Creating, Configuring and Testing a

Web Service Based on a Function

Module

Applies to:
SAP EC6 6.0/7.0. For more information, visit the Web Services homepage.

Summary
The article describes how to create a web service from function module.
Author:

Ajantha Ratnakumar

Company: Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited

Created on: 10 September 2009

Author Bio
Ajantha Ratnakumar is a Software Consultant in Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited. She
has three years of SAP experience. She has worked extensively in ABAP, in APO
modules such TPVS and SNP and in SD module.

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Table of Contents
Concepts ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Web Service .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Creating Function Group .................................................................................................................................... 3
Transaction SE80............................................................................................................................................ 3
Creating Function module................................................................................................................................... 5
Transaction SE37............................................................................................................................................ 5
Code ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Create Web Service of Function Module ............................................................................................................ 9
Executing Web Service from Web Service Navigator ...................................................................................... 14
Transaction SOAMANAGER ........................................................................................................................ 14
Summary........................................................................................................................................................... 24
Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 24
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 25

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Concepts
Web Service
A Web service is a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over
a network. Web services are frequently just Web APIs that can be accessed over a network, such as the
Internet, and executed on a remote system hosting the requested services.
Or
Web service can be defined as any service/functionality available over the internet and related transport
protocols which uses a standardized XML messaging system (i.e. SOAP) is not tied to any operating system
or programming language.

Creating Function Group

Transaction SE80
Select the Function Group in the Drop down box on left side plane in the Object Navigator Screen and
then enter the Function Group name to be created in the input box below the drop down box and then press
ENTER and click on Yes button on the pop up window for creating Function Group

You will get pop up asking for entering short text for Function group, provide a meaningful short text and then
SAVE.

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While saving it will ask the package under you want to save, you can provide $TMP (for Local Object) or the
any package name as per your requirement. Then click on SAVE.

You will get a message saying Function Group has been created as per below screen shot

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Creating Function module

Transaction SE37
Enter the Function Module name to be created and click on Create

Enter the Function group name and Short text for function module in the pop up window as per below
screen and click on SAVE, then you will get a pop up saying Function module name is reserved for
SAP, click on Continue.

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Then it will take you to Function Builder screen as in below screen shot and enter meaningful values And
a very important thing is to make the function module Remote-Enabled Module.

Define the Import parameters for Function module

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Define the Export parameters for Function module

Define the tables for Function module

One of the important things to be done is commenting and maintaining header information for the
function module which gives information about the function module

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Code
For the example mentioned in document (.i.e. creating a sales order ) you can use this code or else the code
will change as per your requirement

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Create Web Service of Function Module

Go to utilities -> More Utilities -> Create Web Service -> From the Function Module

Enter Name and Short text for Service definition and the click on Continue

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Check the Check box for Mapping so that the import and export parameters of Function Module are mapped
with that of the Web Service to be created.

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Check the Deploment check box for the service to be avaliable in SOAMANAGER for further processing

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Here you can select where you want to save the object , In this case I am saving it as local object- $TMP

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Click on Completed to completed the process of Web Service creation

Then you will a message that web service has been created.

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Executing Web Service from Web Service Navigator

Transaction SOAMANAGER

Click on the tab Application and Scenario Communication

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Then click on Single Service Administration you will get the below screen where you can enter the
service definition name in the Search Pattern. In our case the name will be ZV_ARK_CREATE_SO_NEW

The click on GO.

You will get the service in the search Results column. Select the service and then click on Apply Selection

You can see as per the below screen shots, the service = 0/ Endpoints = 0 for the web service definition
selected by us

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Now click on Configurations tab and then click on Create Service

You will get a pop up asking for service name, description and binding name for it. Enter the values and
click on Apply Settings

Then you return to the below mentioned screen where you need to save

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Then you can see a entry in Configurations tab. The state of service should be Active.

Now click on Overview tab you can see the service =1/ Endpoint=1

If you click on the Open WSDL document for selected binding you can see the WSDL of the Web
service in XML format

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In order to execute the web service through web service navigator click on Open Web Service navigator
for selected binding it will take you to above screen

Then click on Display selected Binding's WSDL URL link to get the WSDL URL. You will get a URL
displayed on the right and side of the screen

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Copy paste the link in the Web service Navigator screen in the input box below Enter the WSDL URL
of the Web service: and click on Next.

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It will take u to login screen you need to use the same login as used for SAP logon

On this screen, Click on Test

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The click on the ZvCreateSalesorderEsPoc (test.types.p1.ZvCreateSalesorderEsPoc parameters)

Enter the values for creating sales order

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After entering the mandatory values for creating sales order, click on Send .

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Then you will a the output in the same format

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Summary
Web Service can be used in Adobe Flex or any other web-based application to access / communicate with
SAP data. ABAP web services can be created when you have custom requirements. There are also standard
web services provided by SAP which comes as a part of Enhancement Packages. These standard web
service represent standard SAP functionalities like APO ATP check, SO create/change/delete, PO
create/change/delete and many more. When more than one web service combined to meet new
requirements encapsulating enterprise functionality and exposing it as a reusable business service then that
is called as an Enterprise Service.

Related Content
https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ESpackages/Home
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/explore-es?rid=/webcontent/uuid/f272e75d-0501-0010-1786-ab6ed3496bb1
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/soa
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/enterprisesoa;jsessionid=(J2EE3417400)ID1961175350DB10082480365165
855639End?rid=/webcontent/uuid/f07d8153-7edd-2910-aeac-fb940ff1ff71
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/enterprisesoa;jsessionid=(J2EE3417400)ID1961175350DB10082480365165
855639End?rid=/webcontent/uuid/e044d87c-ebab-2a10-6482-cd4ff5fa4828

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