Hi experts, can any one explain me about IDOC's

[Former Member]

hi experts, may i know about

What is Idoc's.

how it is used,

How it will work,

Why we use Idoc's, what is the purpose of Idoc's,

How many types of Idoc's are there, what r those.

[Former Member]

Hi Srikanth,

With IDoc, we can create Master data, post Transaction Data in SAP.

Purpose
IDoc (Intermediate Document) is a standard SAP document format. IDocs enable the connection of different application systems using a message-based interface. The use of IDocs has three main aims:

•Structured exchange and automatic posting of application documents.
•Reduction of the varying complex structures of different application systems to one simple structure. For example, the structure of an SAP application document and the structure of the corresponding EDI message according to the UN/EDIFACT standard.
•Detailed error handling before the data is posted in the application.
IDocs can be regarded and defined on two levels: On a technical level and on an application level. The technical level enables the support of cross-application functions such as routing and technical error handling.

Technical view
This view is defined by three different types of structure that are generated by the IDoc interface:

•Control record
•Data record
•Status record
Application view
This view is defined by the segments of an IDoc. Segments are structures that are used for the interpretation of the field SDATA in the data record. An IDoc type is defined by the corresponding:

•Segments
•Attributes of these segments
(for example, maximum number, hierarchical sequence, segment status)

This is for your information

Regards,

Venkata Gopi

[Former Member]

Hi Naresh,

The IDoc interface exchanges business data with an external system.

The IDoc interface consists of the definition of a data structure, along with processing logic for this data structure.

The data structure is the IDoc. The IDoc is the exchange format common to all the communicating systems. You can specify exception handling in the SAP Business Workflow, with IDocs, without the data already having to exist as SAP application documents.

You need the IDoc interface in the following scenarios:

• Electronic data exchange (EDI)
• Connect other business application systems (e.g. PC applications, external Workflow tools) by IDoc
• Application Link Enabling (ALE).

Application Link Enabling (ALE) is a technology to create and run distributed application

Please follow the below link to get basic idea for IDOC

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/6f/1bd5baa85b11d6b28500508b5d5211/content.htm

Regards

Praveen

Message was edited by: Praveen Chirakkel

[Former Member]

Hi

Please refer this link which has detailed explanation for all your queries

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-34785#comment-381611

Thanks

Naresh K.