Assuming a system set-up and operation as described above, all client features of ARIS Process Performance Manager are available. However, there are several server features that may cause problems with the underlying source systems:
LDAP: If you are considering using an LDAP system for user authentication purposes in PPM, the LDAP system must be available via the Internet and directly accessible by your cloud instance. As this configuration is basically impossible in a public-cloud scenario due to security issues, we recommend to use the default PPM user administration. LDAP is not available in this scenario.
SAP-2-PPM extraction: For this data extraction, an SAP system needs to be available either in the cloud or via a direct IP connection outside the cloud in your local network. Both scenarios are basically unable to handle cloud instances.
CSV-2-PPM extraction: All CSV files must be available locally in the cloud instance, which only leaves you with the option to copy the source data into the cloud using FTP, sFTP, SCP, or any other transfer protocol.
JDBC-2-PPM extraction: For this data extraction, any of the supported database systems must be available and accessible through the JDBC standard protocol. If the database is located in the cloud itself or on the same instance, this does not represent a problem. But accessing a database located in your secured local area network is basically impossible because you have to access the database directly via the Internet.
PPM data import: All data either in plain XML or compressed ZIP format must be available locally on the PPM server for the import process. If you do not extract data from source systems also hosted in the cloud or another instance, you are left with the option of transferring the extracted data files to the cloud instance using FTP, sFTP, or SCP (assuming you run an SSH server in the cloud instance).