Urgent: Need clarification on Guided Procedure (GP)

Dear Guru,
I am researching on concept of Guided Procedure and Process Integration provided by SAP Netweaver. Can anyone clarify me the concept of Guided Procedure(GP) and the differences with Process Integration (PI)? Any useful resources on GP and PI I can learn from? Thank you very much.
Point will be given
Best Regard,
Mr.Nop

Hi,
please check the SAP NetWeaver Developer's Guide on SDN:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/developersguide
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/8b/0b674240449c60e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
The following links might be of special interest for you:
Guided Procedures:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/b1/019742ad14c46ae10000000a155106/frameset.htm
Guided Procedures in general:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/39/198141f906040de10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
Enabling Application to Application Processes
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/cf/128a42f802a01ae10000000a155106/frameset.htm
Enabling Business-to-Business Processes
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/80/c76642804a173be10000000a155106/frameset.htm
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI) in general:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/14/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
best regards
Carsten

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