wat is the exact difference between the ALE and EDI

[Former Member]

hi friends

wat is ALE where it is used

and wat is EDI where it is used

please give me the business scenarios

Thanking you

[former_member188829]

Hi,

Check this thread..

[Former Member]

Hi venky Neela ,

These r the main differences between ALE & EDI

1) ALE is maximum used for master data distribution whereas EDI is used for transactional data.

2) In EDI we use FILE port whereas for ALE we use tRFC port

3) ALE works like 1 to many scenarios whereas EDI works only for 1 to 1.

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gyanaraj

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[Former Member]

The difference between ALE and EDI process flows occurs at the communication level. The EDI process transmits IDocs to an EDI subsystem using flat file format. The ALE process transmits IDocs to an SAP system via memory, using asynchronous communication.

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[Former Member]

hi

good

The philosophical difference between EDI and ALE can be

pinned as follows: If we send data to an external partner,

we generally speak of EDI, while ALE is a mechanism to

reliable replicate data between trusting systems to store a

redundant copy of the IDoc data. The difference is made

clear, when we think of a purchase order that is sent as an

IDoc. If we send the purchase order to a supplier then the

supplier will store the purchase order as a sales order.

However, if we send the purchase order via ALE to another

R/3 system, then the receiving system will store the

purchase order also as a purchase order.

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mrutyun^