topic Re: bdc, lsmw , bapi in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/bdc-lsmw-bapi/m-p/974016#M70398 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Karthik,</P><P></P><P>All the 3 can be used for the same purpose.</P><P>BDC - was the first provided by SAP for mass data entry in to SAP Database with Screen checks</P><P></P><P>LSMW - Originated as a 3rd party tool with many more functionalities and ease of use</P><P></P><P>BAPI - Some times the transaction screens changes, in those cases the BDC's fail as they purely refer to the screen elements. BAPI's provide a more consistent way to make entries in SAP systems without referencing the screen elements but still adhering to the underlying business logic, so the data entry is syntactically and semantically correct.</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Gaurav</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:30:39 GMT Former Member 2005-07-23T07:30:39Z bdc, lsmw , bapi https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/bdc-lsmw-bapi/m-p/974015#M70397 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when wil we use bdc ,lsmw, bapi, i mean in which requirement u go for lsmw , bapi , bdc while we upload the data.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 23 Jul 2005 05:39:23 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/bdc-lsmw-bapi/m-p/974015#M70397 Former Member 2005-07-23T05:39:23Z Re: bdc, lsmw , bapi https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/bdc-lsmw-bapi/m-p/974016#M70398 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Karthik,</P><P></P><P>All the 3 can be used for the same purpose.</P><P>BDC - was the first provided by SAP for mass data entry in to SAP Database with Screen checks</P><P></P><P>LSMW - Originated as a 3rd party tool with many more functionalities and ease of use</P><P></P><P>BAPI - Some times the transaction screens changes, in those cases the BDC's fail as they purely refer to the screen elements. BAPI's provide a more consistent way to make entries in SAP systems without referencing the screen elements but still adhering to the underlying business logic, so the data entry is syntactically and semantically correct.</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Gaurav</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:30:39 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/bdc-lsmw-bapi/m-p/974016#M70398 Former Member 2005-07-23T07:30:39Z