Interface SAP - External System

hi expert
i need make a interface beetween sap and a visual basic program... my idea is use a rfc, but i think i need use a connector, can i do this without a extra connector ...my client don´t want buy a licence
thxz......

Hi, you can use RFC's without a connector.

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WM interface to external system

Have anybody ever configured WM interface to external system (t-code OMKY)?
I have a question here and hope you can help:
What's the naming rule when define Logical System, RFC destination, Port and Partner Profile? Should all be defined under one name? In my test, if I only define logical system and partner profile under same name (for example "ABC"), and maintain Port and RFC destination under another name say "XYZ", then I can only sent IDOC but I can't receive the IDOC sent from external system (for example, confirmation of transfer order).
Can anybody shed some light on this question? Your input is highly appreciated.

Hi,
Why should the port and RFC destination also use same name as logical system and partner profile? Would you please kindly show me the rule? Ive checked online help and searched extensively on websites without any clear instruction.
In my experinces, usually I setup using the names and make easy for other developer to identfy the interface problems in production as well as for enhancement in the future. Just imagine if you are dealing with hundred interfaces (inbound and outbound) and you have different names for same interface.
Again, you could setup with different names for logical system, RFC and so on.
In case of different name between logical system and port, would you please tell me why we cant receive IDOC sent back by external system? Cant they find the correct partner and port then send IDOC anymore?
Well ... you need to tell the external system what names to use for partner profile and port as part of EDIDC data.
Regards,
Ferry Lianto

Sales interface from external systems

hey,
Sales will be interfaced into SAP.
We will interface transactions from three separate external systems.
We could receive the same document number from each of the three systems. What makes a document unique in SAP? These documents could conceivably be for the same customer. Would that be a problem?
Please advise.
Thanks

Hi there,
When maintaining an external system, there will be 2kinds of transactions.
Inbound to SAP & Outbound to SAP.
In inbound, when a doc is created in an external system & comes to SAP, that particular doc usually comes in the form of an IDOC. The external doc num will be populated in one of the IDOC segment fields. The same external doc num will be populatedin one of the fields of the SAP document as a reference num. We usually use any field which is not used to populate this.
In outbound from SAP, the information is sent to external system also as IDOC. In tis case, we populate the SAP doc num in 1 of the segments of IDOC. The same value will be populated in on of the fields as an external reference num.
We define the segments & fields of an IDOC message type in t-code WE30.
If this doesnot clarifiy your question, pls eloborate your question.
Regards,
Sivanand

Interface with external system

Hello Experts,
The query i am posting is very naive and mite seem vague to you but I am doing it for a sure shot methodological approach. My client have an vendor system that they want to interface. All the information I have is
1> I will get the XML schema frm the guys of that company.
2> XI is installed in my company.
Can you tell me wat all things i need to configure and how can i go about achieving this?
thanks and please advise me,
Mehta

Hi Gaurav,
you will have to provide more details like who is your sender, who is your receiver etc....
i would recommend that you go through the SAP help documentation and follow the pipeline steps.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/14/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
You will have to perform the basic steps to get your thing (XSD) into XI.
1. In the Integration Builder - Integration Repository; You take your XSD provided by the vendor and create an interface out of it. This depends whether your vendor is sending (Outbound Interface) or receiving (Inbound Interface) the data.
2. Then add this interface to your service in the configuration (Integration Directory).

How to find in R/3 System, which FI document is from which external system?

Hi Moderator/ FICO Experts,
How to find in R/3 System, which FI document is from which external system?
In case of different Non-SAP external Systems posting the data to one R/3 System.
Thanks
Chandra

Hi,
That really depends on the interfaces that your external systems are using. Check with your ABAP or BASIS team to see what is the method used for posting those documents and with which parameters is passed. Look at BKPF table (FI header) to see the attributes such as user, document type, reference, etc.
Regards,
Eli

HR - XI - External System: one IDOC to multiple XML Files

Hi,
I have a scenario where I need, out of one HRMD_A07 IDOC send multiple XML files:
The IDOC and the XML files can the Master data for many employee (IDOC has max of 200 as of SAP, external system, max of 1000).
The IDOC will be generated with change pointers with all the needed filters (I can add/remove if needed).
My goal is to generate 3 types of XML files:
- 1 for the persons (containing basic info like name, firstname, persnr,etc)
- 1 for the various unit (with basic info of unit like number, description & name)
- 1 for the links between persons and units (this person is linked with that unit)
The structures of the 3 XML files are know and can be imported via XSD definition.
Do I need to use BPM for doing so or is there a way to do that with simple mapping?
If BPM is needed, as I new to that, if you have a link to a begginer guide, fell free to send it
Cheers,
greg

hi,
For your scenario there is no need of BPM.
In message mapping select the message tag.
In the target add 3 message types.
Just map the fields.Go to Interface mapping add the 3 message in the target.
Get the mapping.
In ID sender agreement,Receiver Determination is same.
In Interface Determination select extended.Get the mapping.
Create 3 Receiver agreement for each Receiver.
Regards,
Prakasu

