WebSphere Adapter for SAP

Outbound processing

The adapter supports outbound processing (from the adapter to the SAP system) for the BAPI, ALE, and SAP query interfaces.

With outbound support, a client calls the adapter to perform a specific operation in the SAP system. The client requests a connection, which in turn is passed from the adapter to SAP.

Outbound event processing, which the adapter supports for the BAPI, ALE, and SAP query interfaces, consists of the following steps:
  1. A Service Component Architecture (SCA) component invokes an interaction with SAP.
  2. As a result of the invoked interaction, a business object representing the SAP function call is passed from the component application to the adapter.
  3. The adapter extracts the elements from the business object and, using the metadata information from the business object, recognizes the SAP interface to use (BAP, ALE, or SQI).
  4. Using the SAP Java interface (SAP JCo), the adapter converts the business object data to the appropriate SAP function call.
  5. The adapter then executes the function on the destination SAP system, sending the event data to SAP.

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Last updated: Thu 12 Oct 2006 03:34:39

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