The iWay Application Adapter for mySAP ERP is a remote function call adapter that provides a means to exchange real-time business data between SAP Enterprise Central Component (ECC) 5.0/6.0 systems and other application, database, or external business partner systems. The adapter enables external applications for inbound and outbound processing with SAP.

The adapter uses XML messages to enable non-SAP applications to communicate and exchange transactions with SAP using one of the following two methods.

• Service Adapter. Applications use this capability when they must initiate an SAP business event.
• Event Adapter. Applications use this capability if they require access to SAP data only when an SAP business event occurs.

The iWay Application Adapter for mySAP ERP provides:

• Support for bidirectional message interactions.
• SAP object repository metadata browser support to build XML schemas and Web services to handle adapter requests or event data.
• Support for Remote Function Calls (RFC), Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPI), and Intermediate Documents (IDoc) interfaces to SAP.