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Difference Between BDC and BAPI

BDC is used for one-time data loads from legacy systems into SAP transactions by repeatedly running those transactions without human intervention. BAPI allows for establishing online interfaces between SAP and non-SAP applications by converting SAP transactions into code modules. BAPI is generally preferred over BDC for continuous, online data exchange between SAP and other systems due to its improved performance and robustness.

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Difference Between BDC and BAPI

BDC is used for one-time data loads from legacy systems into SAP transactions by repeatedly running those transactions without human intervention. BAPI allows for establishing online interfaces between SAP and non-SAP applications by converting SAP transactions into code modules. BAPI is generally preferred over BDC for continuous, online data exchange between SAP and other systems due to its improved performance and robustness.

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DifferencesBetweenBDCandBAPI

WhatthedifferencebetweenBDCandBAPI?WhattheexactsituationwherewecanuseBDCandBAPI?
BDCisthegoodoldmethodofmovinglegacydatatoSAP.
BAPIisthenewenhancedApplicationInterfacethroughwhichdatacanbeuploadedintoSAPSystem.
BDCistransactionoriented.Meaning,thedataisuploadedintoSAPthroughstandardtransactions.Allchecks,validations,
exitsthatareapplicabletothetransactionareactivewhileloadingdataintoSAP.
Simplysaying,BDCiscontinuousrunningoftransactionrepeatedlywithouthumanintervention,databeingpickedfromtext
fileforeachrun.Itisjustabundlingofmultipleexecutionsofthesametransactionandexecuteatoncelikeamacro.

WhereasBAPIisaninterfacingmethod,throughwhichSAPdatacanbeprocessedfromwithinSAPorfromothernonSAP
applications.BAPIcanbetermedasSAPtransactionwithoutdialog.Allthescreensofparticulartransactionisconvertedin
theformofaCodeModule.

WecanestablishonlineinterfacewithSAPdatafromnonSAPapplicationsthroughBAPI'siftheyareenabledforRemote
Access.
GenerallyBDCispreferredifthedatafromthelegacysystemismovedtoSAPsingletime.Forexample,atthetimeofGo
LivethedatarequiredforSAPiseitherdownloadedfromothersoftwareormanuallypreparedinexcelsheetsanduploaded
intoSAPatonce.AfterthatdataorSAPhasnothingtodowithothersoftware.

BAPI'sarepreferred,ifdataexchangeisonlineorcontinuousbetweenSAPtransactionsorSAPandnonSAPapplications.
BAPI'sarepreferredinviewofperformancealso.DataloadingthroughBAPI'saremorerobustandfastercomparatively,if
theyarecalledcorrectly.

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