The document summarizes an event held by the Patna MuleSoft Meetup Group to discuss integrating SAP and MuleSoft using IDoc. The agenda included an overview of SAP, MuleSoft connectivity to SAP, configuring IDoc communication, a demo, common issues and Q&A. The speaker discussed SAP integration challenges, MuleSoft connectors for SAP, IDoc structure, useful SAP transaction codes, and configuration setup on the SAP and MuleSoft sides.

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

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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