Setting up the HR-PDC interface to ext. system without direct RFC

Hello,
Setting up the HR-PDC interface to external system without direct RFC - Uploading time events
Following note number 647145, I tried to set up connection to external time collection system. As the external system isn't able to work with RFC, I setup a fileport using transaction WE21. When an outbound IDOC is created with transaction PT80, it will be stored at the outbound path. The IDOC then will be transfered to the external system with a unix script triggered by event.
For inbound IDOCS, the fileport cannot be used as I don't see any way to configure it as the time events that should come in via RFC port, will be uploaded and processed according the ALE distribution model. The BOR object "PTManagerExtPEvent" of type "BUS7014" with method "Insert" is used to insert the time events into the interface table CC1TEV from an HR-PDC certified subsystem. The message type is "HRCC1UPTEVEN".
As standard process won't work in our case, I'd need alternative solution. Actually the time events are send via ftp to the SAP directory that points to incoming IDOC path setup on WE21.
Maybe there should some way to setup RFC connection to own SAP system that points to the SAP directory where the inbound files are stored.
Maybe using the FM IDOC_INPUT_HRCC1UPTEVEN can be used to trigger the upload manually but first the files have to be uploaded from file similiar to report RSEINB00. Testing this report using the SAP directory and port where the inbound files are located I get error message that IDOC control record is missing, that seems to be understandable as this report is used to upload IDOCS from file but HR-PDC upload file HRCC1UPTEVEN01 has no specific IDOC segments in this moment as it was created according specific HR-PDC interface description. The IDOC in the standard process will be created with the BAPI.
As I'm new in HR and ALE, I'd be grateful for any help on this matter.
Best regards
Andreas

Hello Andreas,
thanks for Your contribution. Recently I've got the trial version and made some tests and found out that the bapi-handler works perfectly for managing HR-PDC interface.
Nevertheless actually there's no compilation for OS/400 and the AS/400 I'm working with has an old OS release without C compiler and furthermore RFC libraries of SAP cannot be installed on this release.
The Bapi-handler for testing runs on Windows
and I'd need an intermediate machine to manage the data between AS/400 and SAP. I'd prefer direct connection between timecollection subsystem and SAP for obvios reason.
Regards
Andreas

RFC with External system

Hi,
We are trying to develop interface with external system to calculate the shipping costs for a delivery. We will establish RFC connection between SAP and External system.
Do we need SAP .NET connector to send and receive data from/to SAP. SAO shouls act as client and external system as server. If we have to use SAP .NET connectore, can anyone explain me the detailed process of using SAP .NET connector and connecting to external system.If there is anyother way without using SAP .NET connector, i.e by using RFC function modules, can you please xplain that process too. What is the program ID for RFC destination in SM59?
I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Ashok.

setting the program id you need a person with the knowledge of both the system, with the current input it will be difficult to help with that.
since you are in 4.6C the available options are
1. DCOM connector
2. .net connect
3. JCO
4. or a plain http call to your external system.
Regards
Raja

External system to SRM

Hi SRM specialist
<u>Scenario:External system --> SRM</u>
Now we are examining how to do the Interface.
Firstly PO data is created in External system and this data will be needed to transfer to SRM.
<u>Question</u>
What can we do when we will do the Interface from External system to SRM?
(IDOC? XML? FTP?)
Please tell me about it.

Hi,
As far as I know if ur talking with SAP with SAP system than connection would be RFC and the communication in the ALE IDOC right.
But if ur talking with SAP with NON SAP system than the connection would be through some middleware like XI.
Note:- But in some case u can pass your SAP IDOC into XML format to the other NON SAP System provided that the system should be in programmed in such a formate that it can understand and mapped the details as per the business requirement.
See IDOC can be send in different format right like.
1) Files Formate,
2) TRFC Formate,
3) XML File,
4) XML Http,
5) CPI-C,
6) ABAP-PI
Is this is the ans ur looking for please revert.
BR,
Vijay Mittal
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WM interface to external system_IDOC not received

I have a question here about configuring WM interface to external system via t-code OMKY, and hope you can help:
What's the naming rule when define Logical System, RFC destination, Port and Partner Profile? Should all be defined under one name? In my test, if I only define logical system and partner profile under same name (for example "ABC"), and maintain Port and RFC destination under another name say "XYZ", then I can only sent IDOC but I can't receive the IDOC sent from external system (for example, confirmation of transfer order).
Can anybody shed some light on this question? Your input is highly appreciated.

