IDOC Type

[Former Member]

Whats the difference between an IDOC type and message Type? With an Example please?

[former_member194669]

Pete,

Pl. check this link

http://www.erpgenie.com/sapedi/message_types.htm

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[Former Member]

I have looked into the above link, but still I am not getting the answer. would some one explain me with a simple example.

thanks.

[Former Member]

Check this documentation:

"Logical message type

Use

An IDoc type can be implemented for various "logical" messages; one message can also be assigned to different IDoc types (m:n relationship).

The message is defined by the values for message type (required), message code (optional) and message function (optional). These three fields belong to the key fields in the partner profiles, which are used, for example, to determine inbound processing. If the 'Message type' field is not maintained (e.g. in the case of a control record from Release 2.1, in which MESTYP did not exist), the IDoc Interface uses the value from STDMES (EDI message type).

If possible, the name of the message type should be linked to the corresponding EDI message type.

Example

The message ORDERS (= message type) identifies purchase orders (outbound) and sales orders (inbound)."

Regards,

Ravi