SAP R/3 Cookbook RFC Remote Function Call

What Is Remote Function Call RFC?

Last edited: 1999-08-06 16:32 +0200

R/3 RFC Remote Function Call feature enables an R/3 infrastructure to call programs on a different machine within the same LAN, WAN or Internet network. Non SAP R/3 programs can also access RFC enabled function modules in R/3, which is done by calling an SAP provided interface stem. Interfaces exist for UNIX, Windows and IBM S/390 platforms.

	SAP R/3 is designed as a multi server architecture. Therefore R/3 is equipped with a communication architecture that allows data exchange and communication between individual R/3 application and database servers. This communication channel also enables R/3 to execute programs running on a remotely connected server.
	This technology is referred to as remote function call, shortly RFC.