SAP RFC Integration through BizTalk
It has been a long while since I published some technical write-ups into my blog. Today, I will try to elaborate on Integration mechanism with SAP though BizTalk middleware. As you are aware, SAP is a self-contained and modular system. So, communicating with SAP is a complex process. You have to have basic understanding of SAP Modules and Data Query/Retrieval process. But, communicating to SAP through RFC function calls has made it even easier. You can communicate with SAP RFCs in three different ways: 1. Access SAP RFCs using WCF-SAP Adapter and SAP system credentials 2. Access SAF RFCs through exposed RFCs as ABAP web services 3. Access SAF RFCs through SAP Process Orchestrator, which is basically the SAP integration middleware Today, I will concentrate on No. 2, which is to communicate with SAP through RFC Web Services via ABAP web services. To do that, you need to expose SAP RFCs as consumable web services. Please follow THIS to expose RFCs as