Application Interface Framework

### Agenda * Overview and Core Components * Why AIF? * Benefits for IT, Business and Management * How to Develop an Interface - Required Steps * Demo * AIF features

Overview and Core Components

* A powerful framework for interface implementation, monitoring and error handling * A proven solution with approx. eight years of development and customer history * A cross-industry solution with customers from 16 industries

Interface Implementation

* Interface implementation mainly through Customizing menus * Easy access to relevant data or functions of underlying SAP application * Re-use of interface components (e.g. checks, mappings, actions) * Independent implementation and testing of interface components and interface variants

Monitoring and Error-Handling

* Business user monitoring (power user) * Customizable authorizations for interface access * Overview of interface status

Benefits for IT, Business and Management

### Benefits for the IT * Fast implementation of Interfaces * Re-use of components in multiple interfaces * Allows versioning of interfaces * Unification of required skills

### Benefits for the Business * User-friendly Interface Information * Capabilities for mass error handling * Ability to correct errors within their system on User Friendly Screens

### Benefits for the Management * Interfaces with significantly reduced implementation costs * Efficient Interface Monitoring leads to reduced monitoring costs

How to Develop an Interface - Required Steps

### Required Steps * Namespace * Interface * Engines * Structure Mappings * Actions

### [AIF Developer Cookbook](https://www.sap.com/community/topic/application-interface-framework.html)

Demo

AIF features

* Automatic reprocessing * SAP HANA ready * Serialization * OData Support * Analyzer * DSGVO (AIF 4.0)

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