Moser SAP® R/3® Interfacing using BAPIs

A practical guide to working within the SAP® Business Framework
1999
ISBN: 978-3-322-89554-7
Verlag: Vieweg & Teubner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, eBook

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moser, Gerd

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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).