Business Communication Interface - Sending from SAP Applications

Use

This component allows SAP application developers to integrate internal and external sending of documents in their applications without incurring great costs. The Business Communication Interface (BCI) is not only used for controlling the sending and receipt of documents, but also for extensive status handling and for making all the send information on an application object available.

In addition to interfaces without dialog, the BCI also offers dialogs that allow you to preselect data required for the sending of the document so that this can be stored temporarily or postprocessed.

Integration

Documents can be sent from the SAP applications using the BCI directly. However, Message Control and SAPscript also support the BCI and, as a result, enable the applications that already send documents in this way to benefit from the enhanced functions without incurring the costs of modification.

When documents are sent externally, the BCI transfers the send objects to SAPconnect.

Features

The BCI provides the following functions:

Sending of documents with attachments and notes
Sending of documents to internal and external recipients, including organizational units, address objects and other objects that support the interface IFRECEIVE, which provides the attribute RECEIVE.
Sending of documents via all communication methods supported by the SAP system (Fax, Internet, X.400, Remote Mail, Paging, Printing).

Note

When documents are sent to pagers or printers, the BCI presupposes that the paging address or the printer address of the recipient is maintained in the central address management.
Sending of documents with all send attributes (for example, Express, Copy, Reply required)
Automatic moving of the document sent to any folder
Either asynchronous or synchronous sending of documents

Note

Synchronous sending of documents can be restricted for external communication.
Linking of the application object to the documents

Note

The link is strongly recommended.
Sending under another name
Active status handling
Receipt of faxes, Internet messages and IDocs, including possible inbound processing, for example, direct forwarding or starting of a workflow.

The BCI also provides the following dialog interfaces:

Creation of a new document of any class with or without attachments
Recipient determination, in which any address type can be used.

In addition, sample programs for the use of the BCI are available (RSSOKIF1 and RSSOKIF2).