DIFFERENCE B/W IDOC AND RFC ADAPTERS

[Former Member]

HI FRIENDS,

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE B/W IDOC AND RFC ADAPTERS..? AND WHICH ONE IS

PREFERABLE TO USE IN TRANSFERING DATA FROM THIRD-PARTY SYSTEM TO SAP.?

REGARDS,

RAMAKRISHNA.

[Former Member]

IDOC ADAPTERS are based on INTEGRATION ENGINE of ABAP STACK

RFC ADAPTERS are based on ADAPTER ENGINE of J2EE stack

[former_member185881]

Hi

These links will help you to understand :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/11/028417f9f8b24cbe1b0b398e1cb76a/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ab/bdb13b00ae793be10000000a11402f/frameset.htm

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Edited by: Dheeraj Kumar on Mar 3, 2008 2:59 PM

[Former Member]

IDOC ADAPTERS are based on INTEGRATION ENGINE of ABAP STACK

RFC ADAPTERS are based on ADAPTER ENGINE of J2EE stack

IDOC ADAPTERS doesn't require any sender agreement i.e no need to configure sender side commmunication channel settings

where as RFc ADAPTER require sender side configuration

[Former Member]

Hello,

please have a look here:

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

There are already a lot of threads about this topic!

For example here:

Regards

Patrick

[Former Member]

Hi,

Idoc and BAPI are both are SAP-objects.

Idoc adapter used for ASync- communication.

Rfc adapter used for sync-async communication

Check this For choosing the Right Adapter while dealing with the SAP Systems

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

Regards

Seshagiri

Edited by: N V Seshagiri on Mar 3, 2008 11:22 AM