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RFC Introduction

Remote Function Call (RFC) is an SAP procedure for calling function modules in remote systems.

Communication using the RFC interface can be subdivided into different scenarios depending on the systemsinvolved:

AS AAP ! AS AAP

AS AAP ! e"ternal system

AS AAP ! SAP #ava

AS AAP ! e"ternal #ava

RFC can be used as a synchronous or asynchronous communication procedure.

$here are also different RFC variantsdesigned for various purposes and have different service propertiesrespectively:

Synchronous RFC (sRFC)

Asynchronous RFC (aRFC)

Parallel RFC (pRFC)

ac%ground RFC (bgRFC)

$ransactional RFC (tRFC)

&ueued RFC ('RFC)

More Information

For a detailed description of Remote Function Call see the folloing section in SAP *ibrary:

RFC

For details on RFC programming see:

+riting RFC Programs in AAP