Concepts and Sample Solutions of SAP – WEB Interfaces for the OIL-Downstream industry

1. Ahmed Rami Elsherif
elsherifr@hotmail.com
SAP – WEB Interfaces
OIL-Downstream

2. Introduction
• One of the important challenges in a SAP
implementation is its integration with other systems in
the enterprise; another one is WEB enabling and
reporting.
• SAP provides a basic infrastructure for integrations that
is secure, efficient and transparent.

3. SAP Integration Technology
Used in the presented
solutions (BAPI,RFC)

4. General Design
WEB Navigator
SAP R/3
SSL
Certification Server
TCP/IP
Interface Server
SSL
WEB Server
SCRIPT RFC y BAPI

5. Advantages
 Data is created/read in real-time in/from SAP.
 User friendly screens without extraneous fields.
 Minimal training time.
 Knowledge of how to navigate in SAP is not
required.

6. Examples - Downstream
• Import/Export Data: Reads data from different modules of
SAP, Save it in a local database, generate data
equivalences and export it to other systems in a pre
defined format.
• Margin Analysis: Reads sales data from SD module, cost
of goods sold from CO Module, saves data in a SQL flat
table and produces margin analysis in different
dimensions and units.
• Purchase Order for Transport Service: Reads transport
operations registered in SAP (IS-OIL), aggregates
contract conditions, generates the conciliation sheet,
generates the SAP PO of the service, and liberates it.

7. Data Export From SAP
MVER
COSP
BSIS
VBRK
GL
Index
KONV
Invoice
Header
VBRP
Invoice
Conditio
ns
LIPS
Invoice
Lines
Delivery
Items
Script to
Read SAP apply
Equivalences
Equivalences
Tables
Field X in SAP =
Field Y in Sys. N
Generate Text files to
be consumed by other
systems
Scripts to generate
Interface Files
QALS
Material
Quality
Material
Consum
ption
Costs
Import Data
SAP
Apply and update
Equivalence rules
Repeat the same
process for different
SAP Modules
(FI,CO,SD,MM,IS-OIL,
Others)

8. Margin Analysis
BSEG
BSIS
GL Line
Items
GL
Index
VBRK
KONV
Invoice
Header
VBRP
Invoice
Conditio
ns
LIPS
Invoice
Lines
Delivery
Items
Script to
Read SAP
Write Flat Table
MARGIN
Month
Year
Concept
Account
Profit Center
Product
Volume
Value US
Value BS
Scripts to present
margin
Multi Unit Analysis
(Margin,Sales,Taxes,Costs)
Graphical and
numerical
presentation
with drill downs.

9. Transport Service PO
SAP Purchase Relate Data Order
to
created in real time
Contract
Condition
Read Transport
Operations SAP IS OIL
Generate PO
VIA BAPI Call

10. Conclusion
• Although SAP is intended to cover all activities in the
enterprise other auxiliary or activity specific systems, will
exist and for that integration with SAP is essential.
• ABAP is the official programming language of SAP, but
every thing that can be done in ABAP also can be done
in other programming languages using RFC and BAPIs.