fault messages

[Former Member]

what r fault messages?what is the purpose of creating a fault message

[Former Member]

Hi,

fault message is a message that describes an application-specific error situation

we have standardised fault message in XI.

Fault message types are designed for application-specific errors that occur on the inbound side and that are reported back to the sender or persisted in monitoring.

In the synchronous case, when an application-specific error occurs on the inbound side, instead of sending a response message back to the sender, the application can send a fault message to handle the error.

The fault message of the application for an asynchronous ABAP server proxy is persisted for monitoring. In the case asynchronous of Java server proxies, the fault message is part of a negative application acknowledgement

Application-specific means that the application on the inbound side triggers the error itself because, for example, the request message did not contain sufficient information

See the below links

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/5d/a45c3cff8ca92be10000000a114084/content.htm

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/ee5bc490-0201-0010-e9b5-a258cf08...

/people/sap.user72/blog/2006/01/16/xi-propagation-of-meaningful-error-information-to-soap-client

/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/11/02/fault-message-types--a-demo-part-1

Regards

Chilla..

[Former Member]

Hi Kodalivenu,

Fault message types are designed for application-specific errors that occur on the inbound side and that are reported back to the sender or persisted in monitoring.

In the synchronous case, when an application-specific error occurs on the inbound side, instead of sending a response message back to the sender, the application can send a fault message to handle the error.

Hope I am clear.

Please let me know if you have any quereis..!

Thanks and Regards,

Chandu.

[Former Member]

You can use Fault messages when you want to handle errors at the Inbound side ie at the destination side.

check this nice blog also

/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/11/02/fault-message-types--a-demo-part-1

[Former Member]

so fault messages could be defined in inbound side only?

[Former Member]

Yes....see the example given in the blog...

[Former Member]

it can be done in both side. by default you see only inbound if you want bound you need to make it synchorouse case then you get the option to Fault message for outbound sidealso

[Former Member]

SreeRam,

See...From Help

<i>Fault message types are designed for application-specific errors that occur on the inbound side and that are reported back to the sender or persisted in monitoring.</i>

ie...You can handle the errors occured in the Inbound side.......There are 2 cases that You can handle Fault messages......

1.Asynchronous 2.Synchronous.

Not in outbound side...

[Former Member]

if it synchorouse then it is which side?

[Former Member]

<i> In the synchronous case, when an application-specific error occurs on the inbound side, instead of sending a response message back to the sender, the application can send a fault message to handle the error.</i>

[Former Member]

then you r using fault data type to define these error back to sender right.

[Former Member]

Yes...

[Former Member]

what is the use of additional structure?Is it necessary to define the datatype in additional structure

[Former Member]

additional structre is used when default fault message does not have sufficent fields to send the message back in that cases you use additional type.

Is it necessary to define the datatype in additional structure

yes . it is required .

[Former Member]

Hi,

Fault messages are used to propogate / send back the error maessage to the calling application. This is used when there is a failue and the sending system needs to know what the error was. This is more of catching Application Errors.

Also please go through the link below to get the details for fault messages...

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/5d/a45c3cff8ca92be10000000a114084/content.htm

Hope this helps

Do get back to me in case you need any more details..

Regards

Kiran..

[Former Member]

thanks kiran..... it catches the error form standard structure,but what is the need of additional structure