Overview

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 customizing IDocs with ALE, to processing invoices, this script teaches you how to make your EDI system a star. 1. Cross-Industry Standard: See what makes IDocs in SAP and EDI the heart, bones, arteries, and brains of modern businesses and government organizations. 2. 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. 3. Custom IDocs: Using ABAP, ALE, and XML, explore custom utilities that extend standard SAP functionality. 4. Test Your System: Learn how to achieve success and diagnose failure by using monitoring tools to troubleshoot. 5. 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 include: Business process integration IDoc architecture and configuration Custom IDocs and extensions Mapping specifications Message control Customer purchase orders Replication services Inbound goods receipts and invoices Outbound advance shipments and invoices Custom IDoc tools EDI and IDocs troubleshooting and recovery

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Author:   Emmanuel Hadzipetros
Publisher:   SAP Press
Imprint:   SAP Press
Edition:   Second Edition
ISBN:  

9781592298716

ISBN 10:   1592298710
Pages:   910
Publication Date:   28 October 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prologue ACT I: Hollywood, DVDs, and the After-Life of Movies Hollywood's B-Movie Queen Does SAP and EDI SAP and EDI: Getting to Know Each Other A Brief History of Fame: Our Imaginary Dream Factory Defining Some Basic Ground Rules Summary The Blueprint: Discovery and Documentation A Business Process Overview Legacy Systems, Data Flows, and Interfaces Legacy EDI Data Flows Summary Designing the New SAP EDI Architecture The To-Be Systems and Interfaces Emerge Laying the Foundations for EDI: Master Data The Typical Lifecycle of an Order from Gordy Interfaces in the Order-to-Cash Cycle Considering the Project Plan Summary ACT II: Taming Chaos with Standards--EDI in an SAP Environment EDI: The Ugly Stepsister of E-Commerce A Brief History of e-Commerce The Anatomy of an EDIFACT Interchange The Anatomy of an X12 Interchange Enveloping and De-enveloping: The X12 in Action Summary Real-World Business Process Integration with EDI The Basic EDI Interface Trading Partner Management The Impact of VMI Collaboration through EDI The Role of Acme's EDI RIM Reporting EDI Status to SAP Putting All the Pieces Together Archiving and Deleting IDocs in SAP Summary EDI Architecture in SAP: IDoc Basics Intelligent Messages: The Anatomy of an IDoc IDoc Architecture and the Data Dictionary One-Time EDI Configuration for IDocs in SAP Summary Configuring IDocs in SAP for EDI Exchange Inbound Configuration is About Posting IDocs Outbound Configuration Generates IDocs Summary Custom IDocs and IDoc Extensions IDoc Development and Configuration Tools Building a Custom IDoc: Inbound Inventory Report Extending an IDoc: Outbound PO with BOMs Summary ACT III: Realizing the Dream--Building Acme's SAP EDI System Generating the PO for Replication Services Technical Overview of the Interface Functional Specifications Generating the ORDERS PO with Message Control Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications EDI Configuration in SAP Summary The Inbound Goods Receipt Technical Overview of Interface Functional Specifications End-to-End Process Flow Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications EDI Configuration in SAP Summary Processing the Incoming Supplier Invoice Technical Overview of Interface Functional Specifications End-to-End Process Flow Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications EDI Configuration in SAP Summary The Inbound Customer Purchase Order Technical Overview of Interface Functional Specifications End-to-End Process Flow Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications SDQ Processing Program Logic Duplicate Checking Enhancement EDI Configuration in SAP Summary Building the Outbound Order Confirmation Technical Overview Functional Specifications Generating the ORDRSP with Message Control Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications EDI Configuration in SAP Summary Sending a Shipping Order to the Supplier Technical Overview of Interface Functional Specifications Generating a SHPORD IDoc with Message Control Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications EDI Configuration in SAP Summary The Inbound Shipping Confirmation Technical Overview of the Interface Functional Specifications End-to-End Process Flow Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications EDI Configuration in SAP Summary The Advanced Shipping Notice to the Customer Technical Overview of Interface Functional Specifications Generating an ASN IDoc with Message Control Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications EDI Configuration in SAP Summary Generating the Outbound Customer Invoice Technical Overview of Interface Functional Specifications Generating an INVOIC IDoc with Message Control Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications EDI Configuration in SAP Summary Processing the Inbound Payment Advice Technical Overview of the Interface Functional Specifications End-to-End Process Flow Technical Specifications Mapping Specifications EDI Configuration in SAP Summary ACT IV: Finishing Touches Extending the Interface: Custom IDoc Tools EDI to IDoc Trading Partner Conversion Mass Upload of Partner Profiles to SAP Mass Transfer of IDocs between Systems Sending IDoc Status to an External System Adding Qualifiers to IDoc XML Schema Summary Testing the EDI System in SAP IDoc Test Tools Interface Testing Strategy Unit Testing String Testing Interface Testing Integration Testing Stress Testing Summary Troubleshooting and Recovery Identifying Issues Monitoring and Recovery Tools Recovering from Key Failure Points Summary Epilogue The Author Index

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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.

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