BW extractor -XI-File

Hi all,
Basically, the extractors collect data to be sent to BW (an R/3 background job runs every few minutes to fill them). BW then initiates an RFC to R/3 to pull the data out of the extractor and into BW.
Now can I use the same extractors to pull data into XI? If so how? Is there any flat file that can be sent to XI?
Thanks,
Srinivas
Edited by: Srinivas Davuluri on Jul 15, 2008 4:13 PM

Hi srinu,
verify this link,
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/18dfe590-0201-0010-6b8b-d21dfa9929c9
Regards,
Suryanarayana

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Last edited by zacariaz (2013-11-08 18:00:33)

Trilby wrote:
zacariaz wrote:Have the following code (Haven't written it my self and don't know much about how it does what it's supposed to do.)
You know a lot more than we do: like where you then found this code, and what it is supposed to do.
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I have it from reliable sources that this actually works, or at least did at some point, on Windows machines, but of course i'm on linux, and that complicated matters.
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