AS2

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I am confusing some of the points related to as2 adapters below, I have gone through some blogs but not clarified, please clarify the following points on AS2 adapter.

1. In AS2 what are the functions of the splitt997 and as2 sender adapter. while sending edi messages which adapter has to use. In some scenarios splitt997 and as2 both are using, but which adapter will trigger the edi message first. Can we use as2 adapter with out splitt997 adapter.

2. what is functional acknowledgment and 997, both are same or different. when PO reached to partner func ack will trigger or 997.

can you please provide links if any regarding above adapter configurations.

Regards,

Kum

[Former Member]

The AS2 (both: sender and receiver) adapter does only handle transmissions between two partners. The payload (e.g. edifact) is completely transparent to the technical as2 adapter.

The Split997 functionality creates FunctionalAcknowledgement messages from edi payloads and splits messages to separate channels where they can be handled by different interfaces.

[former_member181962]

This article will give you more clarity:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10b17369-9522-2c10-84a6-d75d8a8a...

Regards,

Ravi

[former_member181962]

Hi Kum,

Here is the functionality of the AS2 and split997 adapter.

Let us take an example of a Purchase Order (EDI 850) coming from a Customer.

1) The EDI 850 is received by the AS2 adapter.

2) The adapter modules in the AS2 adapter will

a) Classify(Check whether it is ANSIX12 or EDIFACT),

b) Convert(EDI to XML format) and

c) finally Split the EDI document( The EDI document will be split into 850-XML

and Functional Acknowledgement documents.

3) The 850-XML document will be forwarded to a Virtual adapter called the split997 adapter, which will forward the 850 xml to the receiver determination->interface determaination which calls the actual EDI-XML to IDOC mapping defined in the IR. The idoc will be posted to the backed sap system via idoc adapter.

4) The Functional acknowledgement which is a by product of the AS2 adapter, will be forwarded to another receiver determination/ interface determination which will call the Functional acknowledgemen to 997 mapping defined in the IR. This 997 will be in XML format.

5) A receiver AS2 adapter will them convert the 997 XML into a 997 EDI file and send to the customer.

A functional Acknowledgement and 997 have different structures.

But the information contained in botf of them is the same.

hence we map a functional acknowledgemen to 997 document.

REgards,

Ravi Kanth Talagana

[Former Member]

Hi

997 EDI document is called Functional acknowledgement which indicates that EDI document has been recived by the recipient sucessfully and the proof of it is sending 997 document to the sender. This will be sent to the sender for every EDI transaction set releasead via EDI subsystem.Some times the internal status codes will also be there which is again dependent on EDI subsystem that Is going to receive EDI document.

Thanks

Abhishek

[Former Member]

Hi,

AS2 adapters can perform both on sender as well as on the receiver side.

When an EDI message is been sent from VAN or other means the seeburger AS2 adapter receives it and sends back an functional acknowledgement which is nothing but splitter997.

The main job of AS2 adapter is Classify the message, Convert the EDI message into XML and split the message according to the receiver and also generates the functional acknowledgement back to the sender.

Regards

Krish