Sender interface from R/3 6.20 to XI 3.0

Question

I am trying to get our <b>R/3 6.20</b> back end talking to our <b>XI 3.0</b> environment. I have been successfully making receiver RFC BAPI calls to R/3 as well as plain_http sender and file sender to XI.
We need to pass HR/Payroll information from R/3 to another 3rd party system via XI. Originally we wanted to use the ‘HTTP_POST_FILES' function but this sent the ABAP generated XML in a multi-part mime type which the XI plain adapter appears to not accept.
Also, due to the lack of SOAP handling and ABAP proxy generation in 6.20 this does not look a viable solution.
Can anyone give me advice on the best way of <i>Sending</i> data to the XI system from R/3 6.20.
Thanks in advance
Ben
Message was edited by: Ben Newton
Message was edited by: Ben Newton

Answer 1

The best method in regards to performance will be ABAP proxies. They are also very easy to generate. Since you are pulling from a custom table, I wouldn't bother with RFC's or IDOCS. Proxies do Native XML communciation with XI.
To get them up:
1) Have basis install the plugin via transaction SAINT.
2) Create a message interface in XI for the structure of the data
3) Go to transaction SPROXY and generate the proxy for the message interface
4)A class now exists with a method to handle the call directly into XI. Use this method in your ABAP program to push the data to XI
As for XI, no sender agreement will be requried with Proxies, however they must be maintained for RFC's.
Regards,
Chris Curtis