SAP

SAP is used by the business to support finance and ERP processes.  It is used in many different integration scenarios.

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Preferred Integration Approaches

OData API

For query operations we will use the odata api as a preference, we will plug this into APIM and access it from Logic Apps via APIM.

SOAP Services

The SAP team have a preference that update/insert operations are executed via their web service interface which are exposed as SOAP services.  This allows the SAP team to inject appropriate business logic into a service they expose to us.  We will plug these services into APIM and access then from Logic Apps via APIM

Logic App SAP Connector

There is an SAP connector that we can use from Logic Apps.  For consumption Logic Apps it needs to be used via a data gateway server.  We will use this pattern as an exception.  It will work but it is not one of our preferred approaches based on our internal patterns and practices.  Using this approach required an architecture approval from the integration team lead.