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Use

When you make a remote function call, the system handles parameter transfer differently than it does with local calls.

Process

TABLES Parameters

The actual table is transferred, but not the table header. If a table parameter is not specified, an empty table is used in the called function.

The RFC uses a delta managing mechanism to minimize network load during parameter and result passing. Internal ABAP tables can be used as parameters for function module calls. When a function module is called locally, a parameter tables is transferred by reference". This means that you do not have to create a new local copy. RFC does not support transfer "by reference". Therefore, the entire table must be transferred back and forth between the RFC client and the RFC server. When the RFC server receives the table entries, it creates a local copy of the internal table. Then only delta information is returned to the RFC client. This information is not returned to the RFC client every time a table operation occurs, however; instead, all collected delta information is passed on at once when the function returns to the client.

The first time a table is passed, it is given an object-ID and registered as a "virtual global table" in the calling system. This registration is kept alive as long as call-backs are possible between calling and called systems. Thus, if multiple call-backs occur, the change-log can be passed back and forth to update the local copy, but the table itself need only be copied once (the first time).