What is ABAP Interface?

[Former Member]

Dear All,

What is SAP ABAP Interface?

What are the duties of ABAP Interface Developer?

Regards

[Former Member]

Dear All,

What is SAP ABAP Interface?

What are the duties of ABAP Interface Developer?

Regards

[Former Member]

example of ABAP interface..

1)ole

2)rfc's

Check this ..ABAP interfaces

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/22/042434488911d189490000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/ba/d4c23b95c8466ce10000000a114084/frameset.htm

[Former Member]

Hi davabap,

In interfaces, we have Inbound(Receiving) and Outbound(Sending) interfaces.

This can be done via IDE(Intercompany Data Exchange).

The data is exchanged through IDOCs (Intermediary Documents)

Here are some good links on IDOCs-

<b>ALE/ IDOC</b>

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc

http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419

http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm

http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf

http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf

http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html

http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc

http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419

http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm

http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html

<b>ALE/ IDOC/ XML</b>

http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc

http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_XML_Business_Integration.asp

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm30/helpdata/en/72/0fe1385bed2815e10000000a114084/content.htm

<b>IDOC Convertion</b>

/people/kevin.wilson2/blog/2005/12/07/changing-fields-in-an-idoc-segment

<b>BAPI(Business Application Programming Interface)</b>

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid21_cid558752_tax293481,00.html

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/interview-question-on-bapi-rfc-abap-objects-tables.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/fu033.htm

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

www.planetsap.com/Bapi_main_page.htm

www.sapgenie.com/abap/bapi/index.htm

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid21_gci948835,00.html

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6329-1051160.html#

http://www.sap-img.com/bapi.htm

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

http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiintro.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/e0/9eb2370f9cbe68e10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/3e/ecf226942511d2ad4b080009b0fb56/frameset.htm

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid21_gci948835,00.html

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6329-1051160.html#

http://www.sap-img.com/bapi.htm

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

http://www.allsaplinks.com/bapi.html

http://www.sapgenie.com/abap/bapi/example.htm

http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/teaching/sap_r3/ABAP4/abapindx.htm

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid21_gci948835,00.html

http://www.allsaplinks.com/bapi.html

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Campus/6345/abapindx.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/dd/5009660aa411d2ad1b080009b0fb56/content.htm

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

<b>OLE</b>

http://www.sapgenie.com/abap/ole.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/59/ae3f2e488f11d189490000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCCIOFFI/BCCIOFFI.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/59/ae3cac488f11d189490000e829fbbd/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCFESDE6/BCFESDE6.pdf

<b>RFC Destination</b>

Reward points if you find the links useful.

Regards,

Tanuja.

Message was edited by: Tanuja Sarraju

[Former Member]

Hi,

Interfaces are such pgm/function modules which interact with systems other than current system .

In SAP we have two kind of interfaces:

1.Inbound -> which gets the data from outside and make changes in SAP

2. outbound -> which retrievs the data from SAP and send it for some other system.

we have interfaces for Idocs which process the data usin IDocs.Flat file interfaces which process the data using Flat files.

Regards,

Sumit.

[Former Member]

Hai

Check the following

In ABAP context , interfaces are only of two types.

1) INBOUND interfaces

2)OUTBOUND Interfaces.

INBOUND:(from external system data is fetched as flat files which is moved to SAP database tables).

in this process we get data in the form of flat files(.txt or .xlx). we will read this data from the files using FM like UPLOAD/WS_UPLOAD/GUI_UPLOAD into internal

tables. And using BDC methods or LSMW tool, we will update the database tables with this data.

OUTBOUND:(Data from SAP dtabase is retrieved adn stored as flatfiles on presentaion server or application server)

In this process we retrieve data using select statements from the database tables and will populate the internal tables. based on the requirement, we will use FM like DOWNLOAD/WS_DOWNLAOD/GUI_DOWNLOAD to write data from internal tables to flat files on th presentation server.

*the above mentioned Fm will work for files on presentaion server(local file system) . IF u want to handle files on the application server, use DATASET.

Other technologies that u mentioned like RFC, BAPI, EDI,ALE, IDOCS etc might be used as apart of interface code.

Regards

Sreeni