What is this tutorial about?
Try to explain what is the logical port and how it take effects in idoc processing.
Tutorial.
Logical Port defines how the sap communicates with other system,you can change the name of the idoc in logical port configurations.
Using tcode WE21,you can matain the logical port.
Below is the logical port we used in the blog HELLOWORLD OF IDOC:IDOC TRIGGER WHEN SALES ORDER SAVE
What is IDOC ?
If you are not fimilar with the definition of IDOC, I think you can get some from google.
What is this tutorial about?
It will tell how to trigger IDOC output when you save sales order in VA01 or VA02.It doesn’t tell the theory but how to do step by step.
Glossary
Before we start, there is some words you need know.
IDOC———–Yes, it’s the one we focus on.You can take it as a xml format.It’s some standard that restrict you how to put data in XML.It’s a container
Logical System——-This is the way that SAP define a external system,every external system in SAP is defined as a logical system.
Logical Message Type——The bussiness aspect of IDOC.Technically,Idoc is the format of the data,logical message is the bussiness meaning of the data.The relationship between them is many to many.
Logical Port———–How the sap communicate with other system,through file,hwo to name the file,what’s the path of the file.
Partner Profile——-The key profile define
Condition Technique/Message Control——-The basic technique in SD module.It applys in price determination,output control and a lot of other areas.In this article,we will see it in output control.
ALE————–A kind of knowledge that relates to IDOC,this technique is usually to connect SAP application together.
Tools We used
WE02———-monitor IDOC process,you can also use BD87,but it’s very slow.
SALE———–It will take us to a tree menu.There is a lot of other tools in it,such like configure logical port.
WEDI———- Similar to SALE.
Tutorial
1 Define Logical System
Sometimes,we need put the configuration in SPRO from backgroud to frontend,put it in user menu.Below is how we do
At first,you must click the one you want to change ,then Edit->Display IMG Activity
Then you will see this,just turn to Maint.objects.
Click V_001_C,if it’s another ,the customizing object is different.
Change the category to CUST(if it is not CUST).