Create, configure and customize ActiveControl integrations
Integrated IT toolchains powering automated development and delivery workflows are fundamental to the success of agile businesses. ActiveControl’s Node-RED integration framework provides a powerful low-code way to connect SAP software development to the wider IT landscape. Node-RED is an open-source programming tool designed to make it easy to connect APIs and software services, providing a simple browser-based, drag-and-drop interface used to build event-driven integration flows. The Node-RED framework expands ActiveControl’s integration capabilities, providing more choice in how to join ActiveControl to other automation tools.
With this Integration You Can…
Build an Integrated DevOps Tool Chain
Node-RED makes creation of a cross-application development and delivery tool chain – including SAP – easier than ever. Built on Node.js, a widely-adopted Javascript runtime, it can be run on low cost hardware and offers a library of publicly available pre-designed ‘nodes’ for simpler connection between a wide range of common applications.
Automate More of Your Change and Release Process
ActiveControl lies at the heart of an automated SAP change and release process but other tools may be involved, for example for automated testing or team collaboration. Node-RED allows you to build integrations that remove manual involvement from the interfaces between tools, for more efficiency and lower risk. Closer integration also enables full visibility and guarantees gap-free audit trails.
Visualize the Possibilities of Integration
All too often, technical detail makes it hard to picture the possibilities of a fully integrated automated workflow. The ability to quickly prototype flows using Node-RED’s low code interface – perhaps even without any technical set-up in the background – helps to visualize what could be done, and accelerates creation of a more joined-up process.
How Does it Work?
ActiveControl’s Node-RED integration framework provides a browser-based interface that makes it easier to create, configure and customize integrations between ActiveControl and other tools.
Benefits of ActiveControl’s Node-RED Framework
Automation can transform the way SAP systems are maintained, adapted and improved. Node-RED allows easier connection of ActiveControl to other automation tools for even more speed, transparency and efficiency, with less risk of errors.
Reduce errors and discrepancies between tools
Integrated workflows can transform the way you adapt and maintain SAP software by eliminating even more manual effort. Node-RED makes it easier to develop processes that make discrepancies and errors caused by rekeying a thing of the past, and ensure status information stays consistent no matter where you look. Ultimately, more automation means more time spent on work that adds real value.
“In today’s world when continuous delivery is the norm for digital platforms, we really have to find ways and methods to copy that approach into our ERP system.”
Orhan Ozalp
Executive Director, Global SAP Solutions | Interpublic Group
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