Practical Guide to IDoc Development for SAP

Sabine Maisel has worked as an SAP consultant since 1996, having gained her initial SAP R/3 experience as an employee of a beta customer of SAP. She also holds training courses for SAP in Switzerland and Germany on all aspects of SAP NetWeaver interface technologies and the SAP Basis. In addition, Sabine has undertaken development work for the AFS industry solution and support work for customer projects. Her specializations are interface technologies, SAP NetWeaver XI/PI, ABAP development, and warehouse management.

* ... Preface ... 11 * 1 ... Introduction ... 15 * 1.1 ... What Is ALE ... 15 * 1.2 ... BAPIs and IDocs -- An Introduction ... 18 * 1.2.1 ... BAPIs ... 18 * 1.2.2 ... IDocs ... 19 * 1.3 ... Differentiation of ALE and EDI ... 25 * 1.4 ... Summary ... 27 * 2 ... Generating IDocs ... 29 * 2.1 ... Standard Methods for the IDoc Generation ... 29 * 2.1.1 ... Shared Master Data Tool ... 29 * 2.1.2 ... Message Control ... 43 * 2.1.3 ... Special Functions ... 46 * 2.2 ... Use of Logical Systems in the Message Control ... 49 * 2.3 ... Summary ... 50 * 3 ... Test Tools ... 51 * 3.1 ... Individual IDocs ... 52 * 3.2 ... Testing Processing of Multiple IDocs ... 57 * 3.2.1 ... Message Control ... 57 * 3.2.2 ... Sending Ready-for-Dispatch IDocs ... 58 * 3.2.3 ... Files ... 59 * 3.3 ... Processing Status Files ... 61 * 3.4 ... Summary ... 66 * 4 ... Changes to IDocs ... 67 * 4.1 ... Customizing ... 67 * 4.1.1 ... Filtering Using Filter Objects ... 67 * 4.1.2 ... Custom Filter Objects ... 73 * 4.1.3 ... Filtering Segments ... 76 * 4.1.4 ... Reducing IDocs Through Views ... 77 * 4.1.5 ... Rules ... 80 * 4.1.6 ... Version Conversion ... 84 * 4.1.7 ... Special Conversions in SAP ERP Financials ... 85 * 4.2 ... Adapting Existing IDoc Types ... 89 * 4.2.1 ... Different Exit Types on the Basis of the Material Master Example ... 90 * 4.2.2 ... General Exits ... 119 * 4.2.3 ... Custom Segments ... 122 * 4.2.4 ... Special Requirements for Master Data ... 134 * 4.3 ... Custom Function Modules for File Generation in File Ports ... 138 * 4.4 ... Custom IDocs ... 141 * 4.4.1 ... Creating Custom IDoc Types and Message Types ... 143 * 4.4.2 ... Generating an IDoc ... 153 * 4.4.3 ... Updating an IDoc ... 161 * 4.4.4 ... Generating IDoc Function Modules ... 172 * 4.4.5 ... Error Workflow for Custom IDocs ... 175 * 4.4.6 ... Useful Function Modules ... 184 * 4.5 ... Summary ... 186 * 5 ... Confirmations ... 187 * 5.1 ... "ALEAUD" IDocs ... 187 * 5.2 ... "STATUS" IDocs ... 190 * 5.3 ... Summary ... 192 * 6 ... Serializing IDocs ... 193 * 6.1 ... Serialization Using Groups ... 193 * 6.2 ... Serialization Using Timestamps ... 198 * 6.3 ... Serialization Using Business Objects ... 200 * 6.4 ... Serialization Using qRFC ... 205 * 6.5 ... Summary ... 209 * 7 ... Administration ... 211 * 7.1 ... IDoc Links ... 211 * 7.2 ... Regular Jobs ... 216 * 7.3 ... Transaction Code Overview ... 217 * 7.4 ... Archiving ... 224 * 7.5 ... Status Conversion ... 230 * 7.6 ... Summary ... 242 * 8 ... IDocs in Conjunction with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration ... 243 * 8.1 ... Conversion of Logical Systems to Business Systems ... 243 * 8.2 ... Conversion of IDoc Partner Roles ... 244 * 8.3 ... Header Mapping ... 245 * 8.4 ... Handling the Control Record in SAP NetWeaver PI ... 246 * 8.5 ... Updating IDocs Directly in SAP NetWeaver PI ... 248 * 8.6 ... Summary ... 248 * ... The Author ... 249 * ... Index ... 251