Difference between SPROXY and SE80

[mounikaravilla]

Hi Team,

The concept of SPROXY and SE80 is little confusing. Could anyone please help in understanding when to use SPROXY and when to use SE80.

Additionally please help with usage of SOAMANAGER and SM59. which one should be used and when?

Thanks in advance

[Sandra_Rossi]

I guess it's 2 interview questions to know if you have a little ABAP knowledge, right? You'd better start practicing ABAP if you are interested. There are also lots of answers in the Web if you search a little bit.

[matt]

Why do you think these four transactions are in anyway related?

Your question is not far off "A hammer and screwdriver is little confusing. Could anyone please help in understanding when to use a hammer and when to use a screwdriver.

Additionally please help with usage of a drill and a plane. "

[matt]

SPROXY, SE80 , SOAMANAGER and SM59 are four different programs for performing four different tasks. They are not related in any particular way, so I cannot see how you can be confused about them.

[mounikaravilla]

In the help documents & blogs, whenever there is proxy scenarios ( Consumer & Provider ) people talk about both SE80 And SPROXY.

I understand SPROXY access the ESR objects and create the proxies, the confusion arises when people talk about SE80 the same way.

In both SOAMANAGER and SM59 we define the Consumer webservices (Endpoint URLs).

If we see everything as whole it generally causes confusion on which one to use

[Sandra_Rossi]

mounikaravilla Use the one you want. Did you see any difference between the two? If you are an ABAP developer, you know that SE80 is a transaction code which wraps all other tools.

Concerning SOAMANAGER and SM59, I don't think that saying it's "the Consumer webservices (Endpoint URLs)" help in clarifying anything... It's because you don't explain the context of what you want to achieve exactly. That looks like two interview questions.