The IBM WebSphere Adapter for SAP Software facilitates the exchange of business objects between SAP systems and J2EE-based programming models.
Product overview
This topic introduces the release, product features, and system requirements of the WebSphere Adapter for SAP Software.Working with the BAPI interface
BAPIs are SAP standardized Business Application Programming Interfaces that enable third party systems to interact with SAP systems. These interfaces are implemented as RFC-enabled ABAP functions. The adapter supports outbound processing by modeling SAP BAPI function calls as business objects. These function calls are made to the SAP system, and can create, update, or retrieve data on that system. Because a BAPI is implemented as an RFC-enabled function, the adapter’s BAPI interface can support any RFC-enabled function.Working with the ALE interface
The SAP ALE (Application Link Enabling) interface is part of the integration layer within SAP’s Business Framework Architecture (BFA). BFA is a component based architecture that enables business process integration and asynchronous data communication between two or more SAP systems or between SAP and external systems. Application systems are loosely coupled in an ALE integrated system and the data is exchanged asynchronously.Installing the adapter
This topic introduces the task of installing the adapter.Deploying the adapter
After you install the WebSphere Adapter for SAP Software, you must deploy it. Deployment consists of creating a project, adding external dependencies to that project, configuring the service, and then deploying the application to start on WebSphere Process Server.Configuring the adapter
This topic introduces the task of configuring the adapter, which is done by setting configuration properties.Troubleshooting the adapter
This topic introduces the task of troubleshooting the WebSphere Adapter for SAP Software.Using the sample applications
The adapter provides three sample applications that illustrate how you deploy an application package and how the adapter processes business objects. Each application presents two scenarios, one for each audience of the adapter. The adapter audience consists of two users: the application integrator and the data integrator.References
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