BAPI and IDOC's

[Former Member]

hi experts ,

Can someone explain to me the difference and/or similarities between

BAPI and IDOC's?

[Former Member]

BAPI ( Business Application Programming Interface) it is Function module through which you can communicate TO SAP.

A BAPI is a method in SAP Business Object type.

IDOC (Intermediate Document) is a Document to transfer data between SAP Systems or From an SAP to Non SAP system.

An IDoc is simply a data container that is used to exchange information between any two processes that can understand the syntax and semantics of the data.

In data transfer using BAPI, the data is exchanged IMMEDIATELY,and not stored anywhere in between.

In data transfer using IDOCs, the data/information is FIRST STORED IN the SENDING SERVER and then (using ALE technology)it is SENT to the RECEIVER sytem.

[venkata_ramisetti]

Hi,

Check the below link it contains the required details.

<a href="http://www.sap-img.com/fu033.htm">Difference and/or similarities between BAPI and IDOC's</a>

Thanks,

ramakrishna

[ferry_lianto]

Hi,

Please check this link.

http://www.sap-img.com/fu033.htm

In addition, IDoc has good error handling and reprocessing capability.

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

[Former Member]

Hi Chaitanya,

This will also help you

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid21_gci1089362,00.html?bucket=ETA