What's the Difference between Conversion programmes & Interface ?

[Former Member]

Hi Folks,

Plz let me know the difference between Conversion programmes & Interface related to BDC concepts. Hey plz give good examples also.

thanks,

Naresh.

[Former Member]

A conversion program transfers the data from your legacy system to the initial transfer file and then converts it into the appropriate structure for the R/3 System.

SAP does not provide a special tool for this step. Therefore either you must create a conversion tool yourself, or use a commercial conversion tool that helps you with assigning and converting different file formats.

The Data Transfer Workbench supports this step by enabling the data definitions of the transfer file or individual structures to be exported into one of the following programming languages:

COBOL

PL-1

C

RPG

You can also write the conversion program using ABAP. If you are using a mapping tool, this step does not apply.

[Former Member]

Hi,

CONVERSION : LEGACY SYSTEM TO FLAT FILE.

INTERFACE : FLAT FILE TO SAP SYSTEM.

Regards

Sudheer