Bookshelf v7.5: BAPI Integration Objects

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BAPI Integration Objects

BAPI Integration objects represent the interface to a BAPI or RFC function call in SAP. There are two types of objects: BAPI Input Integration Objects and BAPI Output Integration Objects. The Input Object represents the initial call to the function and includes import parameters and tables. The Output Object represents the return information from the function call and includes export parameters and tables. Table 19 shows the structure of an input integration object.

Table 19. Input Integration Object Structure
SAP Function Call	Siebel BAPI Input Integration Object
Import Parameter - scalar	Import Parameters Component	Field - scalar field name
Import Parameter - structure	Import Parameters Component	Field - <SAP structure>-<SAP Field1> Field - <SAP structure>-<SAP Field2> Field - <SAP structure>-<SAP Fieldn>
Internal Table		SAP Table Component

For example, Table 20 shows BAPI BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT1 having the following structure and corresponding Input Integration Object.

Table 20. Input Integration Object Structure Example
SAP Function Call	Siebel BAPI Input Integration Object
Import Parameter - ORDER_HEADER_IN structure	Import Parameters Component	Field - ORDER_HEADER_IN-DOC_NUMBER Field - ORDER_HEADER_IN-DOC_TYPE Field - ORDER_HEADER_IN-n
Import Parameter - WITHOUT_COMMIT scalar		Field - WITHOUT_COMMIT
Import Parameter - CONVERT_PARVW_AUART scalar		Field - CONVERT_PARVW_AUART
Internal Table - ORDER_ITEMS_IN		ORDER_ITEMS_IN Component
Internal Table - ORDER_PARTNERS		ORDER_PARTNERS Component
Internal Table - ORDER_ITEMS_OUT		ORDER_ITEMS_OUT Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_REF		ORDER_CFGS_REF Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_INST		ORDER_CFGS_INST Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_PART_OF		ORDER_CFGS_PART_OF Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_VALUE		ORDER_CFGS_VALUE Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CCARD		ORDER_CCARD Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_BLOB		ORDER_CFGS_BLOB Component
Internal Table - ORDER_SCHEDULE_EX		ORDER_SCHEDULE_EX Component

Table 21 shows the structure of an output integration object.

Table 21. Output Integration Object Structure
SAP Function Call	Siebel BAPI Output Integration Object
Export Parameter - scalar	Export Parameters Component	Field - scalar field name
Export Parameter - structure	Export Parameters Component	Field - <SAP structure>-<SAP Field1> Field - <SAP structure>-<SAP Field2 Field - <SAP structure>-<SAP Fieldn>
Internal Table		SAP Table Component

For example, Table 22 shows BAPI BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT1 having the following structure and corresponding Output Integration Object.

Table 22. Output Integration Object Structure Example
SAP Function Call	Siebel BAPI Output Integration Object
Export Parameter - SALESDOCUMENT scalar	Export Parameters Component	Field - SALESDOCUMENT
Export Parameter - SOLD_TO_PARTY structure		Field - SOLD_TO_PARTY-SHIP_TO Field - SOLD_TO_PARTY-NAME Field - SOLD_TO_PARTY-n
Export Parameter - SHIP_TO_PARTY structure		Field - SHIP_TO_PARTY-SOLD_TO Field - SHIP_TO_PARTY-NAME Field - SHIP_TO_PARTY-n
Export Parameter - BILLING_PARTY structure		Field - BILLING_PARTY-PAYER Field - BILLING_PARTY-NAME Field - BILLING_PARTY-n
Export Parameter - RETURN structure		Field - RETURN-TYPE Field - RETURN-ID Field - RETURN-n
Internal Table - ORDER_ITEMS_IN		ORDER_ITEMS_IN Component
Internal Table - ORDER_PARTNERS		ORDER_PARTNERS Component
Internal Table - ORDER_ITEMS_OUT		ORDER_ITEMS_OUT Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_REF		ORDER_CFGS_REF Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_INST		ORDER_CFGS_INST Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_PART_OF		ORDER_CFGS_PART_OF Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_VALUE		ORDER_CFGS_VALUE Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CCARD		ORDER_CCARD Component
Internal Table - ORDER_CFGS_BLOB		ORDER_CFGS_BLOB Component
Internal Table - ORDER_SCHEDULE_EX		ORDER_SCHEDULE_EX Component

Each component field contains both the Siebel application and SAP data types. These data types are described in detail in Data Types Used in BAPIs and IDOCs.

In addition, BAPI Input Integration objects contain a user property called Workflow. This user property is only used for the tRFC BAPI Receiver. For information on this user property, read tRFC BAPI Receiver Configuration.