SAP® R/3® Interfacing using BAPIs: A practical guide to working within the SAP® Business Framework

by Gerd Moser

Overview

The book gives a comprehensive introduction to SAP's Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs). In the first section, it describes all important terms behind this successful new SAP®-Technology. It then describes a recommendable procedure for introducing and implementing a connection between SAP® R/3® and, for example, Lotus Notes. With the help of a generic customer-order process, the potential for this kind of combination is shown simply and comprehensively. The book is supported by an enclosed CD, which contains Lotus Screencams for better visualisation of this technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783322895547
Publisher:	Vieweg+Teubner Verlag
Publication date:	06/29/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Gerd Moser ist als Wirtschaftsinformatiker bei einer renommierten Unternehmensberatung (PricewaterhouseCoopers) mit SAP®-Einführungsprojekten im Bereich Verteilte Applikationen (ALE, BAPIs) beschäftigt.

Gerd Moser works as an IT specialist on SAP® projects, for one of the leading Management Consulting Companies (PricewaterhouseCoopers) with the focus on Distributed Applications (ALE, BAPIs).

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Groupware and related Terminologies.- 2.1 Groupware and Computer-Supported Co-operative Work.- 2.2 Workgroup Computing.- 2.3. Workflow and Workflow Management.- 2.4 CSCW, Groupware, Workgroup Computing and Workflow Management.- 2.5 Lotus Notes 4.5.- 2.6 Benefits of Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino.- 3 Corporate Applications.- 3.1 The historical development.- 3.2 Some facts about SAP.- 3.3 SAP R/3 Functionality.- 3.4 Other SAP Products.- 4 SAP R/3 Interfaces.- 4.1 R/3 Interface Architecture.- 5 Lotus Notes and SAP R/3.- 5.1 Lotus Notes Database versus a RDBMS.- 5.2 The combination of Notes and R/3.- 5.3 Integration Technologies.- 5.4 Possible Scenarios.- 6 LotusScript and LotusScript Extensions.- 6.1 Object-Oriented Terminology.- 6.2 The LotusScript Extension for SAP R/3.- 7 Business Framework Architecture.- 7.1 Business Components and BOR.- 7.2 The SAP Business Object.- 8 Business Application Programming Interfaces.- 8.1 BAPI Definition.- 8.2 Function Modules in the Function Library.- 8.3 The BAPI Interface.- 8.4 The Remote Function Call (RFC).- 8.5 The Transactional RFC (tRFC).- 9 Application Link Enabling (ALE).- 9.1 Definition of ALE.- 92 Implementation Benefits.- 9.3 ALE Layers.- 9.4 ALE and BAPIs.- 10 Prototype — Design.- 10.1 Customer centric services.- 10.2 The Prototype.- 10.3 TES Application Overview.- 11 Prototype — Technical Description.- 11.1 How to use LSX for SAP R/3.- 11.2 Connections to a R/3 System via OLE.- 11.3 Customized RFC Functions.- 12 Conclusion.- 12.1 Lessons Learned.- 12.2 Future Perspectives.- Appendix A: BAPI Catalogue.- Appendix B: Glossary.

Editorial Reviews

"Diese 98 DM haben sich mehr als gelohnt! Meine Aufgabe, eine Anwendung unter Lotus Notes zu entwickeln, die sowohl Informationen aus einem R/3-System bereitstellt, als auch Funktionen im SAP-System durchführt, konnte ich alleine mit Hilfe dieses Buches lösen.Ein GEHEIMTIP für alle, die schnell eine Kommunikation zwischen Lotus-Notes und SAP aufbauen müssen und kurze aber prägnante Informationen zu diesem Thema benötigen." Steffen Schmidt in amazon.de

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