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- The user can connect with other systems using the following technologies: IDoc, EDI/ALE, BAPI, OData, or Gateway.
- The OData service works as a RESTful service, offering basic CRUD methods. From the consumer’s perspective, it provides uniquely identified data according to the OData specification. From the system’s perspective, it usually consists of model-provider classes and data-provider classes, where the latter is responsible for business logic implementation.
- The main difference between the two is that EDI is used for external communication, while ALE is used for internal connections. From a technical point of view, EDI transfers data using file ports, whereas ALE uses memory buffers ...
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