Idoc Import in IDX2 is different from Idoc Definiton in WE30

[christopherko]

Hello experts,

i have a problem with the import of an Idoc definition in SAP PI. An existing Z_Idoc has been modified. I've imported the Idoc in ESR, there it looks fine. Exactly the same structure like in WE30 from the SAP-system where i get the Idoc. In the next step, i've updated Idoc in IDX2 on the PI-System. Source is the same SAP-System as in the step before. And here is the problem. In IDX2, after the import, there is one additional field. To be precise, one of the fields exists twice, with another Offset. I dont know where it comes from. Do you guys have any explanation?

Idoc in WE30

Idoc after import in IDX2

Greetings

Christopher

[christopherko]

Maybe i've found an explanation for the problem.

As i said, it's a Z_IDoc. The developer has removed a field in the structure, which is no longer needed. After this, the problem with the metadata occured.

Now he implemented this field again and it works.

I read somewhere that you never should remove fields from the structure of an existing idoc. You simply dont fill them, if you dont need them.

is this a possible explanation for the problem with the metadata?

Regards,

Christopher

[markangelo_dihiansan]

Hi Chris,

Thank you for sharing your experience. I am also unsure, but then again we have never tried removing a field in the idoc structure.

Regards,

Mark