difference between XI , ALE , IDoc

[Former Member]

Hi abap Gurus,

Can anybody explain me the exact differnce between ALE , IDOC and XI . In which scenerios we opt for IDOC , ALE , XI.

Regards,

Ramya

[Former Member]

Hi

IDOC means an Intermediate Document which is nothing but a data carrier of an Application documnet

this is used in ALE and EDI technology

Again EDI is the technology which we deal with external Partners (like Vendors, and customers)

Where as ALE is the technology which we use within the same Orgn to exchange data between the application servers, using IDOC technology.

XI is a component of SAP Netweaver and an Interface based on JAVA and ABAP adopters which will provide better Openness and transparency.

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Regards

Anji

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check http://www.photographybykevin.net/sap/idoc_overview.pdf

Thanks

Sandeep

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[Former Member]

XI exchange infrastructure, where in netweaver stack - when u integrate the process like take for eg if company like P&G can have sap for fi and Peoplesoft for HR module so to integrate the data with this we use xi where using adapters which converts datas into XML format- we will make all the integration .

Where in ALE we exchange the data with sap or non sap using the IDOC message format..

Sathish