Using SMP 3.0 with SAP ERP

[Former Member]

Dear experts,

I know that integration gateway in SMP 3.0 can consume OData, SOAP, JPA and JDBC web services from SAP and non-SAP systems. and we have SAP ERP 7.3 without SAP Gateway Component.
here is the question,

What is the difference between creating RFC with it's SOAP web service and installing SAP Gateway Component for using OData with SMP 3.0?

Thank you.

[Jitendra_Kansal · Accepted solution]

Hi Ibrahem,

As you know that SMP 3.0 is based on open architecture so if you want to expose any backend information you have to convert it into OData.

You can expose SAP backend data into SOAP services and consume through Integration gateway in SMP 3.0

OR

You can expose SAP backend services as OData services using SAP gateway component. To develop mobile apps on SMP 3.0, SAP says that you first create services in the backend using SAP Gateway and then connect to SAP Gateway using Datasource as "ODC".

While creating an application id in admin cockpit, you can provide IGW URL as backend URL.

IMHO: The main advantage of this ODC option is that you can mash-up with other IGW OData services exposing other data sources

Regards,

JK

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

thank you Jitendra for clarification