Best approach for IDs mapping..

[peter_jarsunek]

Hello,

I'd like to ask you for your experiences about classical integration problem: mapping of IDs (materials, partners...)

What is the best approach for integration between SAP and other systems? Can you give me some hints?

Thanx, Peter

[MichalKrawczyk]

Hi Peter,

you have 4 ways to do it:

1. you can do it inside an integration process:

RFC call for checking a table with ID -> ID mappings

(not so good as you have to use integration process)

but very easy to biuld as this is standard

2. table in R/3 and changing the values in a user exit

(you maintaint the data in a table in R/3)

the fastest way (no calls to other programs)

but you have to create user exits and

this is not why you (your client) bought the XI

3. you can use this new RFC API

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/uuid/801376c6-0501...

which seems to be the best approach

as you don't need BPM for this and it's a standard

4. value mapping tables in XI...

Regards,

michal

Message was edited by: Michal Krawczyk

[MichalKrawczyk]

you can also use direct JCO calls from user defined functions but if you do you have to take care about the logon information...

so don't use them... use RFC API instead

Regards,

michal