sap-integration-wiki

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sap-integration-wiki

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Comprehensive integration guide for connecting external systems (Java, Python, .NET, Node.js, low-code platforms, etc.) to SAP (ECC, S/4HANA On-Premise, S/4HANA Cloud). Covers OData V2/V4, RFC/JCo, SOAP over HTTP RFC (no-JCo RFC calls via standard HTTPS), IDoc/PI-PO, BAPI, RAP REST APIs, BTP Integration Suite, SAP Event Mesh, FI-AA asset accounting, AR/AP open items, and Financial Shared Service Center (FSSC) integration patterns (Kingdee/金蝶 ↔ SAP, SAP Central Finance CFIN) with scenario-driven recommendations, working code examples, payload samples, and error troubleshooting. Activate this skill whenever someone asks how to integrate with SAP, call a SAP API, create or read SAP data (purchase orders, inventory, sales orders, financial documents, AR/AP open items, asset accounting, material master, business partner, production orders) from outside SAP, configure JCo or RFC, call SAP BAPI without JCo, use SOAP to call SAP RFC, call SAP from Python/Node.js/Go without installing SAP libraries, handle SAP IDoc messages, use BTP Cloud Integration or iFlow, set up Communication Arrangements for S/4HANA Cloud, troubleshoot SAP HTTP 400/401/403 errors, implement retry or idempotency for SAP calls, build a financial shared service center on SAP, connect Kingdee/金蝶/用友 to SAP, replicate financial documents into SAP Central Finance (CFIN), or says things like "connect to SAP", "get data from SAP", "SAP keeps returning 401", "how do I call BAPI from Java", "how do I call SAP RFC from Python", "call SAP without JCo", "SAP SOAP endpoint", "/sap/bc/soap/rfc", "SAP OData not working", "CSRF token validation failed", "IDoc status 51", "BAPI_PO_CREATE1", "API_PURCHASEORDER_PROCESS_SRV", "JCo connection", "RFC destination", "BTP iFlow", "Cloud Connector", "SAP Event Mesh", "Communication Arrangement", "BAPI_FIXEDASSET_GETLIST", "BAPI_ASSET_ACQUISITION_POST", "CFIN OData V4", "API_CFinRpldSupplierInvoice", "财务共享中心" — even when the user does not say "SAP" and just describes the problem symptomatically.

SAP Integration Wiki

This skill routes integration questions to the right reference based on your context. Before loading any reference file, ask the following if not already clear from the user's message:

Clarifying questions (ask only what is unknown)

1. SAP version: ECC 6.0 / S/4HANA On-Premise / S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition / S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition?
2. Integration direction: External → SAP (write/trigger) / SAP → External (event/push) / Bidirectional / Read-only query?
3. Latency requirement: Synchronous (real-time response needed) / Asynchronous (fire-and-forget or queue)?
4. Business object: Purchase Order / Sales Order / Inventory/Stock / Financial Document / Material Master / Business Partner / Production Order / BOM / Other?
5. Consumer technology: Java/JVM / Python / .NET / Node.js / Low-code (Zapier, Power Automate) / Other?

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Routing logic

After clarifying, follow this decision tree to pick the right reference files:

Step 1: Pick the scenario file

Read the relevant file from references/scenarios/ based on the business object:

Business Object	File
Purchase Order (create, read, change, approve)	references/scenarios/mm-po.md
Inventory / Stock query or reservation	references/scenarios/mm-stock.md
Sales Order (create, track, confirm)	references/scenarios/sd-order.md
Financial Document (post GL, read FI docs)	references/scenarios/fi-doc.md
AR / AP open items, supplier invoice, payment, down payment	references/scenarios/fi-ar-ap.md
Fixed Asset (read register, acquisition, retirement, transfer)	references/scenarios/fi-asset.md
Financial Shared Service Center (FSSC) — Kingdee↔SAP, CFIN	references/scenarios/fi-fssc.md
Material Master / Business Partner / Org Data (cost center, plant)	references/scenarios/master-data.md
Production Order / BOM / Goods Movement (261/101) / MRP	references/scenarios/pp-production.md

Always read the scenario file first before reading any tech file. The scenario file specifies which integration technology to recommend per version.

