Integration Approaches & Methods with SAP ERP system
Integration Approaches and Methods with SAP ERP system. This might be helpful for folks, whoever is an entry level consultant of any external system that interacts with SAP. Below table engrosses the BAPI, BADI, RFC, FM, ODATA and IDOC Acronym BAPI Business Application Programming Interface BADI Business Add In ODATA Open Data Protocol IDOC Intermediate Document RFC Remote Function Call FM Functional Module Short Definitions BAPI BAPI is used as an exchange medium that interacts with SAP to send and get data from any external systems (majorly NON SAP systems). BADI BADI's are custom enhancement programs on existing module can be called and consumed inside SAP systems only.