Implementing and Configuring SAP MII: SAP Press

1 ... SAP MII: A New Composition Platform for Manufacturing Integration and Analytics ... 29
... 1.1 ... SAP MII as a Manufacturing Integration Platform ... 29
... 1.2 ... SAP MII as a Manufacturing Intelligence Platform ... 32
... 1.3 ... Application Architecture of SAP MII ... 36
... 1.4 ... Summary ... 38

2 ... Administrating and Configuring SAP MII ... 39
... 2.1 ... User Management and WebAS Administration in SAP MII ... 39
... 2.2 ... System Management of SAP MII ... 45
... 2.3 ... Security Services in SAP MII ... 64
... 2.4 ... Summary ... 69

3 ... Managing Manufacturing Plant Floor Integration with SAP MII ... 71
... 3.1 ... Data Servers: Connecting to the Manufacturing Plant Floor ... 71
... 3.2 ... Message Services: Synchronizing the Manufacturing Plant Floor with the Enterprise ... 96
... 3.3 ... Summary ... 118

4 ... Developing Composite Applications in SAP MII: The Basics ... 119
... 4.1 ... Using the SAP MII Workbench ... 119
... 4.2 ... Configuring Query Templates ... 126
... 4.3 ... Types of Query Templates ... 139
... 4.4 ... Summary ... 152

5 ... Display Templates: Let Your Data Speak ... 153
... 5.1 ... iGrid ... 154
... 5.2 ... iTicker ... 166
... 5.3 ... iChart ... 168
... 5.4 ... iSPCChart ... 191
... 5.5 ... iBrowser ... 221
... 5.6 ... iCommand ... 225
... 5.7 ... iCalendar ... 228
... 5.8 ... Summary ... 229

6 ... Business Logic Transactions: Intelligence in Action ... 231
... 6.1 ... Introduction ... 231
... 6.2 ... Logic, Tracing, and Miscellaneous Functions ... 241
... 6.3 ... Working with XML ... 260
... 6.4 ... Connecting to the Enterprise Systems ... 287
... 6.5 ... Managing the Plant Data ... 311
... 6.6 ... Charts, Animated Objects, and SQC Analysis ... 317
... 6.7 ... Web, Email, and File Handling ... 324
... 6.8 ... Executing BLS Transactions ... 340
... 6.9 ... Summary ... 342

7 ... Animated Objects: Making Dynamic Visualizations ... 343
... 7.1 ... Introduction ... 343
... 7.2 ... Configuring an Animated Object using the SAP MII Workbench ... 344
... 7.3 ... Displaying Animated Objects ... 350

8 ... Web Scripting and Reports: Weaving It All Together ... 353
... 8.1 ... Web Scripting ... 353
... 8.2 ... SAP MII Reports ... 362
... 8.3 ... Customizing Content for Mobile Devices ... 364
... 8.4 ... SAP MII Scripting: Common Use Case Scenarios ... 364
... 8.5 ... Localizing the Web Content ... 374
... 8.6 ... Enterprise Portal Integration: Make the Shop Floor Visible to the Enterprise ... 376
... 8.7 ... Summary ... 381

9 ... Advanced Techniques for SAP MII Composite Application Development ... 383
... 9.1 ... Creating and Deploying a Custom Action Block ... 383
... 9.2 ... Using XPath Expressions in BLS Transactions ... 391
... 9.3 ... Creating Dynamic Queries Using JavaScript ... 396
... 9.4 ... Executing a BAPI/RFC with a Table as an Input Parameter ... 398
... 9.5 ... Using Virtual Servers for Communication Between SAP MII Servers ... 404
... 9.6 ... Autobind and Session Variables in SAP MII ... 407
... 9.7 ... Dynamic Data Exchange Between SAP MII Web Pages ... 411
... 9.8 ... Implementing Role-Based Access to SAP MII Web Pages ... 417
... 9.9 ... SAP MII Services: The Power Behind SAP MII ... 418
... 9.10 ... Summary ... 425

10 ... Implementing SAP MII Composite Applications ... 427
... 10.1 ... Specifying and Designing SAP MII Composite Applications ... 427
... 10.2 ... Solution Architecture of SAP MII Implementations ... 432
... 10.3 ... Troubleshooting of SAP MII Composite Applications ... 438
... 10.4 ... Implementing ISA-95/B2MML in SAP MII ... 440
... 10.5 ... Implementation Scenarios of SAP MII in Manufacturing Industries ... 443
... 10.6 ... Summary ... 446

A ... New Features in SAP MII 12.1 ... 449

B ... The Authors ... 451