SAP – ABAP

What is BAPI? Business Application Programming Interface(BAPI) are standardized programming interfaces (methods) enabling external applications to access business processes and data in the R/3 System. They provide stable and standardized methods to achieve seamless integration between the R/3 System and external applications, legacy systems and add-ons. BAPIs are defined in the BOR(Business object repository) as…

What is an IDOC? IDOC is simply a data container used to exchange information between any two processes that can understand the syntax and semantics of the data. In other words, an IDOC is like a data file with a specified format which is exchanged between 2 systems which know how to interpret that data….

Introduction to Batch input Batch input is typically used to transfer data from non-R/3 systems to R/3 systems or to transfer data between R/3 systems. It is a data transfer technique that allows you to transfer datasets automatically to screens belonging to transactions, and thus to an SAP system. Batch input is controlled by a…

The ABAP Query application is used to create reports not already present in SAP system. It has been designed for users with little or no knowledge of the ABAP programming. ABAP Query offers users a broad range of ways to define reports and create different types of reports such as basic lists, statistics, and ranked…

BADI stands for Business Add Ins Just like Customer Exits , BADI help hook custom enhancements to SAP functionality. Example of a BADI: In transaction CAT2 – Time Sheet Entry, HR wishes to include an interactive acknowledgment that knowingly submitting incorrect data is grounds for dismissal. This can be achieved using BADI Features BADI’s are…

What is Customer Exits ? Customer exits are “hooks” provided by SAP within many standard programs, screens and menus on which customers may “hang” custom functionality to meet business requirements. More on this in a moment… Types of Customer Exits There are three main types of customer exits: Function Module Exits Screen Exits Menu exits…

SAP Smart Forms is used to create and maintain forms for mass printing in SAP Systems.As output medium SAP Smart Forms support a printer, a fax, e-mail, or the Internet (by using the generated XML output). SAP introduced SmartForms in 1998 to overcome the limitations in SAP Scripts. SmartForms are easier to develop, maintain and…

SAP script is the SAP System’s own text-processing system.It looks and feels a lot like other leading text-processing systems. It is used to print preformatted text in pre-formatted forms. Components of SAPScript SAP Scripts comprises of five main components: An editor for entering and editing the lines of a text Styles and layout sets for…