bdc and bapi

[Former Member]

hi friends,

what is the difference between BAPI and BDC?

Thanks..

[Former Member]

Hi,

Welcome to SDN.

A BAPI is faster because it is updating the DB "directly" through ABAP code.

A BDC with call transaction goes through the whole screen sequence like any user would do, simply put, it is filling screens.

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

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[Former Member]

hi ferry,

your answer is very helpfull.. ( diff bw bapi and badi )

thanks

[RaymondGiuseppi]

Look at help.sap.com <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c7/eff2280d0511d3a6300060087832f8/content.htm">Data Transfer Techniques</a> there you will find some explanations and link on BAPIs, batch input and direct input.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi Amiredeen,

BAPI(Business API) which are actualy remote enabled Function modules, which can be accesed from other R/3 system also.It updates database faster than BDC call session method

More detaisl can be had

1.http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/78/21740f51ce11d189570000e829fbbd/content.htm

2.http://www.sap-img.com/abap/bapi-conventions.htm

While BDC(Batch Data Commincation) , is used to update the database in batches.It has two methods call transaction and call session.

More details can be obtained from

1.http://www.sapbrain.com/TUTORIALS/TECHNICAL/BDC_tutorial.html

2. http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/fa/097119543b11d1898e0000e8322d00/frameset.htm

3.http://myweb.dal.ca/hchinni/sap/bdc_home.htm

4.https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/home/bdc&

5.http://www.sap-img.com/abap/learning-bdc-programming.htm.

6.http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/bdc/bdchome.htm.

7.http://www.sap-img.com/abap/difference-between-batch-input-and-call-transaction-in-bdc.htm

8.http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/69/c250684ba111d189750000e8322d00/frameset.htm

Hope this helps.

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