MII XML transfer settings

[former_member732358]

Hi Experts,

I would like to have a basic question regarding MII system. I have a working MII system where I have to make some changes. First I would like to understand how it works. My process is that ECC sends an IDOC to MII. Then MII converts this IDOC into an XML file and later sends this XML file to a 3rd party system (MES production system). I could follow the settings of the process in the system up to the point where the XML message gets created from the IDOC (MII message processing rules-->transaction-->content development workbench-->sequence-->assign XML checkbox).

What I do not understand is where/how this XML is going to be sent to MES system. Where can I find the settings for that in MII? Certainly this is not under my transaction in Content Development Workbench.

Many thanks in advance.

Geza

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[agentry_src]

1. MII receives the IDoc as an XML file. From what you have presented, there is a transaction defined in the Message Processing Rule. There needs to be an xml transaction property in the specified BLS transaction to receive it. That property is often named InputXML. There is no conversion involved.
2. What is the make up of your environment including what MES system you have and all the versions of MII, PCo, your MES system, ECC, NW, etc.
3. One can, as Shaji pointed out, send the contents of the IDoc to your MES system a variety of ways. How you are doing so is not possible to determine from the very limited information that you have provided.
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Regards, Mike

[former_member730589]

Hi Gazi,

You need to create a message processing rule (Message Services -> Message Processing Rule) for your idoc which you received from SAP. Your processing rule should invoke a MII transaction (BLS) where you need to connect to MES system based on the connectivity options MES system offer and send the data.

Following are some of the connectivity options

1) Web Service

2) File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

3) JDBC connectivity to database