IDOC_XML_FROM_FILE Error while loading XML as IDOC to ECC 6.0

[Former Member]

I have successfully converted IDOC to XML file.

Getting Error while converting XML back to IDOC in ECC 6.0 using function: IDOC_XML_FROM_FILE

Segment EDI_DS40 is not defined.....I am really not sure about the error as this idoc was previously posted to the same ECC 6.0...

Exception SEGMENT_ERROR

Message ID: EA Message number: 721

Message:

The segment EDI_DS40 is not defined.

Secondly is there a way to load XML file via WE19?

Tx

Salman

[Former Member]

Hello Salman,

EDI_DS40 segments are status segments. Usually they don't exists outside of the SAP system (in a XML file).

How did you create your XML files?

Best regards,

Oliver

[Former Member]

Thanks alot Oliver for taking a stab...

I created the XML file from within SAP by using the functionailty of this function module:-

IDOC_XML_TRANSFORM

I created my ZIDOC_XML_TRANSFORM and just added file download facility in that the rest is the same as the orignal function.

Is there any way for me to supress generation of ED_DS40 segements in the XML file??

[Former Member]

I don't know your requirements, but usually you create a XML file using a XML port.

[Former Member]

Thanks Oliver. I just needed confirmation if the EDI_DS40 segements were significant from IDOC data prospective. From your response I guess they are status message so they are not very significant for me. I have simply removed the EDI_DS40 string from XML and now also managed to successfully load the IDOCS....

Tx