business, application, programming (BAPI) /bap'ee/ A set of
a material object provides a function to check availability,
the corresponding SAP business object type "Material" might
provide a BAPI called "Material.CheckAvailability".
The definitions of SAP business objects and their BAPIs are
kept in an SAP business object repository. SAP provide
build SAP applications that use business objects and BAPIs.
Supported environments include
COM and
Java.
gives background information and lists objects and BAPIs.
(2002-08-30)