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SAP R/3 Business Connector and XML

Introduction

Corporations of all types are searching for the most efficient mechanism for acquiring and selling goods and services at lowest total cost over the Internet. SAP’s response are Business Connectors which interlink the SAP systems with the Internet. The Business Process Connectors for SAP systems supports for the dynamic integration between the application processes and server systems thus facilitating in faster and efficient functioning of SAP R/3, SAP Portals and My SAP solutions.  In the current model, SAP Business Connector Framework uses XML schemas to dynamically generate a JSP that can be assessed from any web browser, so that one can test and deploy integration tools between the application server environment and SAP systems immediately. Convergence of XML schema approach to the SA Business Connector facilitate in adding flexibility to all the SAP standards. Thereby the customers can leverage the power and flexibility of XML into their business documents with an enhanced efficiency and improved cost-effectiveness.

SAP’s Business Connector (SAP BC) is a business integration tool to allow SAP Customers the ability to communicate with other SAP customers or SAP marketplaces. The Business Connector allows integration with R/3 via open and non-proprietary technology. This middleware component uses the Internet as communication platform and XML/HTML as data format thus seamlessly integrating different IT architectures with R/3.

SAP BC integrates RFC server and the client and provides an XML layer over R/3 functionality. That is, it comes with an XML automation that converts SAP’s RFC format into XML and supports both synchronous RFC and asynchronous RFC protocols such that there is no requirement of SAP R/3 automation at the receiving end. Also, SAP BC has a built in integration support for SAP’s specification of IDOC-XML and RFC-XML standards. Hence, whenever dealing with the messages conforming to the same standards it supports the integration.

SAP Business Connector (SAP BC) is a middleware component. It allows integrating with R/3 via open and non proprietary technology. SAP BC uses the Internet as communication platform and XML/HTML as data format. Thus it seamlessly integrates different IT architectures with R/3. The SAP Business Connector is a main part of the SAP Internet Initiative.

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