Step 2: Pick the technology file

Read the relevant file from references/tech/ based on the recommended approach from Step 1:

Technology	File	Use when
OData REST V2/V4	references/tech/odata.md	S/4HANA On-Prem or Cloud, standard scenario, HTTP-native client
RFC / JCo (Java remote function call)	references/tech/rfc-jco.md	ECC (primary), S/4 when no OData exists, bulk operations, Java-only
SOAP over HTTP RFC (no JCo)	references/tech/soap-rfc-http.md	Call any RFC-FM from non-JVM runtime via HTTPS — Python, Node.js, Go, curl; ECC or S/4 On-Prem
IDoc / SAP PI-PO	references/tech/idoc-pi.md	Async integration, EDI, partner/supplier message exchange
BAPI or RAP	references/tech/bapi-rap.md	ECC BAPIs, S/4HANA RAP OData V4 services, decision on which to use
Authentication (any technology)	references/tech/auth.md	Auth failures, first-time setup, OAuth2, SSL/TLS, ICF activation
BTP Integration Suite / iFlow / Cloud Connector / Event Mesh	references/tech/btp-cloud-integration.md	BTP-mediated integration, S/4HANA Cloud + BTP, Event Mesh consumers, Communication Arrangements
Retry / idempotency / security / monitoring / testing	references/tech/best-practices.md	Production hardening, error classification, structured logging, connection pooling, CI patterns

Step 3: If there is an error or failure

Read references/troubleshoot/ based on symptom:

Symptom	File
HTTP 4xx / 5xx from OData endpoint	references/troubleshoot/odata-errors.md
Login failures / token issues / CSRF errors	references/troubleshoot/auth-errors.md
IDoc stuck / status 51 / port not configured	references/troubleshoot/idoc-errors.md
Behavior differs between SAP versions	references/troubleshoot/version-diff.md

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Quick technology decision matrix

Use this when the user has not specified a technology preference:

SAP Version	Scenario	Recommended	Fallback
S/4HANA On-Prem 2020+	Create/Read PO	OData V2 API_PURCHASEORDER_PROCESS_SRV	JCo + BAPI_PO_CREATE1
S/4HANA On-Prem 2023+	Create/Read PO	OData V4 API_PURCHASEORDER (if released)	OData V2
ECC 6.0	Create/Read PO	JCo + BAPI_PO_CREATE1	IDoc ORDERS
ECC 6.0 (non-JVM client)	Call any RFC-FM without JCo	SOAP over HTTP (/sap/bc/soap/rfc)	Java JCo microservice proxy
S/4HANA Cloud Public	Any	OData V4 / RAP	None (RFC unavailable externally)
Any version	Stock query (real-time)	OData API_MATERIAL_STOCK_SRV	BAPI_MATERIAL_STOCK_REQ_LIST
Any version	FI posting	JCo + BAPI_ACC_DOCUMENT_POST	(no standard OData for posting)
S/4HANA On-Prem 1809+	Query AR/AP open items	OData V2 API_OPLACCTGDOCITEMCUBE_SRV	JCo BAPI_AR_ACC_GETOPENITEMS / BAPI_AP_ACC_GETOPENITEMS
ECC 6.0	Query AR/AP open items	JCo BAPI_AR_ACC_GETOPENITEMS / BAPI_AP_ACC_GETOPENITEMS	—
S/4HANA On-Prem 1809+	Create supplier invoice	OData V2 API_SUPPLIERINVOICE_PROCESS_SRV	JCo BAPI_INCOMINGINVOICE_CREATE
Any version	Read fixed asset list/values	JCo BAPI_FIXEDASSET_GETLIST	—
Any version	Post asset acquisition/retirement/transfer	JCo BAPI_ASSET_ACQUISITION_POST / _RETIREMENT_POST / _TRANSFER_POST (always CHECK first)	—
S/4HANA Cloud	Fixed asset operations	OData V4 CE_FIXEDASSET_0001 / OP_FIXEDASSETACQUISITION_0001 (Comm. Arr. SAP_COM_0510)	—
S/4HANA CFIN	Post from non-SAP (Kingdee) to Central Finance	OData V4 API_CFinRpldSupplierInvoice / API_CFinRpldBillingDocument (Comm. Arr. SAP_COM_0453)	BTP iFlow + CFIN
Any version	Async supplier EDI	IDoc via PI/PO	File-based integration
S/4HANA On-Prem	Read Material Master	OData V2 API_PRODUCT_SRV	JCo + BAPI_MATERIAL_GET_DETAIL
S/4HANA On-Prem	Create/Change Material	JCo + BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA	IDoc MATMAS05
S/4HANA On-Prem 2020+	Business Partner (Customer/Vendor)	OData V2 API_BUSINESS_PARTNER	JCo + BAPI_BUPA_CREATE_FROM_DATA
ECC 6.0	Business Partner / Customer / Vendor	JCo + BAPI_CUSTOMER_CREATEFROMDATA1 / BAPI_VENDOR_CREATE	IDoc DEBMAS/CREMAS
S/4HANA On-Prem	Production Order (create/change)	OData V2 API_PP_ORDERS_SRV	JCo + BAPI_PRODORD_CREATE
Any version	Goods Movement (261/101/etc.)	JCo + BAPI_GOODSMVT_CREATE	OData API_MATERIAL_DOCUMENT_SRV (S/4)
Any version	Production Order Confirmation	JCo + BAPI_PRODORDCONF_CREATE_TT	IDoc LOIPRO
Any	BTP-mediated integration to S/4HANA Cloud	BTP Integration Suite iFlow + Communication Arrangement	N/A
Any	Event-driven / decoupled async	SAP Event Mesh (BTP)	IDoc via PI/PO

