IDOCS - INTERMEDIATE DOCUMENTS, JUST A DATA CONTAINER TO TRANSFER DATA BETWEEN T

WO PROCESSESS THAT CAN UNDERSTAND SEMANTIC AND STRUCTURE OF THE DATA

IDOC IS CREATED AS A RESULT OF ALE OUTBOUND OR EDI PROCESS
ALE - APPLICATION LINK ENABLING -> ENABLES THE EXCHANGE OF DATA BETWEEN
TO SYSTEMS.
THIS ALLOWS SAP BUSINESS PROCESS AND APPLICATIONS TO BE DISTR
IBUTEDACROSS MULTIPLE SAP SYSTEMS
ALE ENSURES INTEGRATION IN DISTRIBUTED SAP SYSTEMS/ENVIRONME
NT
EDI - ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF BUSINESS DOCUMENTS BETWEEN SAP AND NON-SAP
SYSTEMS
(PURCHASES, SLAES, SHIPPING) IN SAP ARE ENABLED FOR EDI
EDI INTERFACE LAYER CONVERTS THE APPLICATION DOCUMENT INTO AN I
DOC
THIS IDOC IS TRANSFERRED TO EDI SUBSYSTEM
EDI SUBSYSTEM TRANSLATED THE IDOC INTO AN INDUSTRY-STANDRAD FO
RMAT
AND THE TRANSFERS IT TO BUSINESS PARTNER OVER A NETWORK

TWO TYPES OF IDOCS - INBOUND AND OUTBOUND

INBOUND - IDOC COMING TO THE SYSTEM
OUTBOUND- IDOC GOING FROM THE SYSTEM
IDOCS USED TO TRANSFER DATA FROM ONE SYSTEM TO OTHER
SAP -> SAP, SAP->NON-SAP
IDOC SERVE AS INPUT TO CREATE APPLICATION DOCUMENT
ADVANTAGES
IDOCS INDEPENDENT OF SYSTEMS AND ARE USED TO TRANSFER DATA FROM ONE SYST
EM TO OTHER
SAP -> SAP, SAP->NON-SAP
BACK-LEVEL IDOC COMMUNICATION
STANDARD IDOCS AND SEGMENTS WITHIN IDCOS HAVE VERSION ASSOCIATED WITH TH
EM
WHENEVER STANDARD IDOC OR SEGMENT IS ENHANCED, SYSTEM ASSIGN IT A NEW VE
RSION
PARTNER APPLICATIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPED USING PREVIOUS VERSION OF IDOCS
ARE FULLY SUPPORTED
SAP CAN GENERATE AND PROCESS BACK-LEVEL IDOCS

CUSTOM IDOCS ARE CREATED STARTING WITH 'Z'

IDOC DOCUMENTATION TCODE - WE60
EACH STANDARD IDOC IS DOCUMENTED THROUGHLY, DETAILED DOWN TO THE FIELD LEVEL AND
THE VALUES OF FIELD S AND PROCESS

USE OD IDOCS IN
OCR(OPTICAL CHARATER RECOGINITION) = SCNA AND INTERPRETS PRINTED MATTER USING PA
TTER RECOGNITION
DOCUMNETS IN STANDARD FORMAT CAN BE SCANNED TO GENERATE SAP IDOCS, WHICH
THEN CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO SAP FOR PROCESSING
ICR(INTELLIGENT CHARACTER RECOGNITION) = BAR CODES
DATA ENCODED USNG BARCODES CAN BE CAPTURED AND STORED IN IDOCS , WHICH T
HEN CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO SAP FOR PROCESSING

IDOC DEFINITION COMPONENTS

NAME:
IDOC TYPE CAN BE ASSIGNED UPTO 30 CHARACTERS NAME
START WITH Z
LAST 2 CHARACTERS DETERMINE THE VERSION OF IDOC
AFTER BASIC IDOC IS RELEASED, AND WE MOVE OT NEWER VERSION OF SAP , ANY CHANGES
TO IDOC STRUCTURE WIL CREATE A NEW BASIC IDOC WITH VERSION NUMBER INCREATED WITH
1
LIST OF PERMITTED SEGEMENT
UPTO US
SEGMENT MAKES THE STRUCTURE OF IDOC
SEGMENT ARRANGEMENTS