Weird Issue in XI... Need Help

Hi All,
         We have a Legacy to BI interface. here BI generates a wsdl to call there function modules and so we import the wsdl structre as external definations in XI and use it in our mapping.
Everytime BI generates the Data Source for XI, in diff env (exp Dev and then QA) the functional module gets a new name which is system generated. So this thing is causing us an issue. because this means we have to import external definations each time and create the IR again.
pls find below the wsdl: and the functional module name that gets system generated is BIC_-CQZPPCLAU00001000.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<wsdl:definitions xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" targetNamespace="urn:sap-com:document:sap:rfc:functions">
     <wsdl:types>
          <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:sap-com:document:sap:rfc:functions" targetNamespace="urn:sap-com:document:sap:rfc:functions">
               <xsd:element name="_-BIC_-CQZPPCLAU00001000">
                    <xsd:complexType>
                         <xsd:all>
                              <xsd:element name="DATA">
                                   <xsd:complexType>
                                        <xsd:sequence>
                                             <xsd:element name="item" type="_-BIC_-CQZPPCLAU00001000" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
                                        </xsd:sequence>
                                   </xsd:complexType>
                              </xsd:element>
                         </xsd:all>
                    </xsd:complexType>
               </xsd:element>
               <xsd:element name="_-BIC_-CQZPPCLAU00001000.Response">
                    <xsd:complexType>
                         <xsd:all />
                    </xsd:complexType>
               </xsd:element>
               <xsd:simpleType name="date">
                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                         <xsd:maxLength value="10" />
                         <xsd:pattern value="....-..-.." />
                    </xsd:restriction>
               </xsd:simpleType>
               <xsd:simpleType name="time">
                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                         <xsd:maxLength value="8" />
                         <xsd:pattern value="..:..:.." />
                    </xsd:restriction>
               </xsd:simpleType>
               <xsd:complexType name="_-BIC_-CQZPPCLAU00001000">
                    <xsd:sequence>
                         <xsd:element name="PM_ORDER" minOccurs="0">
                              <xsd:simpleType>
                                   <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                                        <xsd:maxLength value="12" />
                                   </xsd:restriction>
                              </xsd:simpleType>
                         </xsd:element>
                         <xsd:element name="_-BIC_-ZARCOVRD" minOccurs="0">
                              <xsd:simpleType>
                                   <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                                        <xsd:maxLength value="2" />
                                        <xsd:pattern value="d*" />
                                   </xsd:restriction>
                              </xsd:simpleType>
                         </xsd:element>
                         <xsd:element name="_-BIC_-ZARCPSFL" minOccurs="0">
                              <xsd:simpleType>
                                   <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                                        <xsd:maxLength value="2" />
                                        <xsd:pattern value="d*" />
                                   </xsd:restriction>
                              </xsd:simpleType>
                         </xsd:element>
                         <xsd:element name="_-BIC_-ZARCRULE" minOccurs="0">
                              <xsd:simpleType>
                                   <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                                        <xsd:maxLength value="6" />
                                        <xsd:pattern value="d*" />
                                   </xsd:restriction>
                              </xsd:simpleType>
                         </xsd:element>
                         <xsd:element name="DATE0" type="date" minOccurs="0" />
                         <xsd:element name="TIME" type="time" minOccurs="0" />
                         <xsd:element name="COMP_CODE" minOccurs="0">
                              <xsd:simpleType>
                                   <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                                        <xsd:maxLength value="4" />
                                   </xsd:restriction>
                              </xsd:simpleType>
                         </xsd:element>
                         <xsd:element name="_-BIC_-ZPOSTPRD" minOccurs="0">
                              <xsd:simpleType>
                                   <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                                        <xsd:maxLength value="6" />
                                   </xsd:restriction>
                              </xsd:simpleType>
                         </xsd:element>
                         <xsd:element name="_-BIC_-ZARCRLDS" minOccurs="0">
                              <xsd:simpleType>
                                   <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                                        <xsd:maxLength value="35" />
                                   </xsd:restriction>
                              </xsd:simpleType>
                         </xsd:element>
                    </xsd:sequence>
               </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:schema>
     </wsdl:types>
     <wsdl:message name="_-BIC_-CQZPPCLAU00001000Input">
          <wsdl:part xmlns:generateduniqueprefix0="urn:sap-com:document:sap:rfc:functions" name="parameters" element="generateduniqueprefix0:_-BIC_-CQZPPCLAU00001000" />
     </wsdl:message>
     <wsdl:message name="_-BIC_-CQZPPCLAU00001000Output">
          <wsdl:part xmlns:generateduniqueprefix1="urn:sap-com:document:sap:rfc:functions" name="parameters" element="generateduniqueprefix1:_-BIC_-CQZPPCLAU00001000.Response" />
     </wsdl:message>
</wsdl:definitions>
So the meaning of transports doesn't make sense at all if we have to do devlopment again in each env.
Can this be avoided anyway.. As far as i think this can't be handled in XI. But would love to know yours thoughts.
Regards,
XIer
Edited by: XIer on May 10, 2008 8:31 AM
Edited by: XIer on May 10, 2008 8:33 AM

