ABAP with BAPI'S ?

[Former Member]

Hello Friends,

I am basically a J2ee developer and very new to ABAP Programming language, and need to do some BAPI call through ABAP. I am having a following problem, and I am very thankful to some one who can help me out !

The problem is:

For example

DATA : MY_NUMBER LIKE BAPIRET2- NUMBER,

MY_TEXTFORMAT LIKE BAPITGA-TEXTFORMAT,

correct me if I am wronge, BAPIRET2- is an internal-table or structure and - NUMBER, is its attribute, ? if its true then,

1) Do we alwayas need for each BAPI to define its parameter and initilize with LIKE to the attribute of the internal database table ?

2) how do I come to know that, for which bapi which internal database table I have to use from SAP SYSTEM ?

I have already looked in many articals of BAPI, but did not help me much,

Thanks in advance

Haider Syed.

[Former Member]

Hi Syed,

BAPI's are basically fucntion modules which have some import and export parameters. some of these parameters are optional and some are not. You will have to pass mandatory parameters and for that you will have to define variables.

<correct me if I am wronge, BAPIRET2- is an internal-<table <or structure and - NUMBER, is its attribute, ? if <its <true then,

yes you are right BAPIRET2 is an standard structure for passing messages. each BAPI returns a table of type BAPIRET2. NUMBER is a field for message number.

<how do I come to know that, for which bapi which <internal database table I have to use from SAP SYSTEM ?

you can check the function module related to BAPI and see what parameters it accepts.

hope it helps,

Komal.

[Former Member]

Hi Komal,

Thanks for your reply.

It does help me But, I am having a problem of figuring out, through which internal table's attribute I have to initilze the variables of BAPI. :)... AS I am very new to ABAP world, I have no idea where to look in, for the internal table (attributes) for a certain bapi ?

Please advise me any artical or if you have any electronic material, please do send me in this regard.

Many thanks,

Haider Syed.

[Former Member]

Hi Syed,

standard table for bapis is 'BAPI'. you can go to that transaction. there is a list of BAPI's available there you can search your BAPI from there you can find name of function module for that BAPI.

you can see that function module in SE37 transaction.

here you can see various parameters and their tpyes. for example

COMPANYCODEID LIKE BAPI0002_2-COMP_CODE.

from there you can check type of parameter.

If you want documentation on BAPIs then i can send you.

Have you used function modules in ABAP.

Regards,

Komal

[Former Member]

Hello Komal,

Thankyou very much for your reply,

I have selected the bapi( with which I am intrestd to do work) through BAPI explorer e.g. Debtor under Financial Accounting. Now I am intrested to call the function module or BAPI "GetDetail" and "Find" of the object type 'Debtor'. I am confused with which structure or internal table's attribute I should initilize the parameters(import, export etc) of the function module "GetDetail" in oder to call it.

It would be nice of you, if you please send me the documentation on BAPIs, here. hayder_zaidi@yahoo.com.

So nice of you !

With Regards,

Haider Syed.

[Former Member]

Hi Syed,

Do you want to call these BAPIs from ABAP or from JAVA?

From ABAP - it is pretty simple. You just can do something like that:

*----

---

REPORT z_mi_test .

DATA: l_debtorid TYPE bapi1007-customer.

DATA: ls_debitor_general_detail TYPE bapi1007_4.

l_debtorid = '0000000001'.

CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_DEBTOR_GETDETAIL'

EXPORTING

debtorid = l_debtorid

• COMPANYCODE =

IMPORTING

debitor_general_detail = ls_debitor_general_detail

• DEBITOR_COMPANY_DETAIL =

• RETURN =

• TABLES

• DEBITOR_BANK_DETAIL =

.

*----

---

This function module 'BAPI_DEBTOR_GETDETAIL' corresponds to the method 'GetDetail' of Buisness Object 'Debtor'.

The types of IMPORT/EXPORT/TABLES parameters of the function module you can just see in SE37. Just start this transaction enter the name of the Function Module, like 'BAPI_DEBTOR_GETDETAIL’. Or you just can navigate to this transaction when making double click on the Function Module name in BAPI explorer.

Anyway, you can find the types of the parameters on the corresponded tab strips – “Import”, “Export” and “Tables”.

[Former Member]

Hi Mikhail,

Many many thanks for your reply it does help me alot,

I am trying first with ABAP and then my second step is to try with SAP Jco, ,

I will try as u have suggested, and if encounter any errors, I will let you know !!

Many thanks,:)

Haider Syed