What is idoc? What is the structure of idoc?

Answer Posted / blessen samuel

IDoc (for intermediate document) is a standard data
structure for electronic data interchange (EDI) between
application programs written for the popular SAP business
system or between an SAP application and an external
program. IDocs serve as the vehicle for data transfer in
SAP's Application Link Enabling (ALE) system.
Idoc structure is
1 Data record : This data record can be one or more .
2 control record : This control record shd be one and it
contain the info like who is the sender , who is the
receiver , type of message etc.
3 Status record: This status records can also be one one or
more basing upon the the stages the idoc is tranfered.
these status records are 1 to 75.
1 to 49 are reserved for outbound and 50 to 75 are reserved
for outbound.

Is This Answer Correct ?    17 Yes 4 No



Post New Answer       View All Answers


Please Help Members By Posting Answers For Below Questions

You want to create and send an IDOC to another the moment a PO is created in your system. How will you achieve this?

708


What is an Idoc status? What are the different types of Idoc statuses that you know?

606


What are the different types of Idoc statuses that you know?

530


What are the advantages ale/idocs?

594


How to reprocess error idoc's ?

653






You wan to send an idoc to multiple systems. How will you do that?

555


What is EDI?

577


What are the types of records in SAP ALE Idocs and where is this information stored?

661


What is an ale ?

579


What is oak code in ale idocs?

580


What are the advantages of ale?

608


Explain the data records in idocs?

580


Explain the configuration methodology for sap ale?

558


What is the use of ale?

657


Can we send the idoc to multiple sub systems?

574