topic Re: EDI Transaction set in Application Development and Automation Discussions

EDI Transaction set

Former Member — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:36:06 GMT

Hello,

I am functional, i want to know about EDI Transaction set. Could you please help me with below question

1. What is the EDI Transaction set like 850?

2. What it signifies?

3. Can we see these transaction sets in SAP?

4. How SAP identifies these transaction sets & convert it into IDOCs?

Regards,

Naveed Ansari

Re: EDI Transaction set

abdul_hakim — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:53:08 GMT

Check the below links.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/b8/332d389fb3f305e10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/4b/ad4b8a17fd11d28a360000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

This may help you out.

Cheers,

Hakim

Re: EDI Transaction set

Former Member — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:37:52 GMT

Hi,

EDI transaction sets are EDI standards. These standards are developed and maintained by Accredited standards committee (ASC). These are designed to work industry and company boundaries. Changes and updates are made based on the consensus, reflecting the need of entire base of standard users.

Standards in EDI

ANSI X12 ( American National Standards Institute )

EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport )

ANSI X12

X12 is an uniform standard developed by ANSI for inter industry electronic exchange of business standards. This standard is widely used across North America, New Zealand and Australia

The X12 committee is comprised of representatives from major organizations, government bodies, and EDI software companies.

EDIFACT

EDIFACT stands for electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport. This standard is widely used across European and Asian companies

A one-to-one correspondence exists between the components of a paper-based document and an EDI message.

Eg: 850 - Purchase order

The EDI document to be generated has an equivalent message type defined in the SAP system. The message type is based on an IDoc structure.

For Purchase Order

EDI Transaction: 850

Message Type: ORDERS

IDoc Type: ORDERS01, ORDERS02

IDoc Type Message Description ANSI X.12 EDIFACT Inbound Outbound

ORDERS01 ORDERS Purchase order/order 850 ORDERS X X

ORDERS02

ORDERS03

ORDERS04

ORDERS05

You can find more details in http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/welcome.htm

Regards,

Savitha

Re: EDI Transaction set

Former Member — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:51:52 GMT

Thanks

Re: EDI Transaction set

Former Member — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:31:01 GMT

Did you get answers to 3 & 4?

3. Can we see these transaction sets in SAP?

On the inbound side, you can't see the transaction set in SAP ECC.

By that point, all you can see is the SAP Idoc.

Ditto on the outbound side.

EDI is a particular type of output, but what you see in SAP ECC is an Idoc.

4. How SAP identifies these transaction sets & convert it into IDOCs?

If you are communicating with an external partner using for example, EDIfact or X12, there needs to be something to translate from EDI to an SAP Idoc or from an SAP Idoc to EDI.

That can be XI, Crossgate, or products from companies like Inovis or Atos Origin.