Dear colleagues,
I work in the SRM solution.
In SRM there is a Purchaser and Supplier scenario called Supplier Self Services.
The Purchaser creates a Purchase order and sends it to the supplier in form of an XML file.
The purchaser system and supplier system are the same SAP system but different clients.
Example: Purchaser client is 300 and Supplier client is 330 and both of them are on the same system.
I have a very basic question.
Currently we have the XI system which acts as an interface to send the Purchaser PO XML to the Supplier as XML.
a)My question is in case the XML structure is identical across both the clients, then what is the need of XI system?
b) Is it not possible to send XML from one client to another without an XI system? there si no need of any message mapping required since I am expecting the same XML structure in both clients.
Please clarify the need of XI system in the following scenario. Is it not possible without XI?
Many thanks.
Best regards,
Srivatsa