Monitoring SAP PI Communication Channels

What is PI Communication Channel?

Inbound or outbound processing of a message in a communication channel which is configured for the adapters in the communication channel.

Depending on the direction of message processing, you require either a sender or a receiver channel.

Sender channel : Defines how an adapter transforms a message so that it can be processed by the Integration Engine during inbound processing. A sender channel contains the configuration data for a sender adapter.

Receiver channel : Defines how an adapter transforms a message so that it can be processed by the receiver during outbound processing. A receiver channel contains the configuration data for a receiver adapter.

Communication channel must be assigned to a communication component or communication party. Depending on whether the communication component is addressed as a sender or receiver of messages, the assigned communication channel has the role of either a sender or a receiver channel, and must be configured accordingly.

Monitoring SAP PI Communication Channels

With the communication channel monitor you can call information about communication channels and administer communication channels that are set up for the selected Adapter Engine.

To monitor the communication channels in PI, Login to SAP NWA choose tab SOA Management → Monitoring →Communication Channel Monitoring as shown the screenshot below

in the next screen go to PI Communication channel monitoring as shown below.

Search with the name of communication channel or the channels with status green, Red or Yellow.

We can start or stop the communication channels from this screen.

Communication channel status in PI

●  Green : Channel is started and functioning without errors.
● Red : Channel is started but errors have occurred.
● Yellow : Channel is started, but inactive.
● Grey  Channel is stopped.
x: Not Available: Adapter is not registered; no information about channel available.