Principal difference between an Idoc and a Switch document.

Hello
what is the principal difference between an Idoc and a Switch document.
Thanks

Hi,
A switch document documents a process, such as, switch of supplier, in a liberalized market and can be monitored with own transactions. The process steps are usually controlled by workflows.
An IDoc is used to transfer data from one system to another one in a predefined package. When you import an IDoc containing a market message, a workflow can be started creating/updating switch documents.
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Fritz

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As is often the case with proprietary technologies, SAP assigns specific, object-oriented meanings to familiar terms. When referring to IDocs, the term document refers to a set of data comprising a functional group of records with a business identity. (For example, all the data in a purchase order, or all the profile information of a supplier in a supplier master record.)
A message refers to the contents of a specific implementation of an IDoc; its a logical reference. This differs from a reference to the IDoc itself, which specifies the messages physical representation. Think of it this way: If youre watching a parade pass by, the mayor waving to the crowd from his limousine is the message, and the mayors limousine (which is specific to the mayor) is the IDoc. Youre building a logical object, and the IDoc is both its container and the vehicle that moves it.
The IDoc control record
Each IDoc has a single control record, always the first record in the set. The structure of this record describes the content of the data records that will follow and provides administrative information, such as the IDocs functional category (Message Type/IDoc Type), as well as its origin (Sender) and destination (Receiver) as in conventional EDI
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This cover slip format informs the receiving system of the IDocs purpose, and the receiving system uses it to determine the correct processing algorithm for handling the arriving IDoc.
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The data records following the control record are structured alike, including two sections: a segment information section and a data section.
In the first part of a data record, the segment information section describes the structure of the data that follows, for the benefit of the IDoc processor. There is a segment name (like an EDI segment identifier) that corresponds to a data dictionary structure to which the IDoc processor has access. The remaining information is useful for foreign systems, such as a partner companys Oracle system, which has no such data dictionary.
The second part of the record is the data itself, a storage area of 1,000 characters.
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If youve ever ordered a package from a faraway location and tracked its progress using the Internet-based tracking utilities now provided by most major parcel carriers, youre familiar with the list of stops and transfer points through which a package passes on its way to you.
This collection of records is exactly what youll see in an IDoc that has begun its work. Following the data records in an IDoc, status records accumulate as an IDoc makes its way from one point in a process to another.
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difference between message type and idoc type
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Example Setup
Stepper
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NI
Motion Controller
10
steps per encoder pulse (Every 10 steps the controller gets an encoder
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The
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Open Loop Scenario
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system is commanded to go to position 9.
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controller sends out 9 pulses.
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motor moves to position 9.
Closed Loop Scenario
The
system is commanded to go to position 9.
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controller sends out 9 pulses.
The
motor moves to position 9.
The
controller checks its position and sees that it is still at position 0
because it has not received an encoder pulse.
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it has only received one encoder pulse.
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as its second pull in move.
The
motor moves to position 17.
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controller checks its position and sees that it is at position 10 because
it has only received one encoder pulse.
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single reverse pulse as its third pull in move.
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motor moves to its final position of 16.
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position error in open loop mode, the motor always goes to the same commanded
position. In closed loop mode, the motor
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steps per revolution.
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off pull-in moves by setting them to 0 in MAX.
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open loop configuration.
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