VMI EDI or XML to exchange data with external customer

Hi Gurus,
We are in process of setting up VMI with one of our bigest customer. We are working on SCM5.0 and ECC6. But customer has non R/3 system and already have EDI infrastructure.
This VMI implementation using APO ( that is Customer system -> APO(DP/SNP)-> ECC6 (Sales order)), Customer will be sending sales and stock data to APO and we may have to send confirmation after Sales order create in ECC6.
My questions is what is best method to exchange data between customer, EDI or XML? If so what are the advantages using one over other?
Regards,
Niranjan

Hi,
>>This VMI implementation using APO ( that is Customer system -> APO(DP/SNP)-> ECC6 (Sales order)), Customer will be sending sales and stock data to APO and we may have to send confirmation after Sales order create in ECC6.
in terms of VMI your customer does not need to have SAP
there are standard EDI VMI messages likes orders/ ordersp/invrep
which can be used in all VMI scenarios in SAP and in non SAP env.
so in terms of multiple customers you should be using what your GS1 org or similar is proposing
in your country - so you can add other clients in the same way
if you use an EDI broker they usually have a predefined standard (EDI or XML)
which can be easily used
Regards,
Michal KRawczyk

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VMI EDI or XML to exchange data

Hi Gurus,
We are in process of setting up VMI with one of our bigest customer. We are working on SCM5.0 and ECC6. But customer has non R/3 system and already have EDI infrastructure.
This VMI implementation using APO ( that is Customer system -> APO(DP/SNP)-> ECC6 (Sales order)), Customer will be sending sales and stock data to APO and we may have to send confirmation after Sales order create in ECC6.
My questions is what is best method to exchange data between customer, EDI or XML? If so what are the advantages using one over other?
Regards,
Niranjan

I agree with you that XML is better than EDI as it is latest and easy to maintain. But we already EDI infrastructure (VAN etc) and using for different interfaces. That is initial investment has already been made for EDI. Now I need to add new message, So in this scenario, is it smart to use existing infrastructure and use EDI OR going for XML (we don't use XI in APO system, i don't know how work involved to setup)
Thanks,
Niranjan

How to Use SOAPArray to Exchanged Data with a Web Service

The method of a prototype Web service I created is defined to take many parameters
and return an object of a user defined class. Furthermore, the user defined class
includes data elements of another user defined class and the Java ArrayList class.
This works with a Java client referencing the WebLogic created client.jar file
but I don't know how well it will work with a non-Java client. In particular,
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How are the structures, e.g. gltrans-workType, defined in the Web service?The structure is made up of nested Java Beans, but this does not mean that the
client for your web service has to be written in Java. The WSDL that I sent contains
everything that a .NET-based (or Perl-based, or Python-based, or VB-based, or
C++ based) Web Service Stack needs to correctly create all the data types in the
web services' signature! That's the beauty of XML Schema! It's programming language
independent :-)
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other words, what definition in Java resulted in the WSDL statements?The WSDL wasn't produced by WLS 6.1, but it (WLS 6.1) can consume it.
What is the signature of method submitGLTransWorkAsJavaBean() in the
Web service?public void submitGLTransWorkAsJavaBean(GlTransactionsCpyType glTransactionsCpyType)
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Java Beans for you, but it will use ones that you defined. See the Java Bean tutorial
on the Javasoft sitem for details on how to create a Java Bean.
Was the WSDL generated using the WL tools for creating a Web service?No.
Conclusion:
You asked for someone to provide you with an example of how to use SOAP array
in a WSDL, which is what the attached file contained :-) What you want to do now
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"Jeff Carey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Please elaborate.
How are the structures, e.g. gltrans-workType, defined in the Web service?
In
other words, what definition in Java resulted in the WSDL statements?
What is the signature of method submitGLTransWorkAsJavaBean() in the
Web service?
Was the WSDL generated using the WL tools for creating a Web service?
Thank you.
"Michael Wooten" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Sounds like a pretty cool prototype :-)
I have attached a WSDL (at the bottom of this post) that contains a<schema>
that
uses a SOAPArray to create an array of a <complexType>.
HTH,
Mike Wooten
"Jeff Carey" <[email protected]> wrote:
The method of a prototype Web service I created is defined to take
many
parameters
and return an object of a user defined class. Furthermore, the user
defined class
includes data elements of another user defined class and the Java ArrayList
class.
This works with a Java client referencing the WebLogic created client.jar
file
but I don't know how well it will work with a non-Java client. Inparticular,
with Perl which is the language that will be used by the developerwho
first will
test with the prototype.
In posts to this newsgroup use of "language-specific, generic containers"
has
been discouraged and the "language-agnostic" SOAPArray recommended.
I have searched
this newgsroup and the Web for examples of how to use a SOAPArray in
a Web service
EJB to receive parameters and return results but found none.
Will someone refer me to an example or give an overview of how a Java
Web service
EJB running in WebLogic 6.1 would use SOAPArray to get parameter values
and return
results?
Also, I would like confirmation that it is best to use SOAPArray toexchange
data
with a Web service to achieve the goal of a service accessible by any
language.
Thank you.

