SAP BAPI package

The SAP BAPI package contains actions to automate tasks and processes using SAP Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI). BAPI is a standardized method that enables a third-party application to interact with an SAP system.

Overview of SAP BAPIs

Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs) are APIs that enable external applications to access SAP business objects.

Typically, a BAPI consists of the following parameters:

Import parameters: Used to receive data from the calling applications.
Export parameters: Used to return data to the calling application.
Import/export table parameters: Tables used for both receiving data and returning data.

A parameter can be of the following type:

Data element: Scalar data type
Structure: Typically contains multiple fields
If an import parameter is of the type structure, you can pass multiple values as key-value pairs.
Table: A data structure that contains more than one row

For a BAPI method to work, the calling application can call the method in a BAPI using the following:

BAPI name
Import parameters (scalar, structure, table)
Export parameters (scalar, structure, table)

Before you start

Perform the following actions within the SAP BAPI package as part of using the set of available actions:

Establish a connection with the SAP application using the Connect action.
Use the Create function action to create a user-defined function for the specified SAP BAPI function.
Select the Begin sequence option to mark the start of a process followed by the actions to automate a task.
Use the Run function action to run the function you have created using the Create function action.
Select the End sequence option to mark the end of a process and the Commit transaction option to commit the changes.

Actions in the SAP BAPI package

The SAP BAPI package includes the following actions:


Action	Description
Connect	Using Connect action for SAP BAPI.
Create function	Create function action.
Get field value	Get field value action.
Get structure	Get structure action.
Get table	Get table action.
Run function	Run function action.
Set field value	Set field value action.
Run standard workflow	Run standard workflow action.
Run custom workflow	Run custom workflow action.

Build sample bots using the SAP BAPI package

If you are getting started with the SAP BAPI package, a good place to start is to build some sample bots with the help of the following tutorials. The tutorials are intended to train you on how to use various actions from the SAP BAPI package to invoke SAP BAPIs, pass import parameters, and retrieve data from export parameters.

Example of using Get structure command from SAP BAPI package: In this tutorial, you will build a bot that invokes BAPI_FLIGHT_GETLIST from the SAP demo Flight Data application. When executed, the bot calls the BAPI function by inputting an airline ID and destination details, gets a list of flights, and writes the response data to a CSV file.
Example of writing data to SAP using SAP BAPI package: In this tutorial, you will build a bot that invokes BAPI_FLCUST_CREATEFROMDATA from the SAP demo Flight Data application. You will use the CUSTOMER_DATA import parameter to pass the customer data to the BAPI. When executed, the bot creates a new customer record in SAP database and displays the customer number returned by the BAPI.
Example of using Run standard workflow from SAP BAPI package: In this tutorial, you will build a bot that uses a single action to select a BAPI from a list of function modules, to set import parameters, and to get the response data. When executed, the bot gets flight availability data based on the input data, and writes it to a CSV file.

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