MuleSoft SAP Integration using IDocs | Patna MuleSoft Meetup # 15

1. Patna MuleSoft Meetup Group (15th
Meetup)
MuleSoft - SAP Integration using IDoc
3rd March 2023

2. Organizer

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5. Speaker
Joydeep Paul
Solution Architect
Mahesh Subhash
Regional Service Owner- Integrations

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Agenda
● About SAP
● MuleSoft SAP Connectivity
● Configuration for IDoc communication
● DEMO
● Common issues encountered and troubleshooting
● Q&A

7. ● SAP stands for System, Applications, and Products in Data Processing.
● What is ERP
● SAP has evolved through multiple versions, currently most used versions - R/3, S4 HANA
● SAP Integration format –
RFC : IDoc & BAPI
WebService: SOAP / Rest
S4/Hana: OData / SOAP
SAP

8. ● SAP’s integration methods don’t extend well to third-party systems
● Inconsistent configuration increases complexity and costs
● Specialized skill set requirements
Challenges in SAP Integration
SAP-certified Anypoint connectors –
● Execute BAPI functions over the RFC protocol, supporting the following types:
● a) Synchronous RFC (sRFC)
● b) Transactional RFC (tRFC)
● c) Queued RFC (qRFC)
● Act as a JCo Server to be called as a BAPI over sRFC, tRFC and qRFC.
● Send IDocs over tRFC and qRFC.
● Receive IDocs over tRFC and qRFC.
● Transform SAP objects (JCo Function/BAPI & IDocs) to and from XML.
Solutions - MuleSoft SAP connector

9. Useful Info About SAP Integration

10. Configuration Setup

11. SAP Side configuration
● RFC destination needs to be created in SAP using Transaction Code SM59,
Program ID is shared by SAP team to MuleSoft.
● Create port using WE21.
● Create partner profile in SAP using Transaction Code WE20.
● Create MuleSoft user account with necessary authorization.

12. MuleSoft SAP Connector

13. IDoc Structure

14. Useful SAP T-Code
T-Code Description
SM59 Configure RFC Destination
WE21 Configure Port in IDoc processing
WE20 Configure Partner Profile
SM58 Asynchronous RFC Error Log
WE60 Download IDoc schema/XSD
WE19 Test tool for IDoc processing
WE05 IDoc Lists
WE09 Search for IDocs by Content
WE02 Display IDoc
SE37 Function Builder: BAPI

15. Demo

16. Q&A

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What’s next?

19. Thank you