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Amit Trifale

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[email protected]: 98205 06857

Ext: 7345
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EDI-ALE Overview

Conceptual flow

EDI Setup

ALE setup

Introduction


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EDI-ALE Overview

What is EDI?

What is ALE?

Why do we need EDI-ALE?


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EDI-ALE Overview

Benefits Reduced Data Entry Errors

Reduced Processing Cycle time

Availability of Data in electronic form

Reduced Paperwork Reduced Cost

Reduced Inventory and better planning

Standard means of communication

Better Business Process

Competitive Advantage


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EDI-ALE Overview

Document Exchange:

Customer Vendor

RFQ

Quotation

Purchase Order

Purchase Order Change

Order Acknowledgement

Purchasing Sales

Receiving Shipping

Shipping Notice

AccountsAccounts

Invoice

Payment

DetailsCustomer

Bank

Vendor

Bank


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EDI-ALE Overview

Jargons in EDI-ALE: IDOC

Control Record

Data Record

Status Record

IDOC Type (WE30/31)

Eg: ORDERS02

Message Type (WE81/82)

Eg: DELINS

Output Determination/Output Type

RFC Destination (SM59)

Process Code (WE41)

Port (WE21)

Partner Profile

EDI Subsystem


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EDI-ALE Overview

EDI Standards Messages

856 DESADV

850 ORDERS

830

DELINS 810 INVOIC

File Standards

ANSI X12

EDIFACT VDA

Translators


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Conceptual flow

Application

Document

Output

TypeOutput

Determination

Process

codePartner Profile

RSNAST00

Function

Module

IDOCIDOC

FilePort

File to

EDI

Subsystem

RFC

Destination

Outbound Flow


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File From

EDI

Subsystem

IDOC

FileRFC

DestinationIDOCStart RFC

Process

code

Function

Module

Application

Document

Inbound Flow

Conceptual flow

Partner

Profile


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EDI Setup

Inbound Processing: Partner Profile

Partner Number

Message Type

Process code

Table Entries

EDPAR

EDSDC

KNMT


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EDI Setup

Outbound Processing: Output Determination

Partner Profile

Partner Number

Port/RFC Destination Message Type

Output Type

Process code


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ALE Setup

ALE Distributed Processing Geographical Location

Consolidation

System Capacity

Mission-Critical Applications

Upgrading a module separately

Data Security

Business Reasons

IDOCs

Master IDOC Communication IDOC


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ALE Setup

Filtering Filtering at IDOC Level (BD59)

Segment Filtering (BD56)

Reduced IDOC Type (BD53)


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ALE Setup

Outbound Processing: Maintain Logical system

Assign Logical system to Client

Setup an RFC destination (SM59) (Name same as Logical System Name)

Port Definition Maintain Customer Model (BD64)

Generate Partner Profile (BD82)

Distribute Customer Model (BD64)


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Master Data Distribution: Stand alone Program (Eg BD10)

Change Pointers

Enable Change Pointers Globally (BD61) Enable Change Pointers for a Message Type (BD50)

Specify Fields for which Change Pointers are to be written (BD52)

Execute Program RBDMIDOC


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Assignment

Simulate an Inbound ORDERS. Add code in user exit to create Purchase Order.

Trigger an outbound Purchase Order giving reference of Sales Order Number in

Extended IDOC.

Trigger PO from one system and it should create SO at other system.

Create your own message type, assign IDOC type, Extension and process code

to it.

Create your own function module and assign it to Process code. Use this

process code in Z message type.

Create Message type/IDOC type/Process Code/Function Module to create a

Inbound Delivery and do a GR on it.

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