What are BDOCs in SAP.?

Question

Is it like IDocs ,what is the definition ....

Answer 1

A purchase order or an invoice... something which normally is exchanged between companies or departments.

Check the sap help portal :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/35/2cd77bd7705394e10000009b387c12/frameset.htm

business object (SV-ASA)
ASAP (AcceleratedSAP) (SV-ASA)

A central business object in the real world, such as a purchase order.

Business objects describe complete business processes. This type of encapsulation reduces complexity because the inner structure of the business object remains concealed.

By calling Business APIs (BAPIs), external applications can access and manipulate the business objects using the Internet, DCOM or CORBA.

IDOCS:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/35/2cd77bd7705394e10000009b387c12/frameset.htm

IDoc (BC-MID-ALE)
ALE Integration Technology (BC-MID-ALE)

An Intermediate document (IDoc) container for exchanging data between R/3, R/2 and non-SAP systems.

Application Link Enabling (ALE) uses IDocs to exchange data between logical systems. Non-SAP systems can use IDocs as the standard interface for data transfer.

IDocs are created when message types and (object) methods are distributed. The message type is the format in which the data for a specific business process is transferred.