EDI & XI

[Former Member]

hi all,

Please give the difference between EDI and XI. what are the advantages of XI over EDI.

regards

kumar

[bhavesh_kantilal]

Hi,

You cannot compare EDI and XI. They are 2 different concepts / terminolgies.

EDI is a format for data exachnage in B2B scenarios.

XI supports EDI format so that it can communicate across firewalls and business according to specific standards.

Please look into this excellent article to understand EDI and how XI supports EDI,

<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/135b0b94-0701-0010-f6a9-86a14057544a">Taking Care of Business -- XI and EDI</a>

SeeBurger Provides Adapters for EDI integration using XI. Itemfield Conversion Agent is another means to communicate to a EDI system using XI.

Regards

Bhavesh

[Shabarish_Nair]

this is a frequent question that comes up in the forum.

I would prefer you to go thru this thread that has multitude of details on the same -

[prabhu_s2]

refer to the link below:

reg

Prabhu