PTV Logistics Product Forum

Hi folks,

my customer is currently running xServer 1 on Premise, which is used for routing and tour optimization within a custom SAP solution for vehicle and tourplanning. To be able to connect SAP to xServer 1, we are using the PTV xServer Connector by ABAT (only the development component, i.e. API for calling the PTV xRoute and xTour).
Currently there are discussions to upgrade/move to xServer 2. I wonder if there is any comparable solution for xServer 2? Is anyone working with a SAP-xServer 2-scenario?

Kind regards,
Frederik

Hello Frederik!

The xServer1 had a long productive life and many integrators still swear by the features it offered. The recently announced end of maintenance for the xS1 will mean that many solutions will have to access

• PTV xServer 2
• or PTV Developer

in the future.

PTV itself no longer offers SDKs (aka xServer Connector for SAP) for connecting xServer 2 to SAP systems. For SOAP/XML and classic ABAP, xServer 2 SDKs for geocoding and route calculation can be requested from abat AG in Bremen (ptv-xserver-business-connector).

A completely separate topic is multi-resource optimization (aka xTour). PTV has presented a completely new solution for this with OptiFlow and is promoting it intensively as the optimization solution of the future. Whether there will be a xServer 2 SDK for the SAP integration of OptiFlow remains to be seen.

Regards

Rolf

Thanks for the feedback, Rolf! Just let me add some URLs:

• PTV Developer - 100% cloud based collection of PTV API's including
• Route Optimization Opfiflow API (succeeds PTV xTour Internet)
• PTV xServer2 Developers's Guide - generic technical description of "how to establish communication between a client and an xServer 2"

Maybe it is time for a quick update: in the meantime our partner ABAT developed a SAP connectors for xServer2.

Important to know: as of today this connector covers:

• xData2
• xLocate2
• xRoute2

...and...

• further modules such as xCluster2, xMatch2, xTour2 are not covered at this time - let us know if there's specific need!
• xMap2 won't be covered because SAP suports direct integration of xMap2 / REST services

In my opinion we will have to distinguish the following APIs / scenarios:

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Access	OnPremise	Cloud
options	PTV xServer2	PTV Developer
Benefits	Data stays in house Full access to CFL, HPR	Latest APIs Access to highest optimization quality via Route Optimization Optiflow API