BAPIs
BAPIs, short for Business Application Programming Interfaces, are standardized interfaces provided by SAP to access SAP business objects and processes from external applications. They are designed to enable interoperable communication between SAP systems and third-party software, such as ERP extensions, CRM systems, e-commerce platforms, or custom integration layers. BAPIs are typically implemented as function modules that are RFC-enabled, allowing remote procedure calls over a network.
In practice, a BAPI is a function module with a naming convention like BAPI_<Object>_<Method> and a defined
BAPIs are used to enable integration across SAP modules (such as FI, CO, MM, SD) and with