Seeburger Adapter

Question

Hi all,
I have installed a generic seeburger FTP adapter, but I dont have any VAN connectivity at present. Can I convert the EDI ANSI X12 format to xml with this installation or it requires VAN connectivity to do this.
In this case do we require the BIC mapper? if so how to work with BIC mapper?
In the communication channel, I am able to see the installed Seeburger FTP adapter but it does not show the transport and message protocol. Is this related to the Installation/setup of VAN connection.
Regards,
Nithiyanandam

Answer 1

Hello..
SeeBurger is a leading provider of global business integration solutions.
Market launch of the most successful EDI solution for the automotive industry in 1986.
the company today serves more than 7,000 customers in 42 countries and more than 15 industries through its flagship B2B Gateway and related products and services.
First company worldwide to receive certification for SAP R/3
Building a closer partnership with SAP.
Extended any-to-any-conversion.
The SEEBURGER Business Integration Converter (BIC) is an Any-To-Any Format converter, used to translate EDI data and legacy data formats into XML and vice versa. It can also be used for complex,high performance XML-to-XML mappings or to interface to existing JDBC Data Sources.
Supported EDI formats include: ANSI, EDIFACT, INHOUSE, IDOC, XML Schema, XML DTD, CSV,Delimited Data, positional data, SWIFT, EANCOM and many more.
Mapping Designer, a graphical tool, easily defines data format conversions via drag and drop functionality, enabling easy integration between source and destination files. A central mapping reposiu00ADtory enables comprehensive support of versioning and deployment support, such as self-testing and auditing.
The SAP Exchange Infrastructure message format is based on XML, but it also can work with non-XML data using attachments. In some cases it may be necessary to convert the main XML document in a message, into a non-XML document. The use of BIC is very common in Business-to-Business scenarios where EDI standards are in use.
The Business Integration Converter (BIC) of Seeburger is based on Java JIT Technology and can be used for small real-time messages, as well as very large master data (i.e.Catalogs) batches.
BIC can convert outbound invoices from XML format (used in SAP XI) to an EDIFACT invoice. The conversion can be executed before the message is transmitted to the business partner. The other way around, once an EDIFACT message has been received from the business partner, it must first be converted to XML format, which is the format SAP XI supports.
The most direct way of using the Seeburger adapters is to configure the BIC as a module. BIC will allow you to do the following
Once you install BIC, you need to do Import the Generator Mappings into the Project Explorer of BIC MappingDesigner.
You can find Generator Mappings as a ZIP file in the following location <BICMappingDesignerInstallationDirectory>\user\bicmd\Exchange and select the file prj_GeneratorMappings.zip.bicmd.
In MappingDesigner select File Import Generator Mappings Zip File prj_GeneratorMappings.zip.bicmd Clik on “Add” and “OK”.
Once Import is done you can see “Generator Mappings” in BIC Mapping Designer.
The SEEBURGER Adapter runs on the SAP WEB AS (J2EE Engine)
The SEEBURGER Adapter is integrated into the SAP Exchange Infrastructure over JCA (Java Connector Architecture)
Consequence :
Supply of the complete SEEBURGER EDI/B-to-B-Technology-Suite within SAP NetWeaver
Central File of Business Content (mappings, integration processes) in the Integration Repository of SAP XI
Central configuration and design by using the Tools of XI in the configuration
Central monitoring and alerting over SAP XI
Seeburger Solutions Overview
BIC Mapping Module
Functional Acknowledgement Solution
Operational Dashboard / Archiving
Invoice Solutions
Communication
The Business Integration Converter (BIC) from SEEBURGER is a converter for the implementation of data formats.
Following formats are available:
ANSI X.12 (American National Standards Institute)
CSV (Comma Separated Variable formats)
EDIFACT (all subsets)
INHOUSE (VDA, flatfiles, e. g. SAP IDoc)
SWIFT (banks)
TRADACOM (Trading Data Communications Standard)
XML (DTD‘s and SCHEMATA)
Able to classify messages into the following message types:
XML
EDIFACT
Ansi X 12
Tradacom
VDA
IDOC
Swift
Inhouse
XML Ansi X 12
XML EDIFACT
XML Tradacom
XML VDA
XML IDOC
Go through this links..
Some more..
http://www.seeburger.com
http://www.seeburger.com/fileadmin/com/pdf/AS2_General_Overview.pdf
http://www.seeburger.it/fileadmin/it/pdf/2005_04_sapphire_Ferrero_transcript.pdf
http://www.seeburger.com/fileadmin/com/pdf/SEEBURGER_SAP_Adapter_engl.pdf
http://www.seeburger.com/fileadmin/com/pdf/Butler_Group_SEEBURGER_Technology_Audit.pdf
http://www.sap.com/france/company/events/2006/02-01-Automotive-Seeburger.pdf
http://h41123.www4.hp.com/presentations/ISUG/XISeeBurger.ppt
http://www.sap.com/asia/company/events/nwtechdays/presentation/australia-slides/Pre-Built_Integration.pdf
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Thanks,
Satya Kumar..