Bookshelf v7.5: BAPI Integration

The Siebel application supports the following interface options through BAPI and RFC:

This functionality is performed through a series of business services provided by Siebel applications. Other sections of this document refer to these business services by the names in Table 23.

Table 23. Business Service Names
Reference Name	Business Service Name
tRFC BAPI Adapter	`EAI SAP BAPI Adapter (tRFC)`
tRFC BAPI Receiver	`EAI SAP BAPI Receiver (tRFC)`
BAPI Adapter	`EAI SAP BAPI Adapter`
BAPI Workflow Service	`EAI SAP BAPI Workflow Service`
Send Transaction Service	`EAI SAP Send Transaction Service`
Process Transaction Service	`EAI SAP Process Transaction Service`

Configuration requirements for each of these Business Services are discussed in the following topics. The behavior of Business Services can be controlled using:

Set the values of User Properties in Siebel Tools. Select Business Service > Business Service User Prop from the Object Explorer and edit the Value field for the specific User Property. Compile changes to User Property values into the srf file.

The values of Component Parameters may be set by default or by you. You can change parameter values through the Server Manager. For more information on setting Component Parameters, read Siebel Server Administration Guide. If a Component Parameter has the same name as a User Property, its value when it is set overrides any previously defined value of the User Property.

The values of Method Arguments are set when a method in a Business Service is invoked. Values for Method Arguments on services that are invoked from a workflow are defined within workflow. For this reason, they can have fixed or variable values. If a Method Argument and a Business Service User Property have the same name, the value of the Method Argument overrides the value of the User Property. If a Method Argument and a Component Parameter have the same name, the value of the Method Argument overrides the value of the Component Parameter.

To summarize, the value of User Properties can be overridden with Component Parameter or Method Argument values and the value of a Component Parameter can be overridden with a Method Argument value.