Hi,
Those are dynamically generated BI objects that are created by means of nr ranges (or equivalent) in each instances ... As I dunno whether it is possible to provided static names, you could proceed this way :
1 - if you do not know (in advance) generated names, create a mapping table containing (depending on its evolutivity) either one single col (the generated name of your func) or 2 cols (functionality and generated name)
2 - create a wrapper RFC module (unique name) that will be spread across all BI systems, this wrapper will be used to process your data with XI for a desired functionality ! When calling it, it will retrieve the corresponding dynamic RFC name and pass values accordingly.
3 - import the wrapper RFC definition in XI and use it for the scenario
I'm not sure it will work, but unless there are better solution, I'd give a try
Rgds
Chris

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I am using Toast (not IDVD), Panther, QuickTime 7Pro, and Imovie 3.03. It is my understanding that I should export DV Stream from IMovie and then Toast will convert it to DVD (mpeg2, is that correct?)
The problem is none of the export options seems to work, it just fizzles out and I get a message 'fail'. I've tried "Full Quality DV' under the Quicktime menu (BTW could this format meet my criteria, or would I then have to do some QuickTime magic...).
and I've also tried "Movie to DV Stream" which is under the Expert menu....and which BTW has its own
options like 'interlaced', DVC-Pro...etc.etc.)
Nothing I've tried works so far. Its only a one minute movie and I have plenty of RAM and free space.
Please, any ideas for the perfect Expert Export? Thanks...

I have not used Toast myself to make a video DVD, but I don't think you need to go to the trouble of exporting any sort of file. Instead simply open Toast, pick the appropriate tab, then take the .mov reference file from your iMovie project folder and drag and drop it into Toast. I think that is all you have to do. Have you looked in the Toast help files? I think they go over this a bit in there.
Also, many people experience trouble with QuickTime version 7 and Panther (10.3.9) so perhaps there lies some of your problems.
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I moved all my music from my Windows PC to my brand new MacBook Pro. All the song info/album Art and everything matches just fine on my windows pc. However on my Mac when itunes downloads any artwork it puts in artwork from other albums and artists. When I click on the song up in the iTunes sidebar lists Artist/Songs from an entirely different album. I have tried fixing all Meta data and converted ID tags and matched everything perfectly to iTunes Store but it still things the artwork is for another artist and the sidebar diplays the same info. I have even cleared out my library and copied to an external and reimported but same issue. I dont want to sit here and fix every single artwork problem especially when the information to the album is literally word for word match in iTunes store.
My other fear is that if iTunes thinks some of my songs are completely different artists when iTunes Match rolls around my songs will not populate correctly?
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clever point...
jere7my wrote:
some album covers just aren't exactly square, particularly if the CDs are sold in cardboard flip-cases.
I deal with artwork in a more hap-hazzard way, but most of the time, i get SQUARE results...
Just Google the album title, then click the IMAGES tab. More times than not, I find the album cover in multiple sizes and about every time, at least one version that is truly square.
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