what is message type, basic type and logical message?

[Former Member]

I have a question with EDI.

What is message type? what is basic type? what is logical message?

I am a bit confused. I appreciate your links that you may provide, but even if you can brief me in a few sentences, that will be great.

Thank you,

Krishen

[Former Member]

A Message type indicates the type of business document that you are trying to transmit or receive.

A BASIC type is the IDOC type, which is the actual document that is being exchanged. A message type can be associated with different IDOC types and depending on the requirement you can choose the appropriate one.

A logical message is nothing but the message type.

Regards,

Ravi

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[gopi_narendra]

in addition to Ravi -

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

Regards

- Gopi

[abdul_hakim]

Hi,

Message Type:

Indicates the nature of the business document that you are going to exchange.

For eg.the message type MATMAS indicates Material Master.

Basic Type:

Basic Type is nothing but the IDoc type delivered by SAP or developed by the Customer.

Logical Message:

Same as Message Type.

Cheers,

Abdul Hakim