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Use

In the hierarchy display of the BAPI Explorer all the business object types or interface types for which BAPIs have been defined are displayed.

Using the tabs Alphabetical and Hierarchical in the hierarchy display, you can select whether the business object types or interface types are displayed alphabetically or as they are assigned in the component hierarchy in the BOR.

By expanding the relevant nodes you can navigate up to the parameter level of individual BAPIs.

Features

The following display functions are also provided which enable you to directly access BAPIs and their details in the BOR.

  • Display Detailed Information

    In the Detail view of the working area, technical information of the development object selected in the hierarchy is displayed.

    In most cases you can double-click on a field in the Detail display to get to the development environment or to display further information. For example, in the detail display for a particular method, by double clicking on the name of the function module, it will be displayed in the Function Builder.

  • Displaying and printing documentation

    In the Documentation view of the working area, technical information of the development object selected in the hierarchy is displayed.

    The data element documentation for each parameter field is contained in the documentation for structured BAPI parameters.

    If you have installed Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 4.0 on the front-end computer, you can print the documentation using the standard SAP GUI print function.

  • Changing the level of the hierarchy display

    The component hierarchy may have many hierarchy levels. To make it easier to find a business object type and its BAPIs, you can use the function Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Change Hierarchy Level End of the navigation path to limit the display to two hierarchy levels.

  • Specifying the BAPIs to be displayed

    The default is to display only released BAPIs of business object types. By choosing Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step BAPIs to Display End of the navigation path, you can display all the BAPIs contained in the BOR, that is BAPIs of SAP interface types and BAPIs that have not yet been released.

    Business object types and interface types are identified by different symbols. To display these, choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Display Legend End of the navigation path.

  • Searching for BAPIs

    Using the standard functions Find and Find Next you can search the displayed business object types or interface types using specified criteria (placeholders such as ' * ' can be used):

    • Object name, e.g. BusinessProcess

    • Object type (technical object name) e.g. SAP0001

    • Object description, e.g. Plan*

    • Method name, e.g. GetList

    • Method description, e.g. object list*