IDocs (Intermediate Documents) remain among the most important interfaces for the electronic exchange of business data within SAP system landscapes. In order to complete critical tasks developers and administrators must be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to handle IDocs correctly in a wide variety of scenarios. This technical guide—the newest addition to the SAP PRESS Essentials series—shows you how.
First, get expert advice on the usage, configuration and administration of IDocs. The authors help you familiarize yourself quickly with all monitoring and error handling aspects. Techniques are illustrated using easy-to-follow examples based on MM (Materials Management) and SD (Sales & Distribution), among the most common areas where IDocs are employed. Within these practical scenarios, readers discover the comprehensive technical details of IDocs, as well as the business background of their implementation—step by step and with volumes of included code samples. The second half of this technical guide deals with key integration processes, which are carried out with the SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure. Sending IDocs to SAP XI or vice versa, IDoc monitoring within SAP NetWeaver landscapes and all aspects on exchange development (tunneling, packaging, serialization, mapping) are guaranteed to advance your mastery of IDocs in any scenario imaginable.
Highlights include
- IDocs Basics and Elemental Technical Configuration
- Business Scenario
- IDoc Monitoring
- SAP XI in IDoc Scenarios
Michal Krawczyk received his degree in computer science and econometrics and since then has been working as an SAP integration consultant. His work focuses mainly on message exchange between SAP systems through the use of technologies such as ALE, IDocs, and SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (formerly SAP Exchange Infrastructure). Thanks to his contributions to the SAP Developer Network, he was awarded the No. 1 Contributor Award in the PI/XI area twice in 2004/2005 and 2005/2006, and once No. 2 in 2006/2007. He has also been acting as an SAP Mentor for SDN since 2007 and is an SDN moderator. In addition, he has written articles for industry magazines such as SAP Professional Journal, SAP CRMExpert, SAP SCMExpert, SAP HRExpert, and SAP Solution Manager Expert.
Michal Kowalczewski is a project manager and e-business team leader in the Business Consulting Center (Poland). The team he leads works on SAP NetWeaver corporate integration solutions, specializing in designing and implementing processes for Sales and Distribution and Customer Relationship Management. His professional interests also include mobile systems and Enterprise SOA. He graduated from Poznan University of Economics with a degree in computer science and econometrics. His master’s thesis concerns semantic Web services and SOA architecture.