Hi,
Why should the port and RFC destination also use same name as logical system and partner profile? Would you please kindly show me the rule? Ive checked online help and searched extensively on websites without any clear instruction.
In my experinces, usually I setup using the names and make easy for other developer to identfy the interface problems in production as well as for enhancement in the future. Just imagine if you are dealing with hundred interfaces (inbound and outbound) and you have different names for same interface.
Again, you could setup with different names for logical system, RFC and so on.
In case of different name between logical system and port, would you please tell me why we cant receive IDOC sent back by external system? Cant they find the correct partner and port then send IDOC anymore?
Well ... you need to tell the external system what names to use for partner profile and port as part of EDIDC data.
Regards,
Ferry Lianto

Customer Master Data interface to external using Seeburger on MDMP

Hi Experts,
   Currently, customer master data is interfaced to external system via IDOC. The middleware used is Seeburger.
   If the system is changed to MDMP, would there be any impact to this interface?
   Is Seeburger communicates in Unicode? If so, when the data is translated to Unicode when the data from R/3 is non-unicode?
   Thank you.
Regards,
Bing Fatt

Thanks Uwe,
I tried to create IDoc with BD10 for material master and I am getting two error msg as below.
Msg one
1 master IDocs set up for message type MATMAS
then Msg two
0 communication IDoc(s) generated for message type MATMAS
Is it able to get why this msg is comng and no IDoc's were generated..
Regards,
Senthil

Is it possible to integrate LSO 600 with an external system without SAP PI?

Hi,
as asked in the title, i am wondering if it is possible to integrate LSO 600 with an external (non-SAP) system without using SAP PI/XI. The external system is a middleware application which can handle RFC functions, IDocs besides the usual web service communications.
However, i don't know how LSO and SAP PI are integrated so i wonder if their interfaces are such that instead of SAP PI another middleware could be used.

Web Services are used. If you were to implement the services in your 3rd party middleware and configure SAP to call it, I suppose it is possible. The external course catalog can be used for CourseEnrollment and LearningProgress. See the application help for details. Don't expect to receive support from SAP with such a setup however.

Production Order and external system non-SAP

Dear Friends,
I need to send a Production Order to a external system no SAP, and upload the information back to SAP,
SAP does something standard to accomplish this task?
To send Production Order, I created an IDOC with report RCCLORD, this IDOC contains all information of a production order (AUFNR, WERKS,..) and all operations and materials. But I don't know how to process the information returned.
Also I have read some information about the interface PP-PDC, but I don't know how to use it.
Please, Can anyone tell me the best way to accomplish this task?
this is the scenario:
SAP R/3 -
> Production Order -
> External System
External System -
> Return information about Production Order -
> SAP R/3
Thanks!

Hi,
PP-PDC is for confirmations only, see further details
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/en/31/fcbd3411d411d3b6b60000e8359890/frameset.htm
maybe usage of POI is an option for you. See details here
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/EN/1a/0e347b539911d1898b0000e8322d00/frameset.htm
BR Sabine

Extract data from SAP and send to external system via Webmethods & IDOC's

Hi,
We need to Extract data from SAP and send to an external system via Webmethods middlewear using IDOCs. I have never used webmethods before and would like to know more about how to implement this scenario. I have used IDOCS in an EDI scenario before but not used it along with WebMethods.
Any pointers would be of great help. Thanks

If you have already ABAP programs /BAPI's in place then try to develop RFC interface and write some back ground programs to scheudl BAPI's and develop scenario but you need to implement error handling , data validation in PI mapping level.
or
take help from ABAPer to design in ABAP like writing Proxy program to pull data and send it PI.
if you are dealing with master data bit risky(correctness) but can be achived using PI.

External system calling SAP ECC enterprise service.

Hi Experts,
We have an external system(out of the client network) which needs to call the Enterprise service ExchangeRateByExchangeRateQueryResponse_In in ECC.
As we don't want to open the ECC port to the external systems we thought of using SAP PI in between.
I can develop a SOAP to SOAP scenario between External system and ECC using PI.
I want to check whether there is any better way of doing it without developing the interface.
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Rajesh.A

Hi Rajesh,
If the requirement is to fully decouple the ECC system from the external caller system, then configuration of mediated scenario utilizing PI would be a good solution here. But if it is only necessary to ensure that the external system doesn't have direct connectivity to application servers of ECC, then you may consider installing SAP Web Dispatcher, connecting ECC as a backend system to the installed Web Dispatcher and using Web Dispatcher as an endpoint in the caller system. In this way, the caller system doesn't need to have network access to application servers of ECC and will only communicate with Web Dispatcher, all communication between Web Dispatcher and backend (here, ECC) will be transparent for the caller system.
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