BAPI & BADI

[Former Member]

dear gurus

I want to know the purpose of process BADI & BAPI

what is need of these Process & How can I use it

please give information & document if anybody has

[BijayKumarBarik · Accepted solution]

Hi,

BADI(Business Add-Ins)

Business add-ins are enhancements to the standard version of the system. They can be inserted into the SAP System to accommodate user requirements too specific to be included in the standard delivery. Since specific industries often require special functions, SAP allows you to predefine these points in your software.

As with customer exits, two different views are :

In the definition view, an application programmer defines exit points in a source that allow specific industry sectors, partners, and customers to attach additional coding to standard SAP source code, without having to modify the original object.

In the implementation view, the users of Business Add-Ins can customize the logic they need or use a standard solution, if one is available.

BAPI(Business Application Programming Interface)

BAPIs provide a stable, standardized method for third-party applications and components to integrate into the Business Framework. These interfaces are being specified as part of SAP's initiative with customers, partners and leading standards organizations. Also, SAP has implemented the emerging Object Application Group (OAG) specifications with BAPIs

For more follow the link:

http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/enhance/enhance_badi.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/business-add-in-you-need-to-understand-abap-oo-interface-concept.htm

https://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/04/f3683c05ea4464e10000000a114084/content.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/difference-between-badi-and-user-exits.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/5f/071eed117c11d5b37d0050dadef62b/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e0/9eb2370f9cbe68e10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/7e/5e115e4a1611d1894c0000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/bapi-conventions.htm

Regards,

Biju K

Edited by: Bijay Kumar Barik on Apr 21, 2008 8:26 AM

[Former Member]

Hi

BAdi is a location in a program defined by the developer where software recipient layers such as industries, partners and customers can insert additional code without modifying the original object.

Business Add-Ins enable you to distinguish between enhancements that can have no more than one implementation and those that can be actively used by any number of customers at the same time. You can also define Business Add-Ins that depend on a filter value.

you can view the BAdi in SE18 & the implementations in SE19

BAPI is Business Application programming interface, it is a Standardized programming interface that enables external applications to access business processes and data in an SAP System.

BAPIs are defined in the BOR as methods of SAP business object types that carry out specific business functions.

BAPIs are implemented as RFC-enabled function modules and are created in the Function Builder of the ABAP Workbench.

use T.cdoe BAPI for more information on BAPI's

Please go through the link for BAPI

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/EN/a5/3ec8074ac011d1894e0000e829fbbd/content.htm

Thanks & Regards

Kishore

[Former Member]

BADI's are oops based.

Business Add-Ins are a new SAP enhancement technique based on ABAP Objects. They can be inserted into the SAP System to accommodate user requirements too specific to be included in the standard delivery. Since specific industries often require special functions, SAP allows you to predefine these points in your software.

As with customer exits two different views are available:

In the definition view, an application programmer predefines exit points in a source that allow specific industry sectors, partners, and customers to attach additional software to standard SAP source code without having to modify the original object.

In the implementation view, the users of Business Add-Ins can customize the logic they need or use a standard logic if one is available.

In contrast to customer exits, Business Add-Ins no longer assume a two-level infrastructure (SAP and customer solutions), but instead allow for a multi-level system landscape (SAP, partner, and customer solutions, as well as country versions, industry solutions, and the like). Definitions and implementations of Business Add-Ins can be created at each level within such a system infrastructure.

SAP guarantees the upward compatibility of all Business Add-In interfaces. Release upgrades do not affect enhancement calls from within the standard software nor do they affect the validity of call interfaces. You do not have to register Business Add-Ins in SSCR.

The Business Add-In enhancement technique differentiates between enhancements that can only be implemented once and enhancements that can be used actively by any number of customers at the same time. In addition, Business Add-Ins can be defined according to filter values. This allows you to control add-in implementation and make it dependent on specific criteria (on a specific Country value, for example).

All ABAP sources, screens, GUIs, and table interfaces created using this enhancement technique are defined in a manner that allows customers to include their own enhancements in the standard. A single Business Add-In contains all of the interfaces necessary to implement a specific task.

The actual program code is enhanced using ABAP Objects. In order to better understand the programming techniques behind the Business Add-In enhancement concept, SAP recommends reading the section on ABAP Objects.

and

A BAPI is a business object. An RFC is functional code. IDOCs OR intermediate documents are standard data structures for electronic data interchange (EDI) between application programs. IDocs are used for asynchronous transactions: each IDoc generated exists as a self-contained text file that can then be transmitted to the requesting workstation without connecting to the central database.

BAPI is ultimately a mechanism for getting data out of SAP R/3. If a BAPI is a ship pushing a barge (data), the engine of that ship is a Remote Function Call (RFC). An RFC is a function module in a system that is called from some other system. This, of course, covers a great deal of ground. The two systems can both be SAP, or they can be different platforms, or an RFC may be used on the spot in real time by any party making an inquiry of an SAP system from the outside (including you, sitting at your laptop).