Solved: BIC Seeburger

Former Member · ‎04-13-2008

Hi all,

What is use of BIC tool, is this BIC tool is mandatory if we use the Seeburger Adapter(any type AS2, OFTP etc).

BIC mapping programs are deployed as SDA files, how to test this these Mappings.

Is there any possibility to get the list of Depolyed files to use them in Module processor.

regards

Hasini

Former Member · ‎04-15-2008

Hi Hasini,

What is use of BIC tool,

BIC tool is any format converter and support different formats. It has all the standard mappings in it which is used to convert the EDI to XML and XML to EDI format which needs to be deployed on XI server as a SDA files.

and you can make use of these BIC programs in Communication channel Adapter module tab.

BIC mapping programs are deployed as SDA files, how to test this these Mappings.

We can test the BIC mapping program by passing the mapping program name and other paramets in the Adapter module processor.

or

U can test your BIC mapping program directly in the BIC tool itself, by providing the test file and the mapping program

Regards

Harsha

former_member556603 · ‎04-14-2008

Hello Hasini,

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

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.

Once the mappings have been created using BIC MD, either as 1:1 mappings or as regular mappings, a method of deploying them on the XI Server is required, so that they can be used by the BIC Adapter. Deployment files can be created with BIC MD, as these are required by SAP XI to perform this task.

Software Deployment Archives (SDA files) can be created by BIC MD in the following way:

1. Move or copy mapping to the Active mappings project by means of the copy & paste feature.

2. Select the ActiveMappings project.

3. Select the Create Deploy File item in the popup menu (mouse’s right button).

Enter the directory where the file is to be created and click on Generate SDA.

If the “Yes” option is selected, all previously created mappings will be deleted, compiled in a selectable directory and a SDA (i.e. jar) will be created.

If the "No“ option is selected, all compiled mappings in the selected directory will be copied to a SDA (or jar).

They will not be examined whether they are up to date. Individual classes can be updated/refreshed with the “Compile Mappings to Productive System” feature. For this, the “Productive System” path and the path that is input into the input field for SDA creation

The SDA file will be called "Mappings_user.sda". And it can be deployed into XI Server by using SDM.

Have a look here,

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

Some Seeburger related information

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/e2aeb02c-0601-0010-d680-c9b...

Go through this threads:

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

http://www.seeburger.com/xi-adapters/

Thanks,

Satya Kumar

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Edited by: SATYA KUMAR AKKARABOYANA on Apr 14, 2008 11:56 AM

Former Member · ‎04-14-2008

Hi,

BIC is the Basic for converting the Any EDI Format into XML and Vice versa.

We can test the Mappings in BIC itself.

We can Develop our own mappings also in BIC

We have to make one .SDA file by clubing all the Mapping programs what ever u are going to use in Module TAB.

If u goto SDM means there we can see the deployed .sda file only, inside that we cant see the individual mapping names

/people/nithiyanandam.au2/blog/2008/02/20/handling-edi-interfaces-using-seeburger-bic-modules

Regards

Seshagiri

Former Member · ‎04-13-2008

BIC is a client application. Its like yahoo or any other client software.

Once you install u will se the BIC from start->program->seeburger.

The SEEBURGER Business Integration Converter (BIC) is an any-to-any format converter, used to translate EDI data and legacy data formats into XML and vice versa. It can also be used for complex, high performance XML-to-XML mappings or to interface to existing JDBC data sources.

Supported EDI formats include:

• ANSI

• EDIFACT

• INHOUSE

• IDOC

• XML Schema

• XML DTD

• CSV

• Delimited Data

• positional data

• SWIFT

• EANCOM

and many more.

See for converting the EDI XML to EDI and XML-EDI you need to have a seeburger mapping program at the adapter module which does the conversion. For this module you need a BIC tool of seeburger which provides the different module program for EDI to XML and XML-EDI. This program needs to be deployed on XI and through adapter it has to be called for conversion.

please look in to this links u will come to know about seeburger adapter.

/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

http://www.stylusstudio.com/edi/XML_to_X12.html

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b0b355ae-0501-0010-3b83-8f2...

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

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

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

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

http://www.seeburger.com

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