The terms defined below are used throughout the ERP MA documentation.
SAP Terminology
- BAPI (Business Applications Programming
Interface) – a function that performs a specific operation
inside the SAP environment
- InfoTypes – structures used as
parameters to BAPIs
- RFC (Remote Function Call) – a method
for accessing a BAPI from another computer via the network
- SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET 2.0 –
a managed component from SAP that enables RFC to BAPIs on an SAP
application server
ERP MA Terminology
- Function – BAPI to call.
- Parameter – input or output of
function
- Structure – unit of data aggregation
that can be a parameter to a BAPI being called.
- Field – single value that can be part
of a structure or used as a parameter.
- MA operations – import, export,
password.
- CS Schema – a DSML formatted file
containing the description of object types and attributes for
connector space entries in FIM.
- ERP MA Configuration Tool – UI used to
create the CS schema file, assembly, and configuration xml required
to run the ERP MA.
- DSML format – an xml file format used
to describe schema information, such as classes, attributes, etc
for FIM.