You can use the iWay Application Adapter for mySAP ERP to invoke an SAP business process, for example, add/update account, or you can use the adapter as part of an integration effort to connect SAP and non-SAP systems.

All functions are processed synchronously, but all content in ALE IDocs is asynchronous.

In service mode, the iWay Application Adapter for mySAP ERP can send requests to SAP using the BAPI, RFC, or ALE interfaces.

The adapter quickly and easily integrates your SAP IDocs, RFCs, and BAPIs with mission critical SAP system applications and other enterprise applications. The benefits of the adapter include:

• Elimination of the requirement for custom coding.
• Consistent data representation.
• Provides a standard XML representation of event data and request/response documents for SAP.
• The developer is freed from the specific details of the SAP interface (BAPI, RFC, IDoc) and the specific configuration details of the target SAP system.
• Adherence to SAP ABAP serialization rules and SAP Interface Repository standards published by SAP AG.

During event processing, the adapter receives RFCs and IDocs directly from SAP. The SAP system can be configured to send an IDoc or RFC to a logical system when a certain event occurs, in this case to the adapter. The output sent by SAP can be in any of the following forms:

• An RFC request, for example, RFC_SYSTEM_INFO.
• A BAPI request, for example, BAPI_COMPANYCODE_GETLIST.
• An IDoc.