when to use ABAP proxy?

[Former Member]

we have a interface scenario as follows:

MQ > XI > ECC 5.0(rfc adapter)

can we change to using ABAP proxies from XI to ECC 5.0. what will be the disadvantage vs advantages using proxy versus RFC adapter.

will i gain anything from using ABAP proxies?

any ideas?

regards,

tony

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Tony,

You can use ABAP proxies from WEB AS 6.20 (you have to install the XI 2.0 APPINT on the SAP system where you want to use the proxy) and WEB AS 6.40 where the ABAP proxy framework is pre-installed.

ABAP proxies have many advantages for instance; they communicate with the XI server by means of native SOAP calls over HTTP (RFC does not, so you have to convert from SOAP to RFC calls and vice versa). ABAP proxies supports two different protocols; XI and Web Services. Most important is that they can be used for both synchronous and asynchronous communication (RFC/BAPI is basically only intended for Synchronous comm. which asks much more system resources from your XI system).

If you use ABAP proxies you can also avoid mappings, i.e. you can use the same message type definition for both input and output interfaces.

Hope you find this proxy in a nutshell helpful

Cheers,

Roberto

Message was edited by: Roberto Viana

Message was edited by: Roberto Viana

[Former Member]

Hi Tony,

Have a look at this blog..

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/08/14/choose-the-right-adapter-to-integrate-with-sap-systems

Regards

Anand