Regarding a XI requirement

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I have got a XI requirement.

I am pretty much new to XI.

Still in learning stage.

I am going through topics: SLD, IR, ID etc..

Scenario: <b>Sales orders APO to SAP R/3 via XI</b>.

From initial meeting the expectation from XI resource is:

<b>To provide a list of acceptable input formats and delivery options (directories) corresponding to the Adaptors XI can use.</b>

<b>What formats will XI accept and how does it need to be transmitted.</b>

What does above things mean!

I am ready to give some more information.

Can any body give me some inputs about above questions.

I have to reply them asap.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,

Deep.

[nisarkhan_n · Accepted solution]

Scenario: Sales orders APO to SAP R/3 via XI.

I think you are using the sales order IDOC from APO

what's the strucutre at the R/3? is it an RFC or IDOC or custom IDOC.

Q. To provide a list of acceptable input formats and delivery options (directories) corresponding to the Adaptors XI can use.

Assuming the IDOC at sender and RFC at receiver

Sender Adapter: IDOC ( Optional )

Receiver Adapter: RFC

Assuming the IDOC at sender and IDOC at receiver

Sender Adapter: IDOC ( Optional )

Receiver Adapter: IDOC (Mandt)

What formats will XI accept and how does it need to be transmitted.

XI will accept the XML, this is taken care by the adapter which you are using.

give some more inputs on what exactly you have to update them?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Following information they have sent in mail!

EMEA BLANC/CERVINO APO to FUSION XI Interface for Sales Orders

<b>Summary</b>: CoPlanned and TopValue Customer Sales Orders are planned with APO and result in a Planned Order (SNP) or SO Information in a Planning Book (DP) APO that must be sent to EMEA Fusion to create Sales Orders.

<b>Sources</b>: EMEA rAPO SNP and rAPO BW (Oscar Garavito, Darragh Hanley, Lynsey Leckie)

SNP: XI could call BAPI_POSRVAPS_GETLIST3 in SNP to retrieve information from the PREQ and format the standard ORDERS05 IDOC

DP: Planning Book and Key Figures

CoPlanned: ShipTo#, SKU, Qty, Date(Request Date)

SNP Product View. ATP Category EE for Planning Version SK01. When Customer (Location Type=1010 and ??? = CoPlanned (Location indicator that means this customer is CoPlanned) ((to be provided))

TopValue: ShipTo#, SKU, Qty, Priority(Delivery Priority), Date(Request Date)

<b>Target</b>: EMEA Fusion (Dieter Mueller)

EMEA Fusion has created logic for receiving an IDOC and processing it.

The expected fields are: (to be provided)

And they are expecting below information from me:

<b>To provide a list of acceptable input formats and delivery options (directories) corresponding to the Adaptors XI can use.

What formats will XI accept and how does it need to be transmitted.</b>

Now can anybody give me what is reply i can provide to them!

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,

Deep.

[Former Member]

Hi Deep,

I guess ur scenario is SAP APO->Xi->SAP R/3.So here u gonna send some data(sales order, a production order or a purchase order)

from one SAP system(SAP APO) to another sytem(SAP R/3).

<i>To provide a list of acceptable input formats and delivery options (directories) corresponding to the Adaptors XI can use.</i>>>

If i am not wrong ..ur client want to know how u will execute the scenario....

And what are the ADAPTERS u will use during the communication...

<i>What formats will XI accept and how does it need to be transmitted</i>>>

Xi can understand only XI-SOAP(XML) format messages.....

u gonna send data from SAP APO ...so no adpater is neede... u can implement abap proxy.....

See for this scenario u have 2 option....

1)RFC->Xi->RFC

2)proxy->Xi->proxy

all the best....

please fell free to ask ...if u have any doubt...

regards

biplab

[Former Member]

Deep,

As per the ASAP Implementation methodology of SAP...At the time of completion of Blue Print Phase..the Consultant should have to mention the interfaces needed to be developed in their blue print document...

On the basis of that document you can ask for further details about the scenario ( i.e Func Specs Doc).

After that you need to propose a solution to the client...with a Tech Specs...

Only after you are having func specs you will be in a position say something concrete....Hope you got my point...

Regards,

[Former Member]

Understand the type of sender and Receiver systems/Servicec. and based on that

descide the type of Sender and Receiver Adapters.

Example. SAP application need to send the Idoc that need to be saved as XML file in the FTP server.

Solution:

Adapter: Sender = Idoc and Receiver = File.

In the same way need to analyse how you are going to transform the message that is using Java Mapping, Graphical Mapping etc.

Thanks

Farooq.

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[Former Member]

Let me have a better idea of your scenario....then only i can comment something..

Regards,

[Former Member]

Ask them for functional requirement specs...which should contain the info of both system needed to be integrated ....

On the basis of that you will have to prepare a Tech spec...which should contain the solution for their scenario...

Ping me back for any help..

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hi..

SAP XI understand only XML message...means XI take XML message and send XML message.

to communicate with application that do not uderstand XML message...adapters are used.

Adapters - convert the source format to target format.

SAP XI Adapters

File: to send/receiver structured or unstructured file.

JDBC : when u have get data or send data fron database

SOAP : when application or remote systems send/receive SOAP message to XI

JMS : to cmmunicate with Messaging sever like MQ series

RFC & Idoc, HTTP

also there any more adapters (third party adapters like - Seeburger)

Thanks

Farooq.

[former_member335553]

Hi

Input formats what adapter use would the types of file u place in directory

like file adapter - files. Jms - Data in queues,Jdbc - data from table ....

Xi supports open standards u can convert formats using FCC , adapter module ....

sorry earlier thread which i had given was wrong

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