Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Introduction to business integration -- 1.1 Why business integration? -- 1.2 Types of integration -- 1.2.1 Data-level integration -- 1.2.2 Application-interface-level integration -- 1.2.3 User interface-level integration -- 1.3 WebSphere Commerce integration options -- Chapter 2. Integration scenarios -- 2.1 WebSphere Commerce integration -- 2.2 JCA-based integration -- 2.2.1 Advantages and disadvantages of JCA -- 2.2.2 WebSphere Commerce and WebSphere Adapters -- 2.3 WebSphere MQ-based integration -- 2.3.1 Point-to-point MQ integration -- 2.3.2 WebSphere MQ Integrator-based integration -- 2.3.3 WebSphere InterChange Server-based integration -- 2.4 Web services-based integration -- 2.4.1 WebSphere Commerce as a service provider -- 2.4.2 WebSphere Commerce as a service requestor -- 2.5 Other integration solutions -- 2.5.1 HTTP-based integration -- 2.5.2 E-mail and file based integration -- 2.5.3 SAP Business Connector-based integration -- 2.6 WebSphere Commerce integration attributes -- 2.6.1 Synchronous and asynchronous communications -- 2.6.2 Direct and indirect connections -- 2.6.3 Point-to-point and multi-point connections -- 2.6.4 Summary of commerce integration attributes -- 2.7 Functions and benefits of the integration family products -- Chapter 3. Integration architectures -- 3.1 WebSphere Commerce architecture -- 3.1.1 Overview of the WebSphere Commerce Server -- 3.1.2 WebSphere Commerce Server components -- 3.1.3 Single-tier architecture -- 3.1.4 Two-tier architecture -- 3.1.5 Three-tier architecture -- 3.1.6 Extended enterprise architecture -- 3.1.7 Run-time architecture -- 3.1.8 Flow of an HTTP request -- 3.1.9 WebSphere Commerce messaging subsystem -- 3.2 SAP architecture.

3.2.1 Key architectural components of SAP -- 3.2.2 Remote Function Calls -- 3.2.3 Application Link Enabling -- 3.2.4 Intermediate Document -- 3.2.5 Business Application Program Interfaces -- 3.2.6 SAP server -- 3.3 WebSphere InterChange Server architecture -- 3.3.1 WebSphere InterChange Server components -- 3.3.2 Sample data flows -- 3.3.3 Collaborations, business objects, and connectivity -- 3.4 WebSphere MQ architecture -- 3.5 WebSphere MQ Integrator architecture -- 3.6 Overview of the integration process -- 3.6.1 Inbound message flow -- 3.6.2 Outbound message flow -- 3.7 Sample architectures -- Chapter 4. Message flow -- 4.1 WebSphere Commerce messaging system -- 4.1.1 Outbound messaging system -- 4.1.2 Inbound messaging system -- 4.1.3 Integration messages -- 4.2 Message flow in different WebSphere Commerce integration solutions -- 4.2.1 Connection with WebSphere Commerce using JCA -- 4.2.2 Connection with WebSphere Commerce using the WebSphere InterChange Server -- 4.2.3 Integration with WebSphere Commerce and SAP R/3 using WebSphere MQ and MQSeries Link for SAP R/3 -- 4.2.4 Integration with WebSphere Commerce and SAP R/3 using WebSphere MQ Integrator and XML Bridge for SAP -- 4.2.5 SAP Business Connector integration with WebSphere Commerce -- 4.3 Message transformation possibilities for different integrations -- 4.3.1 Message transformations using JCA -- 4.3.2 Message transformations using WebSphere InterChange Server -- 4.3.3 Message transformations from MQSeries Link for R/3, WebSphere MQ Integrator, and XML Bridge for SAP -- 4.3.4 Message transformations from SAP Business Connector -- 4.3.5 Message transformations with Web services -- 4.4 Message types -- 4.4.1 XML -- 4.4.2 IDoc -- 4.4.3 SOAP message -- Chapter 5. Installation and configuration considerations -- 5.1 Reference application -- 5.2 Sample topology.

5.3 Installing and configuring WebSphere Commerce -- 5.3.1 Installing WebSphere Commerce -- 5.3.2 Configuring WebSphere Commerce messaging -- 5.3.3 Configuring the WebSphere Business Integration adapter in WebSphere Commerce -- 5.4 Installing and configuring WebSphere InterChange Server -- 5.4.1 Installing WebSphere InterChange Server -- 5.4.2 Configuring the WebSphere InterChange Server queue manager -- 5.4.3 Configuring WebSphere InterChange Server -- 5.4.4 Installing and configuring SAP -- Chapter 6. Developing a new message -- 6.1 Creating and customizing commands: An overview -- 6.2 Creating the new outbound message -- 6.2.1 Customizing the controller or task command -- 6.2.2 Creating the new view and view command -- 6.2.3 Setting up WebSphere Commerce messaging -- 6.2.4 Deploying new resources -- 6.3 Actions to perform in WebSphere InterChange Server -- 6.3.1 Configuring the WebSphere MQ adapter -- 6.3.2 Business objects -- 6.3.3 Mapping in WebSphere InterChange Server -- Chapter 7. Problem determination -- 7.1 WebSphere InterChange Server -- 7.2 WebSphere Commerce -- 7.3 WebSphere Commerce Server and SAP Integration -- 7.3.1 WebSphere Commerce and SAP R/3 integration test -- 7.3.2 Verification procedure in SAP -- Appendix A. Sample code -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover.