Introduction

SAP has introduced object-oriented technology by making SAP processes and data available in the form of SAP business objects.

External applications can access SAP business objects through standardized, platform-independent interfaces - die Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs). The SAP Business Objects and their BAPIs provide an open, object-oriented view of the business processes and data in an SAP System.

This guide provides an overview of the SAP business objects, SAP interface types, and their BAPIs as well as the Business Object Repository where business objects and BAPIs are defined and stored.