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Scripts and assets

Point users to these runnable artifacts when they need working code or templates:

Need	Resource
Generate Postman Collection for any OData service	scripts/gen-odata-postman.js
Generate JCo .jcoDestination properties file	scripts/gen-jco-config.py
Generate IDoc XML skeleton for any message type	scripts/gen-idoc-template.py
PO creation payload (OData V2 POST body)	assets/payloads/po-create.json
PO item quantity update (PATCH body)	assets/payloads/po-update.json
IDoc ORDERS05 XML example	assets/payloads/idoc-orders05.xml
OAuth2 config template for S/4HANA On-Premise	assets/configs/oauth-template.json
JCo connection properties template (all properties)	assets/configs/jco-props.template

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Response format

When answering an integration question, always structure the response as:

1. Recommended approach — one sentence naming the technology and why it fits the user's version and scenario
2. Prerequisites — what must be configured on the SAP side first (user roles, service activation, RFC destination, partner profile, etc.)
3. Implementation steps — numbered list with working code snippets (curl, Java, Python as appropriate to the user's tech stack)
4. Common pitfalls — 2–3 things that typically go wrong and exactly how to avoid or fix them
5. Reference — link to SAP API Business Hub or SAP Help Portal page when available

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Important SAP concepts for non-SAP developers

• CSRF token: SAP OData services require a two-step process for mutating operations (POST/PATCH/DELETE). First GET to fetch the token, then include it in all write calls. Token is tied to a session cookie.
• BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT: Every write BAPI call in SAP must be followed by an explicit BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT call, or the changes will be rolled back. This is a hard requirement, not optional.
• OData $batch: SAP OData supports $batch for grouping multiple operations, but has strict ordering and boundary requirements.
• SAP system number (SYSNR): A two-digit instance number (e.g., 00), not the host port. Do not confuse with port 3300+SYSNR.
• Client: SAP is multi-tenanted within a single system. Always specify the client (e.g., 100, 800) in every connection.
• ICF node: SAP Internet Communication Framework. OData services are only reachable if the corresponding ICF node is activated. Transaction: SICF.
• SOAP over HTTP RFC: SAP exposes all RFC-enabled function modules via a standard SOAP endpoint at /sap/bc/soap/rfc. No SAP-specific client library is required — any HTTP library works. The ICF node for this path must be activated in SICF. Use this when JCo is not practical (non-JVM runtimes, containerised workloads, rapid prototyping). Does not support IDoc, tRFC, or qRFC.