Use proxy or not

[Former Member]

Is it COMPULSARY to use a ABAP proxy to communicate with a SAP BW system. I am trying to send data to SAP BW system from XI,can't i just use a RFC as my communication channel and send it to BW. I am pretty new to XI,i don't know if this is a dumb question,if the proxy usage is compulsary can some one guide me.

Thank you

Venkat

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can very much use RFC to communicate with BW system. Refer to following weblog for the same.

/people/kamaljeet.kharbanda/blog/2005/09/16/xi-bi-integration

Check the below link at service market place:

https://websmp106.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000461570&;

Here is an how to guide on (How to ...Push Data into BW from XI)

https://websmp102.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700001585032004

see also SAP Service Marketplac: service.sap.com/instguidesNW04 -> Installation -> SAP XI

https://websmp106.sap-ag.de/xi

Thanks,

Prateek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Venkat,

This pdf might give you a good idea about the SAP XI and BW conenction.

https://websmp101.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700001585032004E/NWHowToPushXIBW.pdf

Regards

Vijaya

[Former Member]

Hi,

It is not compulsory to use proxies. RFC also can be used. But proxies is an advantage when it comes to performance. Since RFCs reside on the J2EE stack, it would take longer to execute than proxies which use the ABAP stack.

Regards,

Smitha.

[moorthy]

Hi Venkat,

<i>Is it COMPULSARY to use a ABAP proxy to communicate with a SAP BW system.</i>

Not neccessary. This depends on many factors.

But it is advisable to use Proxy rather RFC because of the Perfomance criteria.

To more~

Good links on SAP BW and XI are as follows-

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/8c10aa90-0201-0010-98a0-f07...

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b2/e50138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

/people/kamaljeet.kharbanda/blog/2005/09/16/xi-bi-integration

/people/piers.harding/blog/2005/11/18/interfacing-data-into-bw-using-perl-ruby-or-python

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Moorthy