Architecting EDI with SAP IDocs: The Comprehensive Guide - Tapa dura

Master the concepts and principles behind EDI and IDocs Explore the EDI business processes, architecture, and administration Configure IDocs for B2B integration and information exchange 2nd Edition Updated and Expanded Welcome to Hollywood! Follow the saga of the Acme Pictures movie studio as it exchanges information with its vendor and its primary customer to put low-budget sci-fi movies on shelves. This entertaining case study showcases the requirements, standards, and capabilities for building an SAP EDI system and optimizing electronic information exchange via IDocs. From configuring IDocs, to generating purchase orders and goods receipts, to processing invoices, this script teaches you how to make your EDI system a star. Cross-Industry Standard See what makes IDocs in SAP and EDI the heart, bones, arteries, and brains of modern businesses and government organizations. The Full Picture Build the EDI system step by step, from generating the purchase order, to building outbound order confirmation, to processing the inbound payment advice using IDocs. Custom IDocs Using ABAP, ALE, and XML, explore custom utilities that extend standard SAP functionality. Test Your System Learn how to achieve success and diagnose failure by using monitoring tools to troubleshoot. Updated and Expanded In this second edition, find new custom tools and utilities, a renewed focus on the business context, and new interfaces from the purchasing cycle. Highlights Business process integration IDoc architecture and configuration Custom IDocs and extensions Mapping specifications Message control Customer purchase orders Replication services Inbound goods receipt and invoices Outbound advance shipments and invoices Custom IDoc tools EDI and IDocs troubleshooting and recoveryEmmanuel Hadzipetros is an ABAP developer and an EDI and IDocs specialist. His 20 years of experience with SAP projects and implementations span integration tools, industries, and continents.

Emmanuel Hadzipetros is an ABAP developer and IDoc and EDI specialist who has been fascinated with data flows and systems integration throughout his 15 years of SAP project experience. As a consultant and independent contractor in four countries and three continents he served a large number of small, mid-size, and Fortune 500 clients in a variety of industries. Emmanuel prides himself on a practical approach to building and integrating systems. Throughout his career he's worked with a wide range of tools to integrate SAP with internal and legacy systems and external trading partners including flat file FTP transfers, ALE, XI/PI, and third-party EDI integration systems. Emmanuel has been happily playing with the IDoc interface for more than 10 years and believes that it's one of SAP's hidden jewels.