SAP R/3 ABAP 4.

6 Delta TrainingQuestions and Exercises

BAPIs
1. Using the Business Object Repository Browser (transaction SWO2), display the SAP
object for material. (Follow the application tree Logistics General -> Logistics Basic
Data -> Material Master.) What is the ABAP program that implements the business
object?
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2. What is the key field for the material object?

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3. How many methods exist for the material object? List three of them.
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4. How many of the object methods are implemented with a BAPI? Name two of them.
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5. List three attributes of the Material object.

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6. Is the method Material.GetList instance independent or instance dependent?

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7. What is the name of the ABAP function module behind the BAPI method
Material.Edit?
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8. Using the BAPI Browser (transaction BAPI), view the Material.GetDetail BAPI
documentation.

9. Write a simple ABAP program to do the following:

• Name the program ZMATBAPIxx where XX is your user number
• Allow the user to input a material number as a parameter
• Call the Material.GetDetail BAPI from the program
• Write the material number, description, date created, and who it was created by
(these are all found in the BAPIMATDOA structure exported from the BAPI)
• Be sure to check the BAPIRETURN structure of the BAPI for an error and write
a message if the BAPI call is unsuccessful. Test this by entering an invalid material
number and executing your program.

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