ALE and EDI

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can anyone elaborate difference between ALE and EDI. I often get confused when people use both these terms. What do they mean really?

[Former Member]

Hello Vijay,

It seems to me that you're a new user around here. This topic has ben discussed in the past. You can do a search in the forum and you'll get the hits for all the related topics. If you still have further doubts, then please do get back.

Reagrds,

anand mandalika.

[Former Member]

Please reply if you know the answer...

[Former Member]

Hello Vijay

I am Giving A brief difference b/w ALE and EDI. But Make sure you had a clear understanding of IDOCS.

The philosophical difference between EDI and ALE can be pinned as follows: If we send data to an external partner, we generally speak of EDI, while ALE is a mechanism to reliable replicate data between trusting systems to store a redundant copy of the IDoc data. The difference is made clear, when we think of a purchase order that is sent as an IDoc. If we send the purchase order to a supplier then the supplier will store the purchase order as a sales order. However, if we send the purchase order via ALE to another R/3 system, then the receiving system will store the purchase order also as a purchase order.

This is an article posted on the site below, You Can easily check it out.

http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseAnswer/0,295199,sid63_gci983331,00.html

[jayanthi_jayaraman]

Hi,

While IDocs have to be understood as a data exchange protocol, EDI and ALE

are typical use cases for IDocs. R/3 uses IDocs for both EDI and ALE to

deliver data to the receiving system.

Check this link for more details.

http://sapabap.iespana.es/sapabap/sap/faq/ale_idocs_bapi.htm