Sap R/3 Ale & Edi Technologies (with Cd)

It's finally here: the ultimate users' guide to the hottest business-linking software in the world, blazingly fast ALE (Application Link Enabling) and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) from SAP, creator of the Fortune 500's favorite Enterprise Resource Planning solution. With ALE and EDI, your company can build needed interfaces and begin squeezing every ounce of high-IT-value power from SAP R/3, all in a matter of days.

Written by expert consultant Rajeev Kasturi, who implements and teaches these technologies at various client sites, this ready-for-action guide shows you 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.

Not only does this book/CD-ROM give you the big picture on how ALE and EDI can benefit your company, but it also delivers the up-close details and simple, learn-as-you-go format that will help you implement these solutions, right now. Featuring tip- and shortcut-filled highlighted Notes, and loaded with fully tested source code for a multitude of frequently used transactions, this leading-edge ALE and EDI guide is all you need to propel your enterprise to the front of the pack. This book progresses from fundamental concepts to building ALE interfaces from scratch, and other advanced topics such as IDOC archiving and ALE optimization.

Table of contents

Part I: Introduction to ALE & EDI.

Part II: Master Data Distribution & Interfaces.

Part III: Transaction Data Distribution/Interfaces.

Part IV: ALE Enhancements and IDOC Extensions.

Part V: Creating New Basic IDOC Type & ALE Functionality.

Part VI: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

Part VII: Periodic Processing.

Part VIII: Workflow for ALE & EDI Error Processing.

Part IX: IDOC Archiving.

Part X: ALE Optimization.

Appendices:

A: Frequently Used ALE/EDI Transactions.

B: SAP Delivered Message Types.

C: Notes on ALE/EDI Security.