Business Connector

Former Member · ‎08-14-2006

Hi,

1.In what cases BC Adapter used in XI?

2.I heard there is another software called Business Connector SAP? is it the Old version of XI?

3.in what cases Business Connector software is used? Is it only for R/3 to R/3?

Thanks.

Seshu

Former Member · ‎08-14-2006

Hi Seshu,

Please take a look at these...

http://www.sapgenie.com/mysap/bus_connector.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/interfaces/businessconnector.htm

http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_XML_Business_Integration.asp

cheers

Prashanth

P.S Please mark helpful answers

Former Member · ‎08-14-2006

Hi Seshu,

SAP BC:

The SAP Business Connector is a middleware product based on webMethods’ B2B Integration Server. It allows you to integrate with R/3 using 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.

SAP BC allows for full bi-directional communication to and from R/3. On the one hand all SAP functionality accessible using BAPIs and IDocs can be made available to business partners over the Internet as secure XML-based services. On the other hand applications and information running on a remote web site can be instantly invoked by a simple SAP function call thus making the information of the Web available to an R/3 System.

SAP BC provides an XML layer on top of R/3 functionality so that other applications do not need any understanding of R/3 internal data structures or protocols. You can deploy SAP BC to simply but effectively achieve business-to-business integration between trading partners, thereby extending the reach of your SAP infrastructure to customers, partners and suppliers. Examples for applications may include real-time integration between supplier inventories and your SAP System or multi-vendor product, price and availability information and your purchasing application.

For further Information on the same see <a href="http://www.sapgenie.com/mysap/bus_connector.htm">WHAT IS SAP BC ?</a>

SAP XI:

SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) enables you to implement cross-system business processes. The aim of the Exchange Infrastructure is to integrate different versions of SAP and non-SAP systems implemented on different platforms (Java, ABAP, and so on). The Exchange Infrastructure is based on an open architecture, makes uses of open standards (in particular those from the XML and Java environments) and offers services that are essential in a heterogeneous and complex system landscape: Namely a runtime infrastructure for message exchange; configuration options for managing business processes and message flow; and options for transforming message contents between the sender and receiver systems.

For more information on the same see <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm30/helpdata/en/0f/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/content.htm">SAP Exchange Infrastructure</a>

I hope your doubt is clear now.

Also go through the following links:

http://www.sapgenie.com/interfaces/businessconnector.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/mysap/bus_connector.htm

/people/bla.suranyi/blog/2006/07/10/xi--sap-business-connector-integration-using-the-http-adapter

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/6a/3f93404f673028e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_XML_Business_Integration.asp

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b4f3755a-0401-0010-b6b3-9b6...

https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/connectors

https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_FRAME=OBJECT&_HIER_KEY=501100035870000008223&_HIER_KEY=601...

Also have a look at "How To Migrate SAP BC Scenarios to SAP XI",

https://websmp106.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700005272252005E/BC2XIMig-RZ.pdf