2Creating Schemas for SAP Business Objects
2-2 BEA WebLogic Adapter for SAP User Guide
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.