Webservice access

[Former Member]

Hi,

Is it possible to access a webservice published by a third party vendor (who is not in SAP network) from an SAP R/3 system without using XI?

If so how to do it. Can any one please help me with this.

Regards,

Chander

[Former Member]

Hi,

SAP can directly call the webservice using ABAP. At the same time you can also use EAI to consume a web service.

The design will have to based on the requirements, whether you want a point to point to communication (directly calling a web service). If the data is being distributed or if you want to configure a Business process management, then suggest a EAI.

Refer wizard based WAS 6.40 approache

/people/thomas.jung3/blog/2004/11/17/bsp-a-developers-journal-part-xiv--consuming-webservices-with-abap

You can Go through these links to get some info about accessing Webservices:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d6/f9bc3d52f39d33e10000000a11405a/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b7/d7baaf1481a349ab723e3acd7334b3/content.htm

Thanks

Swarup

[Former Member]

Hi'

there is an excellent blog on this excactly topic:

/people/durairaj.athavanraja/blog/2004/09/20/consuming-web-service-from-abap

Kind regards

Mikkel