Meaning of service with party and without party.

[Former Member]

Hi,

could you please tell me what you mean by service with party and service without party and when it is used?

Thanks,

Bernard.

[former_member193376 · Accepted solution]

Hi

Service without party

1.we go for service without party when we are having A2A communication.

A2A means application to application communication, it is used when two systems in same landscape try to communicate with each other. Systems in same landscape means both the systems are belongs to same organization or a company.

Normally in A2A communication sender and receiver is inside one organization and developer have freedom to define communication rules .

refers to link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/66/58934257a5c96ae10000000a155106/content.htm

Service with party

2.we go for service with party when we are having B2B communication

B2B means Business to Business communication .It is used when there is exchange of information between two different Parties or companies or landscape.

When two applications in different companies communicates with each other we call it B2B Communication.

in case of B2B every party has it own rules which must be followed if we want to communicate between different organization.

refers to link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/ca/efb540efe68631e10000000a1550b0/content.htm

you use party if you are working with B2B scenarios....

Just an example

Consider an Car Manufacturing Company, it may use XI for integrating its ERP system with say an HR system and so on. As both systems are in the same landscape, it becomes an A2A.

Likewise, the Company might have transactions with say a Glass Manufacturing Unit or organization . When XI is used to Integrate these systems, it becomes a B2B as you use it to integrate 2 different Businesses in different landscapes.

Hope this is useful

Thanks

Saiyog

[Former Member]

Party : It is used by using FTP we should connect to the external system for input/output.

Party means we are connecting the other party/system

Service without party : It is used when we are using the same landscape.

We called Service without party as A2A integration and Service with party as B2B integration.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Service without party is used for A2A scenario. If you already know your system landscape, then will be using service without party.

Service with party is used in case of B2B scenario. It is used when there is exchange of information between two different Parties or companies or landscape. Normally, if the system landscape is unknown.

Regards,

Vivek LR

[Former Member]

Hi,

which scenerio we will go for with party and service without party

When we are dealing a scenario which is A2A we will use Service with out paty

When we are dealing a scenario which is B2B we will use Serivce with party.

what is the difference between these two

Let's discuss what is A2A and B2B:

A2A: Application to Application,Here the Integration is done with in the same landscape with in the same company.

B2B: Business to Business,Here the integration is done one business partner to another business partner.

Business partner A is Landscape is different and Business Partner B landscape is different..In such a situation you want to communication for Business Partner A to Business Partner B ..is called Business 2 Business.

Thanks,

Madhu

[Shabarish_Nair]

Do look into this weblog where I have tried to document the relevance of Parties

[Former Member]

Hi,

Generally Service with Party is used for Cross Company processes or B2B integration

Service without party is mainly used for A2A communication.

You can find multiple answers in this thread:

For more:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/7d/6b82cd0d1aef48ab5953524c9cc5b2/content.htm

Service with party e.g:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/how-to%20guides%20...

Thanks,

madhu