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SAPBusinessConnector（SAPBC）

FrequentlyAskedQuestions

Questions

General

1.WhatisSAPBusinessConnector（SAPBC）?

2.WhatisXML?

3.WhyisXMLimportanttomycompany?

4.WheredoesSAPBCfitinthelargerpictureofSAPInternetTechnologies?

5.DoesSAPBCreplacetheSAPITS?

6.WhatisthepositioningofSAPBCvs.theSAPExchangeInfrastructure?

7.Whatwouldbeatypicalreal-lifeexamplefordeployingSAPBC?

8.WhatisthesupportstrategyforSAPBC?

SAPBCTechnicalBenefits

9.WhatarethekeytechnicalbenefitsofSAPBC?

10.HowdoesSAPBCintegratewithRFCs?

11.HowisSAPBCdifferentfromSAP.NETConnector?

12.HowdoesSAPBCinterfacewithIDocs?

13.HowisitpossibletoestablishintegrationoroutboundservicesquicklytoanSAPSystem?

14.HowareservicesdevelopedforSAPBC?

15.IsSAPBCsecure?

16.WhatplatformsdoesSAPBCsupport?

17.DomytradingpartnersneedtohaveSAPBCtoachieveintegration?

18.Howisthe'ladderapproach'applicable?

HTML->XML->SAPBCServer?

19.WhatisneededtobeabletoprocessanXMLDocumentsentfromannon-SAPSysteminanSAPSystem?

20.WhatisneededtosendanXMLDocumenttoanon-SAPSystem,soitcanbeprocessesdimmediately?

21.Whatarethedifferences/resemblancesbetweenSAP-XMLandXMLitself?

22.ArethereanyaditionaleffortsrequiredinSAPBCtoprocess/passonextendedIDocsinXML?

23.InSAPBCisitpossibletoperformavalidationonvaluesofattributesinanXMLDocument,likeithappensinanEDISubsystem,e.g.fortheEDIFACTmessages?

SAPBCIntegrationandSystemAdministration

24.Whatarethesystemrequirements?

25.WhatistheupgradepathandstrategyfortheSAPBC?

HowwillupgradestotheSAPBCaffectthoseservicesthatarecurrentlydeployedtocustomers?

WilltheSAPBCappendeithertheSAPBCand/ortheSAPVersionNumbertotheXMLmessage?

26.WhatdatabasesdoesSAPBCsupport?

27.WhatisthedurationofthedeploymentprocessofSAPBC?

28.Howlongdoestheinitialinstallandconfigurationtake?

WhatarethetasksthataBasisPersonmustperformtoprovideon-goingsupportforSAPBC?

29.WhatskillsetsarenecessarytoutilizeandsupportSAPBC?

Forexample,doweneedtoknowHTML,XML,Java,C++,SAPRFCandtRFC,IDocs,ALE,etc?

30.WhatmonitoringandalertingfunctionsareincludedwithSAPBC?

HowdowemonitorandanalyzetrafficpassingthroughSAPBC?

31.Arethereanycomponentsoradd-onsthatmustbeinstalledontheSAPSystemsinordertoworkwithSAPBC?

32.HowmuchloadcanasingleSAPBCServerhandle?

DoyouhaveanysizingtoolstohelpusdocapacityplanningforSAPBC?

33.HowcanIspreadoverload?

34.Howcomplexarethesystemadministration（startup/shutdown,backup,performancetuning,upgradingetc.）activitiesforSAPBC?

35.IsitpossibletoreplicateandpublishserviceswithSAPBC?

SAPBCAvailability

36.WehaveacustomerA（SAPSystemandAPO）whowouldwanttoconnectwithoneoftheircustomersB（anSAPR/33.1Icustomer）.IsSAPBCfreetobothcompanies?

37.WhatarethelicensingtermsforusingSAPBC?

38.CaneverySAPCustomer（USornon-US）,havinganInstallationNumberandaSUserIDtoaccesstheSAPServiceMarketplace,downloadandinstallSAPBCfreeofcost?

Arethereanypricing,distribution,orusagerestrictionswhatsoever?

39.DoesSAPBChasalicensinglimitonthenumberofusers（namedvs.concurrent）orthenumberofSAPconnections?

40.WhattypeofsupportisprovidedtothedevelopersandsystemintegratorsbuildingsolutionsusingSAPBC?

DoSAPCustomersneedtopurchaseasupportcontract?

41.WhatistheSAPBCDeveloperandwhenwouldIuseit?

42.IfSAPCustomersalsogettheSAPBCDeveloperEnvironmentwithSAPBC,dotheinstallationrequirementschange?

43.WherecantheSAPBCbedownloaded?

Answers

General

1.WhatisSAPBusinessConnector（SAPBC）?

TheSAPBusinessConnector（SAPBC）allowstheintegrationofdifferentapplicationsandtechnologieswithSAPSystemsviaopenandnonproprietarystandards.TheSAPBCusestheInternetascommunicationplatformandallowsyoutohighlyautomateyourbusinessprocesses.ThustheSAPBCseamlesslyintegratesdifferentITarchitectureswithSAPSystems.

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2.WhatisXML?

XMLisauniversalmethodfordescribingandformattingmessages.Byplacinginformationincontextwithmarkuptags,similartoHTMLtags,XMLenablesuserstoaccessandexchangedatafromdifferentapplications.WithXMLasthefoundationforbusinessdatatransformation,companiesaregivenanopenstandardforinformationexchange.ThiseliminatedthepoliticalandtechnicalbarriersthattraditionaldatainterchangeapproachessuchasEDI（ElectronicDataInterchange）havefaced.Consequently,SAPBCcanbeimplementedinweeksasopposedtomonthsoryears.

