<s>
Business	B-Application
Application	I-Application
Programming	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
(	O
BAPI	B-Application
)	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
mySAP	B-Application
to	O
achieve	O
business	O
related	O
functionalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
remote-enabled	O
function	O
module	O
which	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BAPIs	B-Application
enable	O
access	O
to	O
SAP	B-Application
functions	O
across	O
formal	O
,	O
stable	O
and	O
dialog-free	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
interfaces	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
external	O
applications	O
developed	O
by	O
customers	O
and	O
complementary	O
software	O
partners	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
by	O
other	O
SAP	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Defined	O
as	O
API	B-General_Concept
methods	O
of	O
SAP	B-Application
Business	B-General_Concept
Object	I-General_Concept
Types	O
,	O
these	O
object	O
types	O
are	O
used	O
within	O
the	O
Business	O
Framework	O
to	O
enable	O
object-based	O
communication	O
between	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-General_Concept
objects	I-General_Concept
and	O
their	O
BAPIs	B-Application
enable	O
object	B-Language
orientation	I-Language
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
central	O
information	O
processing	O
in	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
existing	O
functions	O
and	O
data	O
can	O
be	O
re-used	O
,	O
trouble-free	O
technical	O
interoperability	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
and	O
non-SAP	O
components	O
can	O
be	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
can	O
use	O
BAPIs	B-Application
to	O
directly	O
access	O
the	O
application	O
layer	O
of	O
the	O
R/3	O
System	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
clients	O
,	O
applications	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
business	O
logic	O
of	O
the	O
R/3	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BAPIs	B-Application
provide	O
the	O
client	O
with	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
view	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
objects	O
without	O
needing	O
to	O
know	O
the	O
implementation	O
details	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BAPIs	B-Application
are	O
always	O
developed	O
by	O
defining	O
scenarios	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
map	O
and	O
implement	O
system-wide	O
business	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
