Sap R 3 Ale Edi Technologies

A step-by-step guide to building an ALE/EDI interface, including business case studies and real-world examples. The CD-ROM contains programming code from the book, SAP R/3 table of values, and frequently used ALE/EDI transactions.

This ready-for-action guide shows how ALE and EDI can: Efficiently link two or more SAP systems; Quickly forge vital connections between SAP and legacy systems; Pave the way for high-speed connections between SAP R/3 to other third-party, external systems; Greatly improve business connectivity with trading partners such as customers, banks and vendors; Maximize benefits with custom-tailored messaging, information retrieval, and automatic updating; Allow easy creation of new functionality; Handle both in bound and outbound interfaces smoothly.

Introduces new users to the basic concepts of titular SAP interface technologies, and teaches practical skills needed to implement standard scenarios using actual business cases. Readers will learn to develop components for custom scenarios, including IDocs, programs, and configuration techniques. Testing and troubleshooting techniques are also included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This book is for both developer and decision makers of R/3 implementation teams who need to understand in-depth and practically the benefits, financial risks and technical backgrounds of IDocs and ALE in interface development. It describes the implementation of interfaces in an R/3 roll-out, imporatnt technologies such as RFC, OLE and Workflow and common standards like EDIFACT, ANSI X.12 or XML. A large number of recipes deliver templates as a starting point for own enhancements. It is for everybody who depends on fast and cost-effective solutions for EDI and it also discusses why many EDI projects are ten times as expensive as they could be. Preparing the reader with the essential knowledge to survive the outrageously fast growing world of data communication and ecommerce via internet and intranet, the book shows in a destilled manner how enterprises using R/3 can efficiently implement Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) both with external partner and with inhouse satellite systems. This book in the tradition of IT-cookbooks, where the reader will find quick recipes and reliable information to cover all aspects of SAP Interfacing and quickly became a standard work for the R/3 world.

A book for whole R/3 teams including team leaders, customizers and developers to understand the benefits, financial risks and technical backgrounds of IDocs and ALE in interface development. It covers the role of interfaces in an R/3 roll-out and the relationship to common standards like EDIFACT, ANSI X.12 or XML. A large number of recipes deliver templates as a basis of own enhancements. It also works out why many EDI projects are ten times as expensive as they could be.