Inbound idocs segment fields

[Former Member]

Hi,

Iam new to idocs and a functional consultant. I need to know whenever we receive the inbound idocs and if i see the segments of the inbound idoc, do the fields which i see in the segments are the sap fields.????/ for instance if the inbound idoc needs to create a sales order, then the fields of the segments of such an inbound idoc are the normal sap sales order fields ??

do i need to give functional specs to the abapers that whenever the inbound idocs is received the segments fields need to be mapped to sales order fields if such an idoc needs to create a sales order ??

regards

sachin

[Former Member]

Hi,

Iam new to idocs and a functional consultant. I need to know whenever we receive the inbound idocs and if i see the segments of the inbound idoc, do the fields which i see in the segments are the sap fields.????/ for instance if the inbound idoc needs to create a sales order, then the fields of the segments of such an inbound idoc are the normal sap sales order fields ??

do i need to give functional specs to the abapers that whenever the inbound idocs is received the segments fields need to be mapped to sales order fields if such an idoc needs to create a sales order ??

regards

sachin

[alex_m]

Hi,

Yes, Idoc segment fields are SAP fields only. You no need to map the Idoc segment fields to the sales order field, but this would be taken care by SAP.. Only thing is you need to put the correct values to the Idoc segment to create the sales order or any other documents.

[mpakhale]

Hi Sachin,

Most of the IDoc segment fields are simmilar to SAP transaction fields e.g. most of the ORDERS IDoc segment fields will be simmilar to what you can see in VA01/VA02 screen fields.

Some fields may have different names.

In the case of few segments which may repeate in IDoc with different qualifiers (such as partner details, date segments), fields will be same but different qualifier value decides where these field values will be populated in the Order.

If you are using standard function module to create Order, it will take care of mapping IDoc segment fields to VA01/VA02 screen fields. But if it is a Z function module, then you need to specify the mapping.

Hope this information will help you.

Regards,

Mahesh Pakhale

[Former Member]

No need to map the fields. Processing the idoc will create the post the documnet (Sales order in your case.)

But correct data should be avaliable in the segment like sales org,dist , division.

[Former Member]

Hi Sonu,

As long as you don't have any custom fields in the sales order and any custom validations, you can use the existing idoc type and standard function module to post a sales order through idoc.

If you have any custom fields and any other validations on the standard fields apart from the standard then you need to give a functional spec to the ABAPer so that he can make those necessary changes in the function module to meet your requirement.

Thanks,

Mahesh.