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Test Your BAPIs for Safe Data Transfer to the FI/CO Interface
Before running a Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI) in your programs, you should test it. See how to test your BAPI and how to get a report that shows you its details. Key Concept A Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI) is a standard interface that facilitates the integration of R/3 or mySAP ERP Central Component...…
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Tips and Tricks for Using BAPIs in Accounting Documents
Posting accounting documents with BAPIs can be somewhat tricky — generating a simple accounting document turns into a report with several hundred lines of code. Accounting functionality is highly dependent on company specifics and legislation, so to make your program more stable against accounting business changes, you have to be able to derive automatically as...…
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Upload Master Data Using the BAPI Method in SAP LSMW
When batch input recording is too cumbersome for uploading data, you can use a BAPI using SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench in SAP ERP Central Component. See how to do this with specific reference to Flexible Real Estate Management. Key Concept You can do data conversion through batch input recording, direct input, BAPI, or Intermediate...…
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Publish Prices Automatically with a Custom BAPI Program
In six steps you can set up a custom pricing publishing program that allows users to see the most current prices for the company’s goods. Then see how to customize the program and the output information it provides. Key Concept A Business Transaction Event (BTE) triggers processes based on the occurrence of a particular event...…
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Currencies and Currency Conversions in BAPI Programming
Almost all BAPI-based applications have to deal with currencies. Proper handling of the currency fields in a BAPI requires an in-depth understanding of how currency amounts are represented in SAP. This article discusses how BAPIs should treat currency amounts, how to handle BAPIs that violate the rules and return “incorrect” amounts, how to use the...…
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Need to Understand a BAPI’s Parameters? Test-Drive the BAPI Inside SAP!
To write a BAPI-enabled application, you must understand all the relevant parameters of every BAPI you want to use in your application. This article shows you how to test-drive a BAPI inside R/3’s test environment in order to accelerate the learning process. Without writing source code, you can find out which parameters, in which combination,...…
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Why You Need and How You Build BAPI Components
If done right, BAPI components will save you time and money, especially in the long run. This article tells you why you need components for BAPI-enabled applications, shows you an enabling component that facilitates the building of BAPI components, and, using the SAP Java Connector (JCo) as the middleware, gives you a concrete example of...…
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BAPI Programming Made Easy
As the number of BAPIs increases with every release and new ways of utilizing BAPIs evolve, like web services and the SAP Web Application Server, many readers have asked for an introduction suitable for beginners. This article aims to address that demand, but contains enough information that even readers already familiar with BAPIs should benefit....…
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BAPI Programming with Java — Beyond the Basics
SAP’s Common RFC Interface for Java has made it easier for customers to adopt the “outside-in” approach, whereby Java programs running on non-SAP systems can make BAPI calls into an R/3 system to leverage R/3 functionality. Working with Java middleware for SAP R/3 is a somewhat complex affair. This article outlines some of the nasty...…
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Everything a BAPI Programmer Needs to Know About the Business Object Repository
Trying to develop or use SAP’s Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs) without a solid understanding of what they are, how they are defined in the Business Object Repository (BOR), and what the difference between a BAPI and the ABAP Function Module underneath is, leads to errors and frustration. Beginners are often confounded as to how...…
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