Day: March 30, 2018

ICYDK: I am pulling together some API design guidance for some projects I’m consulting on, so I’m spending time reviewing the API design guides by the leading API providers who have published them publicly. Learning from what they are doing across their own companies, organizations, institutions, and government agencies when it comes to sensible API governance.

Today, I am learning from the British food delivery company, Deliveroo, and documenting their guidance for which HTTP status codes should be returned for any API methods that use DELETE: https://goo.gl/VqGew2 #DataIntegration #ML

Every once in a while you will be in a position to solve the challenge of writing and maintaining a piece of professional technical documentation for your product REST API. Building an API is easy, right? Technically speaking it is. The biggest challenge comes when someone has to use your API for the first time. It is then when you figure out that no-one except for the development team understands what the heck is going on behind the scenes. To avoid this potential pitfall, I would like to share our personal experience with our product’s API for sending invoices – Envoice.

1. Planning

Businesses today have complex business processes which expand over different software systems. Today, the most used software systems are not the ones that are offering plenty of functionalities, but, rather, the ones that offer APIs and out of the box integrations with other popular services. Having said that, if you are planning your next venture or already developing a product you will need to spend some time to get the things sorted out and allow your customers to integrate your service as part of their eco-system. There are several aspects you need to consider when preparing for API development, including: https://goo.gl/ruv8hU #DataIntegration #ML

#Technology Huawei released its audited financial results for 2017, reporting solid business growth. The company’s total annual revenue was CNY603.6 billion (US$92.5 billion based on year-end exchange rates), an increase of 15.7% over 2016.  http://bit.ly/2Ig52Tx #Huawei #BigData #AI

As a product manager for SAP Ariba integration solutions, I had the opportunity to validate the latest in Ariba technology solutions with the introduction of the add-on for SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway last week. We had the .  As the growth of business technology continues to accelerate at an exponential rate, it’s critical to ensure your company can keep up. And SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) enabled by SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) makes it easier than ever before.

Whenever a new business software is introduced, a plethora of questions arise: How much will this cost? How difficult will it be to use? Does it add value? With SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, the answers are simple: it’s fast, it’s free, and it delivers remarkable benefits. For years, integration has been the outcast of enterprise technologies that requires lots of time and money, but not anymore. This powerful solution greatly simplifies the process, not just for initial installation but also with future configurations and additional trading partners.

For buyers, SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway has two components. The first is an add-on available on SAP Service Marketplace, where a customer can download the package to install directly into SAP using the standard SAP add-on installation tool (SAINT) transaction – making it an extension of the ERP system instead of a tedious install process. Downloading and installation take just an hour or two, allowing for basic configuration to begin. This initial configuration establishes connectivity with SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway so setup can commence.

The second component is the portal, which transforms integration into a speedy, self-service process. Through a single gateway in the cloud, you get prepackaged mapping content and wizard-based menus that let you easily set up a specific document for testing in just minutes. And once document setup is complete, the document-specific configuration can be finalized in SAP as well.

All configuration for the SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway add-on has been moved to SAP Project Reference Object (SPRO) and categorized, and can be followed top to bottom from the menu for each document type to be exchanged. Once the necessary information for a specific document is finished, voila, the buyer is ready for testing.

The test central feature lets buyers and suppliers on Ariba Network test and deploy documents at their own pace, without being held up by long wait times to “receive” a test file. Sample test cases from buyers allow suppliers to proceed with confidence to integrate with buyers and streamline business processes by eliminating phone calls, faxes, and e-mails.

Through SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, buyers and suppliers can grow their businesses together through process improvements and technology efficiencies – making integration Success As Clean as It Gets! http://bit.ly/2GzF2Wf #SAP #SAPCloud #AI