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Configuration Steps in IDOC

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IDOC or Intermediate Documents are commonly used in case of data

migration between SAP systems or between SAP and legacy system or
vice versa.This blog details the steps involved in con guring a new IDOC
and also list’s down the various transactions that are used while working
with IDOCs.

IDOCs can be classi ed into two . Inbound IDOCs and Outbound IDOCs.

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Inbound IDOC   : These are IDOCs which get the data into SAP system
from external source i.e PI system  or any other external system.

Outbound IDOC: These are IDOCs which are sent out from SAP system
to any other system. i.e PI system or any other external system.

Step 1 : We need to check the RFC connections to the target system , it

can be PI system or any external system. If it is to a PI system then we
need to check the connection under ABAP connections in SM59
transaction and for external system under HTTP Connections to External
System.

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Step 2: Create a port in transaction WE21 which shows the target

system’s RFC destination.

Step 3 : In transaction WE20, create a partner pro le and mention the

message tpe details .In case of Oubound IDOC’s , mention the message
types under Outbound Parameters.In case of Inbound IDOC’s , mention
the message types under Inbound Parameters. For outbound parameters
,maintain port and IDOC details, because port describes to which system

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the IDOC has to ow. Whereas in Inbound IDOC,mention the process

code details which determines the inbound function module for
processing the data.

Step 4 : Message type SYNCH is the default message type for outbound
parameters. Choose a particular message type and maintain the below
settings. Under the receiver port mention the port created in transaction
WE21. In Output mode, choose Transfer IDOC immediately. In IDOC type
mention the IDOC associated with the Message Type.

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Step 5: For Inbound IDOCs, mention the process code as APL1 and choose
option Trigger Immediately under Processing by Function Module.

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Step 6 : In transaction BDFG, we can see which ALE function module we

need to enhance for our requirement. In case, we are working with
Business Partner we can choose the FM as CRMXIF_PARTNER_SAVE
and the Business Object Type as ‘BUS1006’. In IDOCs , SAP by standard
provides us to exchange the business partner master data details , BP
relationships and BP Hierarchies.

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Step 7: In case we are working with Business Transactions we can

choose the FM as CRMXIF_ORDER_SAVE and the Business Object Type
as ‘BUS20001’.

Step 8 : In our example let us work upon Business Partners. Select the
FM name and the Business Object type and click enter. By default all
standard messages types would be displayed out.Now to create a new
message type , click on Create button as shown below. You will get a
popu where in you can enter a Z name.

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Step 9 : Once the Z message type is created. Release it as shown.

Step 10 : Select  the  Z message type and click on the Display button to
view the details.

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Step 11 : With Z Message Type , Z FM’s for both Inbound and Outbound
gets created.

Step 12 : In transaction WE30 we can check the IDOC  created.

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Step 13 : In transaction WE31 we can check the IDOC  segment .

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Step 14 : For Inbound IDOCs in transaction code WE42 , select the

process code APL1 and click on display . Assign a Z Fm-
ZAPPL_IDOC_INPUTI . Create a copy of the standard FM
APPL_IDOC_INPUTI into ZAPPL_IDOC_INPUTI .

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Step 15 : Under Logical Message , mention the Z message type created.

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Step 16 : In  transaction WE81 , we can see the message type details.

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Step 17 : In  transaction WE82 , we can see the message type and basic
type details.

Step 18 : For outbound IDOCs in transaction BD64 , create a distribution

model. Goto change mode and click on ‘Create Model View‘. Enter a
description and Technical name.

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Step 19 : Add the message type under the Distribution Model and
maintain the sender and receiver system details.

Step 20 : In transaction BD82, generate the partner pro le for the newly
created distribution model.

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Step 21 : In  transaction SMOEAC , we create the sites and

subscriptions.Site is the destination where the data needs to be sent. Subsricption is
to identify what is the object to be exchanged. (In case of BP data it will be All Business

Partner MESG).Subscriptions are assigned under Sites. Type would vary based on our

need.

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Step 22 : In transaction CRMXIF_C1 , we maintain the message type

details against the Site name.

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Step 23 : We can even restrict an Outbound IDOC ow based on any

condition to a particular Site. A times there could be multiple sites in a
system , we can control the ow of IDOC here as well.This can be
achieved by maintaining an entry in table – SMW3FDCUST, we assign a
copy of standard FM – SMW3_OUTBOUNDADP_CALLADAPTERS
against BDoc Type BUPA_MAIN,  which is  used to do any further
customizations. We can do the same for other IDOC types.In the Z FM
,input parameter HEADER we get the Site ID details , based on that we can
control the changing parameter – RECEPIENTS.

Step 24 : Apart from the above steps we can use Transaction

WE02/WE05 to display any IDOC and WE60 for IDOC Documentation.To
reprocess any IDOC use transaction WE19 adn inoput teh IDOC number, a
new number gets generated.

Step 25 : Any IDOC has 3 records types – Control, Data and

Status.Control Records displays the direction of the IDOC, message
type/basic type details.

Data record display the data under multiple segments. In Status Record
we can check the IDOC status whether it is a success or failure.

Tables for these 3 record types are as below.

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Control Record – EDIDC

Data Records    – EDIDD

Status Record   – EDIDS

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