Is there any communication way other than odata

[raffinkira]

Is there any communication way other than odata between UI5 and ABAP back end application like RFC?

[ChrisSolomon]

There are companies that do this....right off, I can think of Neptune and Worklogix (SAP Mentors work for both of them haha)....both of which have solutions that allow for non-Gateway customers.

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

Hi,

you should go with OData but you do not have to.

You could use a JSON model instead of  an OData model.

The SAP system or any other backend system could provide a REST ful service that provides data in JSON format.

Actually I am running my own SAP Fiori apps on top of a Java application server (Wildfly).

The Java tier exposes REST services that provide JSON data.

However if your backend is SAP. Please use the SAP NetWeaver Gateway and OData.

Best

Frank

[saurabh_vakil]

I guess that you can expose the RFC from the back end as a web service and consume it within your UI5 app. But are there any specific reasons why you are not considering using OData?

[raffinkira]

I am just wonder if there is another way.

So in case of a web service, the problem become call web service from Javascript, right? Is there a framework to do that?

[saurabh_vakil]

I am not really aware of any framework at least within SAP that would help you do that.