topic Re: RFC access to Function Module metadata in Application Development and Automation Discussions

RFC access to Function Module metadata

Former Member — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:08:56 GMT

I'm looking for an API that will allow my program to:

1. Get a list of RFC-callable BAPIs available in my R/3 system.

2. Get all the metadata for a particular BAPI. I.e. the list of all the imports, exports and tables and their descriptions.

Are there standard SAP function modules that perform either of these tasks?

What I want to do with task 2 is generate the logic to call the BAPI within my own GUI, and not require my user to go to the SAP GUI and, say, generate an skeleton RFC C program.

Re: RFC access to Function Module metadata

RichHeilman — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:19:42 GMT

Don't know if there is a standard function module. But you can build your own. You just need to read the FUPARAREF table to get the importing/exporting parameters. And the TFDIR table to check if its an RFC.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: RFC access to Function Module metadata

andreas_mann3 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:22:13 GMT

hi,

use class CL_FUNCTION_BUILDER_DATA

Andreas

Re: RFC access to Function Module metadata

RichHeilman — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:34:54 GMT

Here is some sample code to retreive these values from database, implement this code in a custom RFC enabled function module.




report zrich_0002.


data: xattributes type tfdir.
data: isignature type table of fupararef with header line.


parameters: p_func type tfdir-funcname.


select single * from tfdir into xattributes
             where funcname = p_func.

select * into table isignature from fupararef
             where funcname = p_func.


write:/ xattributes-funcname, xattributes-fmode.

skip 1.

loop at isignature.

  write:/ isignature-parameter,
          isignature-paramtype,
          isignature-structure,
          isignature-defaultval.

endloop.

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REgards,

Rich Heilman