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Former Member
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hi,

I want to know which is the good option between ABAP proxies,Web services and RFC's.

and also why?

regards ,

Keith.

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moorthy
Active Contributor
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Hi,

Just go thru following post on the same.

Regards,

Moorthy

Former Member
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In

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2b/f49b21674e8c44940bb3beafd83d5c/frameset.htm

They give this

Target Language Version of Platform Required to implement Proxies

ABAP

SAP systems based on SAP Web AS 6.40

Java

J2EE applications: SAP J2EE Engine 6.40 and higher

Then why does everyone say - u can generate proxies for systems with WebAS >= 6.20???

I have XI 3.0 - WebASS 6.40 and R3 WebAS 6.20 - can i use proxies or not??

Please someone clarify..

Former Member
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Hi Thilothama,

for systems based on 6.20 you need to apply a plug in and then you can use proxies as well. Only from 6.40 on no additional plug in is required. Anyway proxies work in both environments...

Regards

Christine

Former Member
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Hi Thilothama,

for systems based on 6.20 you need to apply a plug in and then you can use proxies as well. Only from 6.40 on no additional plug in is required. Anyway proxies work in both environments...

Regards

Christine

Former Member
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Hi Thilothama,

for systems based on 6.20 you need to apply a plug in and then you can use proxies as well. Only from 6.40 on no additional plug in is required. Anyway proxies work in both environments...

Regards

Christine

Former Member
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Hi Thilothama,

for systems based on 6.20 you need to apply a plug in and then you can use proxies as well. Only from 6.40 on no additional plug in is required. Anyway proxies work in both environments...

Regards

Christine

Former Member
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Can you tell me what kind of plugin is needed? and how do i check if that plugin is available in our systems??

Former Member
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Chris,

Can you tell me what kind of plugin is needed? and how do i check if that plugin is available in our systems??

Former Member
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Chris,

Can you tell me what kind of plugin is needed? and how do i check if that plugin is available in our systems??

Former Member
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Chris,

Can you tell me what kind of plugin is needed? and how do i check if that plugin is available in our systems??

Former Member
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Chris,

Can you tell me what kind of plugin is needed? and how do i check if that plugin is available in our systems??

Former Member
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Hi Thilothama,

The plug-in u needed is APPINT.This needs to be installed on the business systems based on WAS 6.2 to Communicate with XI.

U will get it at SAP service marketplace.

Regards,

Keith.

Former Member
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Hi,

to check if APPINT is installed login to your system and in the menu bar choose System --> Status. Then click on the little magnifying glass icon in the box SAP System Data. That will show you all installed software components.

Regards

Christine

former_member185845
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Dear Keith.

ABAp Proxies we use for newer systems above 4.7 v.

The new systems aer ERP-2004/ERP2005 and yet to come ERP 2007.

For systems below 4.7v we use RFC/IDOC.

Regarding web service.Generally when ur connecting the legacy systems we make use.Gow ever you can connect the R/3 systems still provided u hasve WEBAS supporting for it

Regards

Chandra Shekar

Former Member
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ABAP proxies or webservice?? which is the best option??

If ABAP proxies are not configured in R3 system, but webservices are available - is it worth to configure ABAP proxies as well?

Former Member
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Hi ,

I think the performance of the Abap proxies are better then the RFC and web services ? It is true or else the web service is the better option to follow.

Regards,

Keith.

Former Member
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thanks for the quick response,

so that means abap proxies are good over web services and rfc's ?

Regards,

ganesh

udo_martens
Active Contributor
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Hi Keith,

- ABAP proxies: WAS 6.40 required (or 6.20 and plugin)

- Webservices: Not SAP specific (SOAP, XML)

- RFC: SAP R/3 system required, worse performance compared to proxies but easier to handle.

So if you have to connect a SAP system the adapter decision is usally between:

- IDOC (good perfomance, quick to run, only asynchron)

- RFC

- ABAP proxies

Regards,

Udo

Former Member
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Hi Udo,

I don't agree with your statement, that RFCs are easier to handle than Proxies. Proxies offer a good monitoring environment, which makes error handling in the backend system quite easy even for none technical people, RFCs on the other hand are hard to monitor and imo difficult to handle during Runtime.

The development of RFCs or Proxies doesn't differ that much, the only thing required is a change of mindset of the developers to actually use ABAP OO.

Another important point is always what is there in standard? is there an IDoc, BAPI, RFC or Proxy already existing, then i would go for that (almost) regardless of the actual technology because standard always means you get support for it and can be sure errors will be fixed etc.

If there is no standard functionality in SAP i would always opt for Proxy (on WAS >=6.20 unless you've got a very good reason not to use a Proxy), then IDoc and only as last possibility RFC. IDocs are more difficult to develop than RFCs but they are easier to handle during Runtime and that will eventually pay back.

Regards

Christine