ALE IDOC

[Former Member]

well as i understood to transfer data between two servers we use ALE IDOC, iam through the config part

can any one quote few SD related area or procdures where we use this process of transfereing data through ALE/IDOC ..( specifically through ALE not through EDI ),

just few examples where exactly this is used .

or any documents please mail to omprakash.com@gmail.com

thanks & regards.

[Former Member]

Here is an example/practical situation which is implemented in the project I'm currently working in.

Customer has a separate SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS) in the R/3 landscape where all R/3 Distribution data are replicated/distributed from R/3 to the WMS system via ALE. For example, Sales Orders are created in R/3 - when they are delivered (Sales document->Deliver) the ALE kicks in and the same Delivery doc is distributed to the WMS system but the Sales order is not distributed. Any subsequent functions for the Delivery like Picking, Packing, Goods Issue, Shipment is then done from the WMS system only so that all distribution specific transactional data are stored and processed from the WMS system.

Again, in order to successfully distribute the delivery documents to the WMS system from R/3 via ALE, a lot of SD master data needs to be distributed prior to these subsequent distribution business processes (like picking, packing, GI etc.). So another set of ALEs are also set up to distribute SD master data via IDocs (within the ALE framework) to the WMS system everytime master data is created/changed in the R/3 - for example - Plant, Warehouse, Storage Type, Storage Location, Material Master etc.

Hope this helps as an example to understand the usability of the ALE technology.

For distribution of materials from R/3 to WMS, we use Basic Type/IDoc Type MATMAS05, Message Type MATMAS. We've set up MATMAS05 using ALE Filters on Division, Sales Org., Distribution Channel, Material Type, Storage Location and Plant as we want only specific org data to distribute across WMS.

For delivery document change and replication, we use BAPIs via the Distribution Model (transaction BD64). Here we've associated BAPI_INB_DELIVERY_CHANGE for change of inbound deliveries, BAPI_INB_DELIVERY_SAVEREPLICA to save replica of inbound deliveries, BAPI_OUTB_DELIVERY_CHANGE for change of outbound deliveries and BAPI_OUTB_DELIVERY_SAVEREPLICA to save replica of outbound deliveries. Again, on each of these methods, we use ALE Filter groups to replicate/update changes related to particular business org. data.

[Former Member]

Check the functionality "Send Deliveries" by transaction VT61, where you would communicate to an external system using the ALE IDOC for transfering the delivery/shipment and transportation details.

The list of Idocs and the Idocs statistics can be found in WE05/WE07 t_codes.

Thanks