ALE Vs EDI

Former Member · ‎03-01-2006

Can anyone <b>clearly differentiate</b> between ALE and EDI

former_member91687 · ‎03-01-2006

Hi Anshul,

Are you looking for any specific information or just a general comparison?

Take a look at this links whch gives all information related to ALE and EDI.

http://www.sapgenie.com/faq/ale.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/faq/edi.htm

Cheers,

Chandra

Former Member · ‎03-01-2006

Hi Anshul,

ALE is SAP proprietary technology that enables data communications between two or more SAP R/3 systems and/or R/3 and external systems. When a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution such as R/3 is implemented, companies have to interface the ERP system with legacy systems or other ERP systems.

ALE provides intelligent mechanisms where by clients can achieve integration as well as distribution of applications and data.

ALE technology facilitates rapid application prototyping and application interface development, thus reducing implementation time.

The ALE components are inherently integrated with SAP applications and are robust, leading to a highly reliable system.

ALE comes with application distribution/integration scenarios as well as a set of tools, programs, data definitions, and methodologies that you can easily configure to get an interface up and running.

This is about ALE…….Now to give you a clear difference between the two, look at the below example…

If we send data to an external partner, we generally speak of EDI, while ALE is a mechanism to reliable replicate data between trusting systems to store a redundant copy of the IDoc data. The difference is made clear, when we think of a purchase order that is sent as an IDoc. If we send the purchase order to a supplier then the supplier will store the purchase order as a sales order. However, if we send the purchase order via ALE to another R/3 system, then the receiving system will store the purchase order also as a purchase order.

Also go thru these links which will give you a clear idea of the two:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/72/c18ee5546a11d182cc0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/0b/2a6162507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm

I hope I have answered you query.

Regards,

Abhy

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