IDOC Processing Testing Editing Converting Searching & Errors

IDOC Processing Tutorials for functional consultants, here sap abap interview questions presenting a detailed tutorial for functional consultants on IDOC Processing, Testing, Editing, Converting, Searching, Common Errors and Solutions. Refer this post for more details on Idoc processing.






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IDOC Structure and Records, Sending and Receiving Idocs

IDOC PROCESSING

AUTOMATIC/IMMEDIATE PROCESSING

In this case, IDoc are processed immediately as they generated or added in the system. The check “Transfer IDoc immediately” is selected in Outbound Options and “Trigger Immediately” is selected in Inbound Option. These checks are generally used when the real time information exchange is necessary between two systems.

MANUAL PROCESSING

IDocs can also be manually processed using the TCODE BD87 in SAP.

PROCESSING VIA BACKGROUND JOB

IDoc processing by background is the most preferred way of processing the IDocs. Following Programs are used from processing the IDocs using background job:

RBDAPP01 - Inbound IDocs

RSEOUT00 - Outbound IDocs

REPROCESSING IDOCS

On the basis of IDoc statuses different programs can be used for reprocessing of failed IDocs. These are given below:

TESTING AND EDITING IDOCS

If an IDoc contains error in the data then such IDocs can be edited using TCode WE02 or WE05. When an IDoc is edited the original IDoc information(backup) is saved in a New IDoc under status 70 (for inbound) / 33 (for outbound). These IDoc stays in the system for reference only and cannot be processed. The status of the edited IDoc becomes 69 (inbound) and 32 (outbound). These IDocs can then be processed using BD87 transaction or batch jobs.

Debugging of IDocs can be done using by copying the IDocs using TCodeWE19. WE19 is a test tool for Idocs processing. WE19 copies the existing idoc and creates a new IDoc which can then be modified as per testing needs. The newly generated IDoc can also be processed using BD87.

CONVERTING IDOC STATUS

Report RRC1_IDOC_SET_STATUS can be used to change the status of IDoc. Status changes are generally needed to move an IDoc to status 68 – no further processing

SEARCHING IDOCS IN SAP

TCODE WE02/WE05: GENERAL SEARCH

IDocs can be displayed in system via TCODE WE02 and WE05. If IDoc number is not known then  search can be made on the basis of IDoc Date, Direction, BASIC TYPE, MESSAGE TYPE, and PARTNER NUMBER.Partner number can  be found in the Output Messages of the documents.

IDoc search can also be made on the basis of ISA or Transfer file Reference.

TCODE WE09: SEARCHING DATA IN IDOC SEGMENTS

If we are looking for specific information within the IDocs Segments then this can be found using TCODE WE09. This is useful if you are searching for a particular information in similar kind of IDoc within IDoc segments. For example, if you want to search a particular Purchase Order number e.g. 100000001 in multiple IDocs which lies in Segment E1EDK01 of an IDoc under field BELNR. Then the search can be executed in the following manner.

IDOC VALIDATIONS, COMMON IDOC ERRORS AND SOLUTION

Though, the IDoc failure may not be related to any of the above mentioned reasons, the best way to find the IDoc error is to compare the existing IDoc with the good example. Good example IDoc can be easily searched with any of the IDoc search methods as described above.

DOCUMENTATION FOR IDOC TYPES

IDoc documentation can be found using TCODE WE60 and can be helpful to obtain information of the IDoc Type or its particular segment. It also provides information such as  mandatory and optional segments, minimum and maximum number of segments, etc.

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR COMMON IDOC MESSAGE TYPES

The following list gives the Basic Type and Message Type combination for common idocs

ARCHIVING/DELETION OF IDOCS FROM DATABASE

As IDocs grow older they are archived and deleted from the database. Archived IDocs can be viewed using TCODE SARI in Achieve Explorer using archiving object as IDoc. Following are the few programs that are used for archiving and deletion of IDocs from database.

                                                                                           

IDOC Basics for Functional Consultants

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