How Microsoft access could possibly an SAP CRM table

Question

ould anyone know if it is possible for a Microsoft access system to read an SAP table. If so, how? I have to implement an interface btw MS Access and SAP CRM and I am trying to see how to get it to work.

Answer 1

Dear Abdul!
There are probably many ways to achieve what you´re looking for. It heavily depends on several factors, which solution turns out to be the best for you. You should take into account security, data integrity and sensitivty, business context and system architecture, among others.
First of all though, you should specify wheter you want to access the SAP table for unidirectional read access only, or if you have the requirement to also update data in any SAP table (are you talking about a SAP standard table or a customer Z-table?)
If you´re looking for a straight forward solution for read-only access, you can create a custom Z* RFC-enabled function module that reads out your SAP table and returns the values to your calling application. You could also use the WebServices interfaces of your SAP WebApplicationServer, depending on your release level. Furthermore, kindly check, if there are standard BAPI´s available that contain the data you need in their return parameters.
Of course, you also could directly interface on a DBMS level between MS access and your underlying SAP DB, but most likely such a solution will never be supported in any productive environment, and for good reason. So you should look into one of the other options mentioned.
I´ll gladly provide more detail about any of the mentioned approaches, but would like to have a little more input about your requirements before, so the optimal solutions can be found.
Kind regards
Christoph