How to convert EDI format messages to XML format ...

Former Member · ‎02-10-2007

Hello all,

This is vamsi krishna, Iam an XI Consultant. Iam going to transform EDI msgs to XML fromat using seeburger adapter. Iam new to EDI and Seeburger. Can anyone explain how to work with seeburger adapter and If anyone explains with a real time scenario (with images) it really helpful to me.

Former Member · ‎02-12-2007

Thanks moorty and sreeram reddy. Information provided by you is really helpful to me.

Can I have any realtime scenario stating how we use seeburger adapter to convert EDI msgs and can how the mapping takes place in it and can you show with the real time working images,

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

vamsi krishna

Former Member · ‎02-10-2007

HI Vasmi,

I will tell you something about Seeburger Adapters in detail,

Seeburger EDI Adapter provides an EDI solution on internet via HTTP or AS2 to replace the expensive VAN. It provides some pre-built mappings for IDOC to ANSI X12(810,850,855,856 etc.,) and Idoc to EDIFACT(ORDERS,DESADV,INVOIC etc.,) and has the ability to build your own. These pre-defined mappings transform the IDOC-XML to EDI-XML format.

These transformed EDI-XML messages are then converted to EDI specific format using the Seeburger's BIC(Business Integration Converter)adapter. In addition, Seeburger provides adapters like AS2,FTP(EDI specific) and so on to route these EDI messages to external EDI Partners.

Seeburger EDI Adapter leverages SAP XI's Adapter Framework. This Adapter is used to perform conversion between EDI and XML format. It also provides some canned EDI layouts and the ability to build your own. It is used to transfer the EDI message via HTTP or AS2 protocols.

The most direct way of using the Seeburger adapters is to configure the BIC as a module. There is a software component from seeburger called bicmapper which will allow you to do the following:

1. define or import the inbound message metadefinition in various formats ( edifact, xml,...)

2. using a mapping create an xml variant as the output metadefinition or edifact in the other direction.

3. create a one to one mapping between input en output.

4. export the metadata in xsd or sda format for import in XI

5. generate an SDA which can be deployed in XI and used as a module.

Please go through the following links which clearly explains what you want and it also helps you in understanding the same in depth:

http://www.seeburger.com

check the following

Please see the below blogs

/people/bla.suranyi/blog/2006/06/08/sap-xi-supports-edifact

/people/william.li/blog/2006/03/17/how-to-get-started-using-conversion-agent-from-itemfield

/people/paul.medaille/blog/2005/11/17/more-on-the-sap-conversion-agent-by-itemfield