topic diff bapi-idocs in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/diff-bapi-idocs/m-p/2435629#M544788 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>what is the difference between BAPI and IDOCS?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:31:19 GMT Former Member 2007-06-21T14:31:19Z diff bapi-idocs https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/diff-bapi-idocs/m-p/2435629#M544788 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>what is the difference between BAPI and IDOCS?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:31:19 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/diff-bapi-idocs/m-p/2435629#M544788 Former Member 2007-06-21T14:31:19Z Re: diff bapi-idocs https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/diff-bapi-idocs/m-p/2435630#M544789 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi ramnaryana,</P><P></P><P></P><P>1. Bapi is nothing but simple FM (just RFC enabled)</P><P></P><P> It is called, and data gets posted immediately.</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>2. Where as in idocs,</P><P> some setup (ale setup) is required between two servers,</P><P></P><P> moreover, the data to be posted,</P><P> gets saved in the database (in the form of idoc)</P><P></P><P> afterwards, some processing happpens, and after that, </P><P> the data gets posted.</P><P></P><P></P><P>regards,</P><P>amit m.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:43:48 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/diff-bapi-idocs/m-p/2435630#M544789 Former Member 2007-06-21T14:43:48Z