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Hi,
>>This VMI implementation using APO ( that is Customer system -> APO(DP/SNP)-> ECC6 (Sales order)), Customer will be sending sales and stock data to APO and we may have to send confirmation after Sales order create in ECC6.
in terms of VMI your customer does not need to have SAP
there are standard EDI VMI messages likes orders/ ordersp/invrep
which can be used in all VMI scenarios in SAP and in non SAP env.
so in terms of multiple customers you should be using what your GS1 org or similar is proposing
in your country - so you can add other clients in the same way
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Michal KRawczyk

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my system need web page(html) exchange data with Flash(flex),
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i dont know which type of data usually worked between
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hopecan get some suggestion.
is the xml object can be used here?
hope can get detail suggestion.
some example would be great!
thanks!
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I have use write a simple program to success exchange data
between flex(actionscript) and html(javascript),
now i need design some structure to transfer data between
action script and javascript.
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2.when falsh add a new textarea, html page must add a
corrosponding textarea.

HI!
Not sure where are you stuck with this, if you already have
been able to comunicate with javascript and flash it measn you
already have used the external interface and you should know you
can send any kind of data to flash, this includes XML or even
serialized objects.
I haven't test how big the data you can send to or from
javascript can be, but what i've done sofar works pretty good with
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About how javascript and onscript exchange data

I am a new one to Flex,
my system need web page(html) exchange data with Flash(flex),
because the data is not only a value, so need define a
strucure to transfer the data.
i dont know which type of data usually worked between
javascript and action script?
hopecan get some suggestion.
is the xml object can be used here?
hope can get detail suggestion.
some example would be great!
thanks!
bellow is my project status:
I have use write a simple program to success exchange data
between flex(actionscript) and html(javascript),
now i need design some structure to transfer data between
action script and javascript.
in my project:
there is some text areas in html page, and other text areas
in flash,
we called text areas in html page is groupA text areas
text areas in flash is groupB text areas.
each textarea in GroupA has a corrosponding textarea in
GroupB.
1.
when a textarea's text changed（this textarea is in
groupA/GroupB)
the corrosponding textarea's text must change
inmidietely(textarea in GrroupB/GroupA)
2.when falsh add a new textarea, html page must add a
corrosponding textarea.

HI!
Not sure where are you stuck with this, if you already have
been able to comunicate with javascript and flash it measn you
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can send any kind of data to flash, this includes XML or even
serialized objects.
I haven't test how big the data you can send to or from
javascript can be, but what i've done sofar works pretty good with
any value.
If you are not using the externalInterface but the old
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documentation:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/flash/external/package-detail.html

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thanks reply, but
1. static class can not solve the problem, it is same
as my sigleton class method, as different web app use
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