Regarding ALE-BAPI

[Former Member]

Dear All,

Can I use BAPI instead of IDocs with ALE?? Would you provide step by step configuration for this?? I need to send the HR masterdata with 5 to 6 infotypes.

Which method is useful i.e ALE/IDOCs or ALE/BAPI.

Regards,

CS.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can anybody give me solution for my doubt??

Whtat is the difference b/w ALE-BAPI and normal Bapi. Becasue BAPI itself used for interfacing then what is the spl use of ALE-BAPI??

Regards,

CS.

[Former Member]

Hi,

ALE-IDocs and BAPIs are two different things. In fact, SAP internally uses BAPIs to post inbound IDocs.

IDoc is a message format which is used to send/receive data to/from SAP systems. Whereas BAPIs are means by which SAP database tables can be safely updated.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Riyaz

[Former Member]

Hi Riyaz,

I understood that. But my question here is ... we can use BAPI with ALE config also and we use normal BAPI also. What is the main difference in b/w these??

regards,

CS

[Former Member]

Hi,

You will have to search for an IDoc that suits your requirement. If its not available, create one using WE31 and WE30. Create/Assign message types using WE81/82. Define ALE Config settings. Create ports and RFC destinations and partner profiles.

On the inbound side you can <b>use WE57 to assign Function module or BAPI to your logical message</b>. Then define input method using BD51 and process code using WE42.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Riyaz