BAPI VS FM

[Former Member]

Hai,

can any one tell me difference between BAPI VS FM

Thanks

Shobi

[Former Member]

Hi

Please check these threads

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=294477&messageID=1425246

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=294477&messageID=1762857

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=294477&messageID=1874475

[Former Member]

BAPI->

BAPIs (Business Application Programming Interfaces) are the standard SAP interfaces. They play an important role in the technical integration and in the exchange of business data between SAP components, and between SAP and non-SAP components. BAPIs enable you to integrate these components and are therefore an important part of developing integration scenarios where multiple components are connected to each other, either on a local network or on the Internet.

BAPIs allow integration at the business level, not the technical level. This provides for greater stability of the linkage and independence from the underlying communication technology.

FUNCTION MODULES->

Some dialog steps and functions are required frequently during the realization of application development dialogs. These are available as function modules in self-contained modules. Their use standardizes application dialogs, which in turn simplifies use.

also chk this thread.

Hope this helps.

Manish

[RichHeilman]

A BAPI is a function module which has been remote enabled and is clearly documented in transaction BAPI. BAPIs also do not raise exceptions by design. Usually BAPIs will perform some business object, like "Create a Purchase Order".

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check this,

BAPI stands for Business API(Application Program Interface).

A BAPI is remotely enabled function module

ie it can be invoked from remote programs like standalone JAVA programs, web interface etc..

You can make your function module remotely enabled in attributes of Function module but

A BAPI are standard SAP function modules provided by SAP for remote access.

Also they are part of Businees Objest Repository(BOR).

BAPI are RFC enabled function modules. the difference between RFc and BAPI are business objects.

You create business objects and those are then registered in your BOR (Business Object Repository)

which can be accessed outside the SAP system by using some other applications (Non-SAP) such as VB or JAVA.

FM

Normal FM used internally inside SAP.

Thanks

Manju