TAW_10_1 chapter 6, communication and integration

Question 1

The class talks about 12 interface technologies used by SAP. Name them.

Answer 1

EDI
XML
SOAP
SMTP
HTTP
BAPI
ALE
OLE
RFC
CPI-C  (RFC,BAPI)
TCP/IP (RFC,BAPI)
LU 6.2

Question 2

RFC’s are based on what two protocols?

Answer 2

CPI-C and TCP/IP

Question 3

What direction do RFC’s communicate?

Answer 3

They are bidirectional

Question 4

How are RFC destinations maintained?

Answer 4

SM59

Question 5

How many clients can an RFC destination point to?

Answer 5

Just one

Question 6

How is the Business Object Repository accessed?

Answer 6

Tcode BAPI or from tcode SW01 select the business object repository

Question 7

What is the use of ALE?

Answer 7

Data is exchanged thru messages between different systems both internal and external

Question 8

What is the method of creating ALE data?

Answer 8

BAPIs

Question 9

What structure are ALE documents in

Answer 9

IDOCs or XML

Question 10

Can ALE be transferred in multiple protocols?

Answer 10

RFC, HTTP, HTTPS

Question 11

Is ALE async or sync

Answer 11

Both

Question 12

What are the 4 basic web service standards used by SAP

Answer 12

XML
SOAP
WSDL
UDDI

Question 13

What standard does Odata adhere to?

Answer 13

Atompub

Question 14

What XML standard is Odata published in?

Answer 14

ATOM

Question 15

What are the five processes of an Odata service

Answer 15

POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, GET

Question 16

How is odata shared /exposed with the outside world?

Answer 16

SAP Gateway.