XI-MDM Integration

[Former Member]

This question is related to XI-MDM integration:

How does XI pickup the message and send it to MDM? Say for example when R/3 sends a message and XI is configured to push this message in XML to MDM file system? I mean to ask what is the logic/configuration behind this. I believe receiver and interface determination is configured in XI, but is there any workflow which triggers this event in XI?

Also for the messages that XI receives from MDM. Is there any workflow which pushes the messages to the connected systems, eg: R/3?

[GabrielSagaya · Accepted solution]

Hi

Your interface is IDOC to File.

Whenever IDOC is triggered from R/3 , XI will send the IDOC Data as the flat file /XML file in the READY folder of inbound port where you have configured.

After that MDM Import Manager picks up the file and imports into the MDM Repository table.

/people/balas.gorla/blog/2007/02/05/r3-xi-mdm-outbound-scenario

[henrique_pinto]

Starting with MDM 7.1, there's a new MDM adapter for XI to communicate directly with MDM (with no need to configure file scenario). It's available for PI 7.0 & 7.1.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/604b3c0c-5b6c-2b10-cc83-a7af75c7...

The SCAs with the adapter & XI/ESR Content with MDM Interfaces can be downloaded from Service Marketplace.

Best regards,

Henrique.

[dharamveer_gaur2]

Hi

MDM have Inbound and Outbound Ports.

Inbound Ports are use for Receiving data into MDM.

Port Contains few folder like Ready ,Log,Archive,Exception,Status etc.

In your case XI Receive IDoc and convert it into XML file format

and sends this file into Ready folder of Inbound Port of MDM.

Now Import Manager import this file data and fills into corresponding table.

[MichalKrawczyk]

hi,

>Also for the messages that XI receives from MDM. Is there any workflow which pushes the messages to the connected systems, eg: R/3?

when the message from MDM (file) is placed in a folder

XI every couple of minutes/seconds checks the folder and read the file

if it's there and sends to R3

>I believe receiver and interface determination is configured in XI, but is there any workflow which triggers this event in XI?

when IDOC reaches XI from R3 XI flow is started and sends the message to MDM as a file - so IDOC from r3 starts the flow in XI

Regards,

Michal Krawczyk

http://mypigenie.com XI/PI FAQ

[Former Member]

when IDOC reaches XI from R3 XI flow is started and sends the message to MDM as a file - so IDOC from r3 starts the flow in XI

Can you please explain what exactly you mean by FLOW in XI? How does that happen and the settings that go along with that?

[prateek]

The Integration Repository and Integration Directory configurations that are done in XI determines the runtime flow of messages. The flow include steps like

1. Receiving of message by adapter engine

2. Sending it to integration engine and determination of receiver

3. Determination of interfaces and mapping

4. Sending message to receiver adapter engine (File here in your case) through which it is sent to receiver.

Regards,

Prateek