How to connect from SRM system to Punch out Catalog

Question

Hi all,
I would like to know connecting from SRM system to Punch out Catalog , do we require XI inbetween??
Regards
Vamsi

Answer 1

Hi Vamsi,
There is an XML variant of the OCI interface as described in the OCI documentation attached. Using this you can use XML documents instead of plain HTTP for the OCI transfer. No specific configuration is required as a transformation agent is contained within the FUNCTION bbp_ws_mapoci_to_sc
  map xml to oci structure
    CALL FUNCTION 'BBP_WS_DISPATCH_XML_MAPPING'
      EXPORTING
        iv_xml_type       = iv_xml_type
        iv_xml_document   = iv_xml_document
      TABLES
        et_oci_items      = et_oci_item_data
        et_longtext       = et_oci_longtext
      EXCEPTIONS
        xml_mapping_error = 1
        OTHERS            = 2.
In this xml mapping function we use a CALL TRANSFORMATION to perform the XML -> OCI mapping:
  Transfrom OCI XML data via XSLT to RFC structures
    TRY.
        CALL TRANSFORMATION bbp_oci_xml_to_rfc
          SOURCE XML IV_XML_DOCUMENT
          RESULT sc_items = lt_sc_items.
      CATCH CX_ROOT INTO lr_exception.
     CATCH cx_xslt_runtime_error.
        RAISE xslt_failure.
    ENDTRY.
  ENDIF.
Put mapped data into export strutures
  LOOP AT lt_sc_items INTO wa_sc_item.
    IF NOT wa_sc_item IS INITIAL.
Hopefully this clarifies the possibility of using the XML variant of the OCI.
Regards,
Jason
Edited by: Jason Boggans  on May 13, 2009 6:54 PM
Forgot to attach the document