Solved: AS2 adapter

Former Member · ‎02-25-2008

what is the use of AS2 adapter.

Former Member · ‎02-25-2008

hi Shankar

The SEEBURGER SAP XI EDI adapter is an embedded version of the SEEBURGER B2B Gateway, a comprehensive business integration solution that automates trading relationships throughout the supply chain based on SEEBURGER's 20 years of EDI and B2B experience. The adapter includes over 200 default messages in all global EDI protocols, robust data validation tools to detect syntax errors and other problems, comprehensive message tracking capabilities for researching delivery of specific messages, message archiving support to facilitate retrieval of older transactions, and other functions that support EDI operations.

SEEBURGER also offers an AS2 adapter for SAP XI that eliminates the need for VAN services by transmitting trading data over the Internet using the AS2 communications protocol, and a VAN access adapter that enables connectivity to third-party VANs. Like SEEBURGER's EDI adapter for SAP XI, both are deployed as part of the SAP NetWeaver technology stack.

As of statement AS2 adapter provides the direct communication...it is use in B2B scenarios ...where edi mesage is use

former_member193376 · ‎02-25-2008

Developed by IETF (EDIINT) for secure transfer of EDI data over internet

AS2 Stands for Applicability Statement-2, AS1 is also available

AS2 Uses HTTP protocol and uses Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (SMIME) to encapsulate the EDI/B2B data.

AS2 uses two types of message types : Actual Payload and MDN (Message Disposition Notification)

Payload encapsulates the EDI file to be transmitted

It can be compressed and digitally signed by Sender

MDN is an acknowledgement.

Contains Machine readable information about the delivery status of the payload message

MDN can be optionally signed thereby authenticating the sender.

Former Member · ‎02-25-2008

AS2 adapter for EDI(Electronic Data Interchange).

Converting EDI format to XML and viceversa. Here AS2 is a protocol it internally used http, this is developed by SEEBURGER.

Edited by: Ramesh on Feb 25, 2008 2:29 PM

Former Member · ‎02-25-2008

Hi

Third party adapters are provided by Seeburger which is used to integrate EDI scenarios. Adapters are AS2,VAN,OFTPS,X400.

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

http://www.seeburger.com/fileadmin/com/pdf/AS2_General_Overview.pdf

http://www.seeburger.it/fileadmin/it/pdf/2005_04_sapphire_Ferrero_transcript.pdf

http://www.seeburger.com/fileadmin/com/pdf/SEEBURGER_SAP_Adapter_engl.pdf

http://www.seeburger.com/fileadmin/com/pdf/Butler_Group_SEEBURGER_Technology_Audit.pdf

http://www.sap.com/france/company/events/2006/02-01-Automotive-Seeburger.pdf