesses rely on efficient integration solutions to connect their data sources, applications, and systems. Managed Gateway for Spend and Network offers a comprehensive platform for fast and easy integration within the SAP ecosystem and beyond.

In this lesson, we'll explore the key benefits and features of the managed gateway. The managed gateway offers several benefits and features that allow businesses to have a smooth integration. From improved connectivity and simplified integration landscape to security, scalability, and developer productivity, the managed gateway lets organizations simplify their integration processes and drive digital transformation. By using the capabilities of the managed gateway, businesses can achieve efficient and reliable integration, ensuring they can stay competitive in today's digital world.

Besides reaping the obvious rewards of integration itself, you'll be able to:

• Connect once using a single sign-on via SAP Business Network or SAP Ariba applications
• Access a unified gateway and tool set to integrate all your source-to-pay processes
• Turn integration into a simple, expandable process
• Speed up formerly resource-intensive processes with work-saving developer tools
• Enjoy a short deployment time with do-it-yourself integration processes and easy upgrades
• Enjoy a fast time to value ratio
• Transform testing speed and efficiency

The features of the managed gateway simplify the integration landscape, improve security, improve scalability, and help developers. These features ensure a smooth operation and helps to drive digital transformation. These features include:

• A self-service Setup Wizard that guides the user through each step of the set up
• Deployment guides that address the deployment details at every step of the way
• A standard mapping repository maintained by SAP; it includes out-of-the-box integrations and supports multiple non-cXML data standards
• Work-saving developer tools, such as Test Connectivity, Custom Mapping Tool, and Document Validator
• Automated testing that allows users to self-test, shorten testing time, and go-live faster
• Monitoring with Transaction Tracker with search filters and the ability to reprocess failed transactions
• Communication protocols for AS2, HTTPS, VAN, and RNIF
• One-click deployment to launch integration projects
• Single sign-on access with permission-based control