ALE interface prerequisites

The adapter has certain prerequisites for running with the SAP ALE interface.

To run the adapter with the ALE interface, you must do the following:

Check the configuration of your SAP system

Before running the adapter with the ALE interface, verify that the SAP system is properly configured to process business objects. The following conditions apply to both inbound and outbound processing:
  • Check that the logical systems are defined and assigned for the SAP system and external system (transaction code SALE).
  • Check that the distribution model has been maintained, and that the required message types have been added to the model (transaction code BD64).
  • Check that there are partner profiles for the logical system or distribution model (transaction code WE20).
  • Check that the port definition (transaction code WE21) is defined for the version of IDoc record types that you want.

Configure the adapter’s J2C activation specification properties

J2C activation specification properties (also referred to as message endpoint properties), correspond to the ActivationSpec interface of the J2EE Connector Architecture Specification. These properties are relevant to working with the ALE interface because an activation specification is a JavaBean used during endpoint activation. Endpoint activation is the process of notifying the adapter of eligible listener threads. For inbound processing, the adapter uses these listeners to receive events from SAP before forwarding them to the endpoint (a message driven bean).

To enable the adapter to work with the SAP ALE interface, you must configure the J2C activation specification properties.

Configure SAP to update the IDoc status

For inbound processing, you must do the following to ensure that the adapter updates the standard SAP status code after it retrieves an IDoc:
  • Set the AleUpdateStatus configuration property to true and set values for the AleSuccessCode and AleFailureCode configuration properties.
  • Configure the inbound parameters of the partner profile of the logical system in SAP to receive the ALEAUD message type. Set the following properties to the specified values:

Inbound properties of the logical system partner profile

SAP property Value
Basic Type ALEAUD01
Logical Message Type ALEAUD
Function module IDOC_INPUT_ALEAUD
Process Code AUD1

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