hi all

[Former Member]

I am a fresher to Netweaver XI, can you please help with the terminologies like

A2A, B2B scenarios,3rd party , partners though they seem to be easy ,

they are bit confusing

Regards,

sudha

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hey

A2A means application to application,it refers to scenarios which u do within ur landscape.suppose u have a R/3 and a File server and ur doing IDOC to File,then it will be a A2A scenario.

B2B means business to business,it refers to scenarios between two separate business(different landscape),suppose u have company A which wants to talk to company B withour exposing their internal landscape,now in this case it will be a B2B scenario.

party comes into play for B2B scenarios,its actually a name given to your business by organisations like DUNS,NAFTA etc. and uniquely identifies ur business.u can think of party as a postal address for ur organisation.if someone from outside has to send you something then he needs ur postal address(party) but if u want to interfact within ur house ,u dont need any postal address,hence no party name.

hope its clear now

thanx

ahmad

[prabhu_s2]

A2A for application integration say scenario like file-file where the scope lies within the organisation as stated earlier. And B2B applies for cross boundary scenarios...like EDI integration in XI. For those scenarios we make use of parties.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Basically A2A mean inside the organization's boundary and B2B means outside the organization's boundry.

For more check this help file:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/15/5f934249c30c31e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

Regards,

Subhasha Ranjan