IDOC - system requirements

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am not sure if this is the right forum for my question, sorry if it isn´t.

I want to get some really basic informations about SAP and IDOC. Can anybody provide me with a source or the info what system requirements a SAP-System has to use the IDOC-technology? Do I need a special configuration / module for this?

Also a source for further information what kind of use-cases for IDOCs exists (a few examples where and for what I could use IDOCs would be great for better understanding).

Sorry for these really basic questions, I am not really familiar with the architecture of SAP in this case.

Thanks a lot for your help,

Christoph

[Former Member]

Hi,

while reading all the information about IDOC, I realized the SOAP-Adapter. Can anybody provide me with some information about the differences between sending an IDOC using ALE and the use of the SOAP-Adapter?

Many thanks,

Christoph

[former_member187339]

Hi Christoph,

Have you checked the help.sap page. It has information on all adapter types and the cases where they should be used

IDOC Adapter http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ab/bdb13b00ae793be10000000a11402f/content.htm

SOAP Adapter http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/69/a6fb3fea9df028e10000000a1550b0/content.htm

Regards

Suraj

[rajasekhar_reddy14]

Hi ,

SOAP adapter concept never comes in IDoc ,

ALE technology is used to conect to SAP Systems to trasfer the data,its provides communication between SAP Systems to intechange IDocs/RFC information,But now SAP Come up with new middle ware called SAP Process Integration.

SAP PI replaicng ALE Technology,still we can use ALE'S TO CONECT TO SAP Systems.

Cheers,

Raj

[Former Member]

Hi,

so do I understand it right -

I cannot use ALE if I want to connect a non-SAP-System to a SAP-System? Therefor I can use the SOAP-XML Interface to send XML-Messages to SAP?

Sorry for my bad knowledge in this field,

many thanks for your help,

Christoph

[rajasekhar_reddy14]

yes you are correct, if you want to connect to non sap systems SAP Procees Integration Providing different Adapter like

JDBC-- to connect Data Base Systems

JMS-to conenct messaging queue systems

File- to connect to File Systems

SOAP - to conect to web aplication to cal Web Services

like that we have diferent adapters ,these adapter are prebuilt,so its very easy to use and configure.

Cheers,

Raj

[former_member187339]

Hi Christoph,

ALE is not restricted to communication between SAP systems; it can also be used for connecting SAP Systems to non-SAP systems.

either you need to go fro SAP certifie4d translator programs (supplied by external vendors) to convert IDoc to non-SAP format or by using RFC interface for non-SAP systems

Check this page http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/0b/2a6524507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/content.htm

But if you SAP PI in your landscape then you can connect SAP R3 with PI (using IDoc or RFC) and then PI will talk with non-SAP systems using File,JDBC, SOAP or http adapters

Regards

Suraj

Edited by: S.R.Suraj on Oct 13, 2009 8:42 AM

[Former Member]

Hi,

thanks for the answer.

Best regards,

Christoph

[former_member187339]

Hi Cristoph,

Welcome to SAP

Basically an IDoc stands for Intermediate Documents, these are the documents with the help of which data is exchanged between SAP R/3 and non-R/3 systems.

To know more about IDoc check this link http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAP_ALE_IDOCS.asp

Also if you are new to SAP IDOC or ALE check the help.sap

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a6095507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm

And the ERP forum will be the most correct forum for your query

and if you have some IDoc development queries raise it in ABAP Forum

Regards

Suraj

[Former Member]

Hi Suraj,

thanks for your really fast reply. I am going to read these links - my first impression is that these are pretty good informations I was looking for.

Many thanks,

Christoph