Practical Guide to IDoc Development for SAP

... Preface ... 11

1 ... Introduction ... 15
... 1.1 ... What Is ALE ... 15
... 1.2 ... BAPIs and IDocs -- An Introduction ... 18
... 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
... 2.2 ... 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
... 3.3 ... Processing Status Files ... 61
... 3.4 ... Summary ... 66

4 ... Changes to IDocs ... 67
... 4.1 ... Customizing ... 67
... 4.2 ... Adapting Existing IDoc Types ... 89
... 4.3 ... Custom Function Modules for File Generation in File Ports ... 138
... 4.4 ... Custom IDocs ... 141
... 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