Connection to the Document Flow 

Use

In the application system, business objects (documents) have a hierarchical relationship to one another. For example, a sales order consists of multiple deliveries that in turn fulfill multiple shipments. The connection to the document flow enables SAP Event Management (SAP EM) to display this hierarchical structure of the business objects in the Web interface.

For more information, see the SAP Library under SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) ® SCM Basis ® Cross-System and Cross-Partner Document Flow.

For each SAP EM, you can connect one local document flow only.

Prerequisites

●     You have executed Customizing for the connection to the document flow.

●     You have specified how you want SAP EM to update the document flow. You have the following options:

○     At the same time as creating or updating an event handler

○     Via an event message

For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for SAP Supply Chain Management under Event Management ® Interface to Document Flow  ® Define Document Flow Groups.

●     You have defined the groups and the mapping of event handler information to the document flow. You can assign each event handler or each event message to one group only.

For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for SAP Supply Chain Management under Event Management ® Interface to Document Flow  ® Define Document Flow Groups.

●     If required, you have defined your own document categories in Customizing for the document flow.

For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for SAP Supply Chain Management under Integration with SAP Components  ® Cross-System and Cross-Partner Document Flow  ® Define Document Categories for Document Flow.

●     If required, you have defined your own link categories in Customizing for the document flow.

For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for SAP Supply Chain Management under Integration with SAP Components  ® Cross-System and Cross-Partner Document Flow  ® Maintain Object Link Model.

Features

The connection to the document flow comprises the following functions:

You can create or update a document flow network.

You can delete a document flow network.

You can display a document flow network.