IDOC Structures

The Idoc Structure consists of 3 parts -

1) The Administration Part - It  has information about the type of idoc,message type, the current status,the sender, receiver,direction (inbound or outbound),channel etc.This is   referred to as the Control record. Read full post

The IDoc Interface Overview

This presentation is about the IDoc interface and its usage for EDI within SAP.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Understand the concept of distributed and it’s pros & cons
SAP Interface technologies and scenarios
IDOC and it’s structure
Detailed overview on ALE/EDI concepts and technology
Perform simple master data distribution using ALE scenario Read full post

SAP-to-SAP Integration Using Custom IDOCs

Overview:

Using IDOCs data can be exchanged between SAP R/3 and Non R/3 systems. The objective of this article is to show / configure data transmission from one SAP R/3 system to another SAP R/3 system via custom IDOC. Read full post

Successfully Leverage ALE and IDocs for New Application Integration

The topics covered within the material are;

Understanding the SAP product offering
Following the evolution of SAP integration technology
Examining ALE/IDOC interfacing technology
Reviewing SAP product integration scenarios
Using ALE/IDocs
Applying ALE/IDOCS with R/3 and mySAP Read full post

SAP ALE&IDOC Quick Reference Guide

Another a must guide for Administrators and Developers alike. This is a very handy tool for quickly looking up all the items needed to implement and monitor ALE and IDOC processing:

2 Two Sided Pages, Ready to Quad-Fold for Quick Lookup
50 Main Transaction Codes with descriptions broken out by: Main Menus, IDOC Definition, IDOC Monitoring, Configuration (ALE & EDI), Run Time Workflow, Message Control, Testing, IDOC Reprocessing, and System Monitoring Read full post

IDOC Useful Notes

1, In main business scenario of using IDOC: Company A(R/3)–(IDOC)–EDI Subsystem–(Message)–EDI subsystem–(IDOC)–Company B(R/3)
In this scenario: Both companies have R/3 system and must configure their IDoc interface accordingly. The IDoc are to be translated into another EDI standard form.

2, IDoc stand for intermediate document. It is intermediate in two respects:
Message-oriented–Data is also stored in application, only in other formats(the application documents).
Asynchronous–Data can be stored in IDocs before an application document is created. Read full post