Interface Detailed Design

The purpose of this document is to outline the technical design of the EDI interface from SAP to the EDI subsystem. The high-level details of the proposed solution may be found in the EDI Scope document, as well as the EDI Functional Specification document. Further information on the interface may be obtained by reading the EDI Production Setup Guide. Read full post

Overview of EDI and IDoc Interface

The purpose of this document is to provide a high-level overview of how EDI works in SAP and to introduce some fundamental concepts about IDocs. The information presented should be used during the interface technical design process. Read full post

Handling Inbound EDI Transactions

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is about doing business and carrying out transactions with your trading partners electronically. On SAP side, EDI is handled through IDocs. When the data comes into SAP, it is called inbound transaction. When the data goes out of SAP, it is called outbound transaction. This presentations provide detail about some common inbound EDI scenarios that are handled in SAP with the examples and solutions.

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Commonly used EDI signals

EDI 850(Purchase Order)
An EDI 850 Purchase Order is an electronic version of a paper Purchase Order.A buyer will use the 850 Purchase Order to communicate to a supplier the specific items, price, and quantities they wish to have delivered.Each EDI Purchase Order document will have data organized into segments and data elements.Each segment contains at least one data element. Each data element is a data field. Examples of data elements on the Purchase Order include vendor number, item, quantity, price per item, street address, city, state and zip code, just like on a paper purchase order. The standards bodies have allowed for every conceivable possibility for data on the EDI Purchase Order document. Any one company will use a small subset of the available choices within the ANS X.12 or UN/EDIFACT standards Read full post

Commonly Used Transactions for EDI Support

Transaction               Function

 IDOC Maintenance

 WEDI                      SAP Easy Access - EDI and IDOC Basis

 WE02/05/09             Change/Display/Search IDOC

 WE07                      IDOC Statistics (IDOCs in Error)

 WE19                      Inbound IDOC Testing Tool

 BD87                       Process IDOC Read full post

EDI Configuration Guide

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is about doing business and carrying out transactions with your trading partners electronically.EDI covers most things that are traditionally done using paper-based communication, for example placing orders with suppliers and carrying out financial transactions. Read full post