IDOC and ALV

[Former Member]

I need to know what IDOCs are, what they do and to implement or use them?

i also need to know about ALV anf if there are any tutorials they will be very helpful

Thank you

[Former Member]

Hi

IDoc is SAP's version of EDI.(Electronic Data Interchange)

EDI is just an electronic file transfer across Internet.

[url=http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/E/EDI.html]

regarding ALV there is abundant documentation in help.sap.com.

[Former Member]

<b>IDoc (Intermediate Document)</b>

IDoc is standard data structure for EDI between application programs written for the popular SAP business system or between an SAP application and an external program. Docs serve as the vehicle for the data transfer in SAP’s ALE system.

IDocs are used for Asynchronous transactions.

IDoc contains 3 segments

<b>IDoc Generation</b>

<b>

Sending System:</b>

Create a segment -- WE31

Create an IDoc Type -- WE30

Create a Logical Msg Type WE81

Assign IDoc & Msg Types --WE82

Create Outbound IDoc program- SE38

Receiving System

Create an Inbound FM -- SE37

Assign FM-IDoc-Msg Type -- WE57

Assign Charac of Inbound FM--BD51

Create an Inbound Process Code --WE42

Configure the ALE settings

<b>IDoc Events occurring during its generation</b>

A unique IDoc number is allocated

One control record is attached

Data segments translate into data records

Status records are attached

Syntax rules are checked

<b>Standard IDocs

</b>

Description Msg Type IDoc Type

Vendor CREMAS CREMAS02

Customer DEBMAS DEBMAS03

Material Master MATMAS MATMAS03

Document DOCMAS DOCMAS04

Orders ORDERS ORDERS04

Invoice INVOIC INVOIC02

GL Account GLMAST GLMAST01

PA-Object Type HRMD-A HRMD-A03

User Master Record USERCLONE USERCLONE01

<b>

IDocs </b>

Used only for ‘create’ purposes only.

Whole data is wrapped

Target system need not be online

No additional programming is required

Receipt / Sending on the target system may not be immediate

The sending system has no way to know the status of IDocs

Its harder to create a customized IDoc

Process is more secured

<b>ALV Reports</b>

The common features of report are column alignment, sorting, filtering, subtotals, totals etc. To implement these, a lot of coding and logic is to be put. To avoid that we can use a concept called ABAP List Viewer (ALV).

All the definitions of internal tables, structures and constants are declared in a type-pool called SLIS.

<b>Simple report:</b>

Reuse_alv_list_display

Reuse_alv_fieldcatalog_merge

Reuse_alv_events_get

Reuse_alv_commentary_write

Reuse_alv_grid_display

<b>Hierarchical Sequential Report:</b>

Reuse_alv_hierseq_list_display

<b>Block Report:</b>

Reuse_alv_block_list_init

Reuse_alv_block_list_append

Reuse_alv_block_hs_list_append

Reuse_alv_block_list_display

<b>Example program:</b>

REPORT Z_ALV_SIMPLE_EXAMPLE_WITH_ITAB .

tables:

marav. "Table MARA and table MAKT

Data:

begin of imat occurs 100,

matnr like marav-matnr, "Material number

maktx like marav-maktx, "Material short text

matkl like marav-matkl, "Material group

ntgew like marav-ntgew, "Net weight, numeric field

gewei like marav-gewei, "weight unit (just to be complete)

end of imat.

data i_repid like sy-repid.

data i_lines like sy-tabix.

TYPE-POOLS: SLIS.

data int_fcat type SLIS_T_FIELDCAT_ALV.

select-options:

s_matnr for marav-matnr matchcode object MAT1.

start-of-selection.

• read data into table imat

select * from marav

into corresponding fields of table imat

where

matnr in s_matnr.

• Check if material was found

clear i_lines.

describe table imat lines i_lines.

if i_lines lt 1.

write: / 'No materials found.'.

exit.

endif.

end-of-selection.

i_repid = sy-repid.

• Create Fieldcatalogue from internal table

CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_FIELDCATALOG_MERGE'

EXPORTING

I_PROGRAM_NAME = i_repid

I_INTERNAL_TABNAME = 'IMAT' "caps!

I_INCLNAME = i_repid

CHANGING

CT_FIELDCAT = int_fcat

EXCEPTIONS

INCONSISTENT_INTERFACE = 1

PROGRAM_ERROR = 2

OTHERS = 3.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

write: / 'Returncode', sy-subrc, 'from FUNCTION REUSE_ALV_FIELDCATALOG_MERGE'.

ENDIF.

• Call for ALV list display

CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_LIST_DISPLAY'

EXPORTING

• I_CALLBACK_PROGRAM = 'Z_ALV_SIMPLE_EXAMPLE_WITH_ITAB'

I_CALLBACK_PROGRAM = i_repid

IT_FIELDCAT = int_fcat

I_SAVE = 'A'

TABLES

T_OUTTAB = imat

EXCEPTIONS

PROGRAM_ERROR = 1

OTHERS = 2.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

write: / 'Returncode', sy-subrc, 'from FUNCTION REUSE_ALV_LIST_DISPLAY'.

ENDIF.

Award points if helpful.

Thanks

Aneesh