Determining Directory for IDoc File
The Billing Consolidation Connector
(FIN-FSCM_BC-CON)
component uses the IDoc Interface for the exchange of data. Ports are the prerequisite for communication through the IDoc interface. In the port definition, you determine the directory in which the system is to store the IDoc file. For more information about creating XML ports, see Port Type XML File: Maintaining the Port Description.
Procedure
Here is an example of how to create the port for the Billing Consolidation Connector
(FIN-FSCM-BC-CON)
component.
Access the activity in Customizing for
Financial Supply Chain Management
under
Billing Consolidation
Environment
Define Ports in IDoc Processing
.Select
XML File
und choose Port
Create
.Enter
IDOCXML
as the name of the port and the descriptive textEDX: Write IDoc As XML File
.Choose Unicode as the XML format.
On the
Outbound file
tab page, enter the name of the physical directory according to your company's specifications. Use a directory that can be written to from the back-end system.
Example/usr/sap/???/SYS/global/access/
Note that the last character must be a slash.
End of the example.Enter the function module:
EDI_PATH_CREATE_CLIENT_DOCNUM
.Leave the field for the outbound file blank.
Check if the port can be accessed correctly. To do so, choose the
Access test
pushbutton.