What is a BSP Application? (SAP Library - Web Applications and Business Server Pages)

What is a BSP Application?

Overview

A Business Server Page (BSP) application is a complete functional application as is a classic SAP R/3 transaction. Instead of being displayed using SAP GUI, these applications are displayed in a Web browser or a mobile device browser, such as a WAP cell phone (see also Mobile Enhancements of the SAP Web Application Server). HTTP or HTTPS is used to access the application across the network, which means that standard products like firewalls and proxy servers can be used.

The Business Server Pages programming model is similar to the Server Page Technology. This technology has been widely used in the field of Web development. The focus of the BSP programming model are points that ensure optimum structure in interfaces and business logic.

For more information about BSP applications, see:

The components of a BSP application and how they interact, see Structure of a BSP Application

How to call an existing BSP application from a Web browser, see Accessing a BSP Application

How to start and end a BSP application, see Starting and Ending a BSP Application

How a BSP application is processed, see Processing a BSP Application

How to create a BSP application, see Creating a BSP Application

The URL parameters you can use to access the BSP runtime environment and BSP applications, see System-Specific URL Parameters

The concept of an application class for encapsulating the business logic of a BSP application, see Application Class of a BSP Application

Tutorials

For information about how to create BSP applications, see the following tutorials:

First Steps with Business Server Pages…

A Simple BSP Application

Online Bookshop

Further Developing the Online Bookshop