Get Data from a Remote System Using a Remote Function Call (RFC): Scenario
Requires Customer/Partner License
Intermediate
30 min.
Get data from an on-premise system, such as a SAP S/4HANA System, by calling a Remote Function Module in SAP BTP ABAP Environment
You will learn
- How to create a secure RFC connection between your SAP BTP, ABAP Environment and an on-premise SAP System, e.g. SAP S/4HANA
- How to test the connection using an ABAP handler class
Julie PlummerNovember 12, 2024Created byJanuary 18, 2024
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Prerequisites
- You have set up SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), ABAP Environment, for example by using the relevant booster: Using a Booster to Automate the Setup of the ABAP Environment
- Tutorial: Set Up SAP BTP, ABAP Environment and create Your First Console Application, for a licensed user, steps 1-2
- You have a user in an ABAP on-premise system. Examples of such on-premise systems include:
- You have connected SAP Cloud Connector, to your BTP subaccount
- You have assigned the business catalog `
**SAP_CORE_BC_COM** in a business role assigned to your user, e.g. **SAP_BR_ADMINISTRATOR (Administrator)`; you will need it to create communication artifacts - You may need to define the relevant homepage structure that should be exposed to the launchpad. In Manage Launchpad Settings, set the relevant value for EXPOSURE_HOMEPAGE_STRUCTURE. See Manage Launchpad Settings
- IMPORTANT: This tutorial cannot be completed on a trial account. If you want to explore some of the concepts of this mission on a trial account, using OData or SOAP rather than RFC, see the following workshop: SAP BTP, ABAP Environment: Connectivity and Integration
This tutorial mission was written for SAP BTP ABAP Environment. However, you should also be able to use it in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Environment in the same way.
Throughout this tutorial, replace 000 with your initials or group number.
The challenge:
There are two challenges when setting up connectivity between the SAP BTP, ABAP Environment and an on-premise ABAP System:
- The ABAP Environment is generally located in front of any firewall, but customer on-premise systems are generally behind it
- Remote Function Call (RFC) is not internet-enabled
The solution:
Set up a secure connection from the on-premise system to the SAP BTP, ABAP Environment.
Technically:
- SAP Cloud Connector opens a tunnel connection to the ABAP environment tenant using its public tenant URL
- After the tunnel is established, it can be used for actual data connection using the RFC or HTTP(S) protocols.
