Hi All,
I know there are some forums/blogs on XI Party and virtual receiver setup but I am still confused. Here is my scenario:
SAP IDOC to B2B customer (File). So it is SAP sending an IDOC with WE20 setup as ALE#KU to XI and XI calling this customer using FTP to send the file. So it is :
SAP (IDOC/KU) --> XI --> File
I have configured this scenario and it works WITHOUT creating any PARTY. I just created a SERVICE without PARTY for the customer and it works just fine. I know the preferred recommendation is to create a party and do it that way. I thought my scenario would error saying 'Missing party and Service' but it did not. So first question is :
1> Is this Partyless commnunication scenario I have configured OK ?
Another alternative is to create a party and I did that it works OK there also. I created a Party for the external customer receiving the file. I did not create any Party for the SAP system sending the IDOC. This is very similar to the 'Wanna Party' blog. As suggested in that blog, I DID NOT create ALE#KU information in the identifiers tab in the Party. So is this needed ?
Also if I do create the ALE#KU for say customer (1234) entry I was hoping that if the IDOC is send by some other customer the scenario should fail. But it DID NOT. So what is the significance for the ALE#KU entry in the party identifier tab ?
Plz note that I did not 'select' the 'virtual receiver' checkbox in the Receiver Determination. So what is this virtual receiver used for ?
Any help will be really appreciated ..
-Thanks
Bob
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