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3.WhyisXMLimportanttomycompany?

Amajorstumblingblockontheroadtowardsamoregeneralizedadoptionofe-businesssolutionshasbeenthefactthatusuallyarelativeabsenceofcommonstandardsforexchanginginformationwhichbusinessescoulduse.BeforetheriseoftheInternet,manybusinessestriedtosolvethisbasicproblembyagreeinguponadataformatforinformationexchange,theEDIFormat.ButEDISystemshavenotbeentrivialtoimplement.OnlythelargestcompanieshavehadtheresourcesneededtofullyadoptEDI.Companieslookingtoadopte-businesssolutionshavesoughtacommonformatforbusinessesexchangeinformationovertheInternet.TheadoptionofXMLbytheWorldWideWebConsortium（W3C）wasthefirststepinthatdirection.

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4.WheredoesSAPBCfitinthelargerpictureofSAPInternetTechnologies?

SAPBCprovidesaninterfacethatconvertsXMLDocumentsintoaformatreadabletotheSAPServer.BusinessestodayneedtechnologiesthatwillenablethemtoleveragetheirERPInvestmentsandintegratethatwithelectroniccommerce,supply-chainmanagement,frontofficeanddatawarehousingsystems.Thisissignificantbecausethe20,000-customerSAPImplementationbaseandtheaccumulatedbusinessprocessknowledgemakeSAPthemostimportantERPSolutionProviderintheworldtoday.

WithSAPBC,SAPoffersakeytechnologyenablingbusinessestodeployheterogeneoussystem-to-systemintegrationsolutions.ThisisanimportantstepintherealizationofthepotentialofXMLTechnologytotightenthelinksbetweenpartnersinthesupplychain.SAPBCcanbeusedtoconnectdifferentSAPSystems（withdifferentreleaseversions）overtheInternet.InfacttheSAPproprietaryRFCFormatisconvertedtoXMLorHTMLsothatnoSAPSoftwareisneededontheotherendofthecommunicationline,anddevelopingapplicationsdoesnotrequireSAPSystemKnowledge.RFCisthecommunicationsprotocolweusetotalktoSAPSystems.

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5.DoesSAPBCreplacetheSAPITS?

No.SAPITSisessentiallyanSAP-to-WebApplicationServerSolutionfordeployingrobustInternetApplicationsusingHTML/HTTP（dialogorientedman-machineinterface）.SAPBCisanXMLbasedintegrationsolutionforsystem-to-systemandenterprise-to-enterprisecommunication（machine-to-machineinterface）.

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6.WhatisthepositioningofSAPBCvs.theSAPExchangeInfrastructure?

PleaseseeSAPNote507813whichdescribesthepositioningofSAPBCvs.theSAPExchangeInfrastructure.

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7.Whatwouldbeatypicalreal-lifeexamplefordeployingSAPBC?

Supposeyouareoperatingaplantformanufacturingautoparts,andyousupplypartstoautomakersthroughouttheworld.Automanufacturersrelyonreceivingyourpartstomaketheirfinalproducts.WithacombinationofSAPSystemandSAPBC,youcanseamlesslyintegrateyourlogisticssystemwithyourshippingvendorsandyourcustomers.Yourcompanywillbeabletosignificantlyreduceinventorycostsbyelectronicallypassingorderstovarioussuppliers,automaticallyreceivingdeliverystatusreportsandconstantlyviewingreal-timeinventorystatusonallwarehousestock.SAPBCallowsyourERPSystemtosecurelycommunicatewithyoursuppliers?

planningsystemsovertheInternetwithoutunderstandingXMLorhowtointerfacewiththesuppliers'systems.BusinessescandeploySAPBCtointegrateanumberofbusinessprocessesatmanypointsalongthesupplychain,fromsuppliercatalogsande-commerceorderingsystemstoprocurementandotherERPSystems.

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8.WhatisthesupportstrategyforSAPBC?

PleaseseeSAPNote619102whichdescribeswhatversionsofSAPBCaresupported.

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SAPBCTechnicalBenefits

9.WhatarethekeytechnicalbenefitsofSAPBC?

SAPBCServerExtensionsmaptheSAPBusinessApplicationProgrammingInterfaces（BAPIs）toandfromXMLDocumentFormats.AllSAPFunctionalityaccessibleviaBAPIscanbemadeavailabletobusinesspartnersovertheInternetassecureXMLbasedservice,eliminatingtheneedtodefineprocesspairsinadvance.Allrequiredcommunicationsandsecurityinfrastructuretoconnecttopartnerapplicationsandwebsitesareincluded.SAPBCallowsnativecallsintoandoutofSAPSystemswithouthavingtowriteBAPICode.ItalsosupportsallRFCenabledfunctionmodules.

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10.HowdoesSAPBCintegratewithRFCs?

InordertosimplifycommunicationwithSAPApplications,SAPBCusesexistingstandards.SAPBCoffersfullintegrationwithopenpublishedSAPSystemInterfaces.SAPBCcontainsextensionsmappingSAPBAPIsandSAPIntermediateDocuments（IDocs）toandfromXMLDocumentStructures.ThiswaySAPFunctionalityaccessibleviaBAPIsandIDocscanbemadeavailabletobusinesspartnersovertheInternetassecureXM