Flat File and IDoc

Hi,
Is it possible to read a flat file and create the sale order through IDoc. Can i do this by DOC_INBOUND_FROM_FILE without XI?? What file format should i pass??
Regards,
Kit

Hi ,
you can create Sales order through IDoc. IDOC_INPUT_ORDERS
At a high level, the IDOC processing executes in the following manner:
1.     Interpret IDOC header segments and captures organizational, customer master and purchase
               order header details. Performs user exits for each segment to process customizations to data
                 processing.
2.     Interprets item level segments and captures item level details like material information. Again,
               it performs user exits for each segment.
3.     Sums up the order data and determines the posting criterion viz. creating order with reference
                  etc.
4.     Builds up batch data communication sequence (BDC) with respect to the required screen
              sequence of posting a sales order.
5.     While building up the BDC data, system performs user exit to process customizations to BDC
                data.
6.     Calls transactions VA01 using the BDC data.
7.     If the processing fails, an appropriate workitem is generated for workflow processing.
if you give me brief i can help you out more.
if helpful REWARD points
Thank you .
Regards
Ramana

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My Scenario is IDOC to File .
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Do like this:
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I have the following requirement in my current project:
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Cheers,
Manasa.

There are 2 options for you
In either case, you might need a java mapping to convert the DataStream into String. Use a file adpater to write this string to IDOC-File.
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2) Option2: Write the Content of DataStream to IDOC-Flatfile (accessible to ECC system). Configure WE21 to pick the file from a file port.
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Hi Rajeev
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Check out you have a fixedlength file or piple separated one....
In the functional design how many fields re present and buil the DT,MT MI accoprdingly.....
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item.endSeparator
item.fieldNames
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Karthik,
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Greetings to All,
I have a requirement where i need to convert an IDOC (flat) file to IDOC.
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I am still having a doubt if this method will work on real time scenario.I mean i have to pick files
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Can we schedule a job for running the report periodically?
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I appreciate that, best way at this moment. you can reverse engineer from the errors to configure your scenario. for any reason,if you think it does not work, you can always stop and/or look for different solution.
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Hi everyone,
when v say v r working on scenario FILE to FILE? which format of file r v usually working on? and what is the diff b/w flat file and legacy system?
thanx

Hi,
<i>when v say v r working on scenario FILE to FILE? which format of file r v usually working on?</i>
>>>Many a times it will be a Flat file with CSV format,Tab delimited format, fixedlength fields.
<i>what is the diff b/w flat file and legacy system?</i>
>>>We can not differeniate like this..
Flat file may come from any systems, it may be live system or legacy system.
Legacy system- is something like old, or past one. If you talk about SAP , then older versions of SAP can be called as a legacy system.
So it may be a file system, or any system which is old version but it doesnot mean it is not in use,
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Part 2: Flat files and Business Contents: Any issues with this scenario?

I will appreciate some clarification on the some points made in response to my previous post "Flat files and Business Contents: Any issues with this scenario?"
1.
" ...youd better analyze those cubes for data redundancy and presence of data youll never use. " I will appreciate some clarification on the type of analysis you are referring to. Examples will help.
2.
"If you want to combine several found IOs in your custom dataprovider, then again you must know (or figure out) relationships between these IOs." I will appreciate some clarification on the type of relationship you are referring to. Examples will help.
3.
I am a bit confused with "..include into ODS structure ALL fields required for the cube" but you also noted noted that "...except navigational attributes and chars and KFs that are going to be determined in TRs or URs."
If you exclude ALL these, haven't you excluded all the fields you included in the ODS structure?
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for example: customer - product - Distr Chan - Sell Price
if each Customer can buy each product for any Distrution Channel, then when you build your ODS(Customer - Product and Distribution must be KEY) otherwise (if you have only Customer - Product KEY for example) you will lose the details for Distribution Channel.
I hope eveyrhting is clear
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How to create a flat files and how i used this

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I want to know about retrive the datas from flat files and also insert a record into it.
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Examples needed for Idoc to file and IDOC to web services

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Regards,
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ALE configuration for pushing idocs from SAP to XI
/people/swaroopa.vishwanath/blog/2007/01/22/ale-configuration-for-pushing-idocs-from-sap-to-xi
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Maintain Logical System (SALE)
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Maintain partner profile. (WE20):
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