2 Creating Schemas for SAP Business Objects
Note: It is important to understand that the connection information and the event, request, and response schema information that you enter and that is created by the BEA Application Explorer, directly affects the connections, events, and services available to the BEA WebLogic Adapter for SAP.
Service adapter requests are Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) sent by the service adapter to SAP for execution. The request runs a process through the application system connection. The request specifies input parameters that are described by its request schema. For each adapter, the BEA Application Explorer displays summary information and request details. The service request expects a response, called a service adapter response.
Service adapter responses are answer sets returned from the application system connection in response to a service request. SAP uses service responses to return results to the service adapter. A service response is described by its service response schema.
Events are requests arriving from SAP that are triggered by SAP activity. For example, a call center worker may enter a purchase order or update a customer record through a GUI screen connected directly to SAP. This SAP event may trigger a process that makes a remote call to the BEA WebLogic Adapter for SAP, which arrives at the event adapter.
Business Objects are the available SAP RFC modules, BAPI methods, and IDocs that appear in the BEA Application Explorer when you connect to the SAP system.
For comprehensive information about the BEA Application Explorer, see the BEA Application Explorer Installation & Configuration Guide.
