Editing Partner Profiles

You need to create partner profiles so that the system knows to send messages to the middleware. For all outgoing messages, you require a partner profile with partner type LS. You also require one of the following partner profiles for each incoming message:

For all incoming messages of a vendor, you require an entry under LI with the vendor number.
For all outgoing messages of a customer, you require an entry under KU with the customer number.

For general information about editing partner profiles, see Defining Partners.

Procedure

You edit partner profiles in Customizing for Financial Supply Chain Management under Start of the navigation path Billing Consolidation Next navigation step Environment Define Partner Profiles End of the navigation path .

Outgoing Messages (LS)

Select partner type LS and choose your middleware (for instance X7TCLNT100). To create new middleware, choose Partners Create .
Create the outbound parameters in the Outbound parmtrs. box.
Enter message type DESADV, INVOIC, ORDCHG, ORDERS, ORDRSP and SYNCH as the outbound parameters.
Edit the outbound parameters (Outbound Options and Message Control) for all message types, regardless of whether the messages are sent to customers or vendors.

For the above message types, define the outbound options as in the table below. Doubleclick the required message type and choose the Outbound Options tab page. For all message types, enter IDOCXML as the receiver port. See Determining Directory for IDoc File. Also choose output mode Transfer IDoc Immed. for all message types.

Outbound options for various message types
Message Type	Basic Type
DESADV	DELVRY05 Caution Could also be DELVRY03 in older releases End of the caution.
INVOIC	INVOIC02
ORDCHG Caution For this message type, you must also activate the change messages End of the caution.	ORDERS05
ORDERS	ORDERS05
ORDRSP	ORDERS05
SYNCH	SYNCHRON

For the above message types, enter the information about message control as in the table below. Doubleclick the required message type and choose the Message Control tab page. Choose Insert Row and enter the required values.

Message control for various message types
Message Type	Application	Message Type	Process Code
DESADV	V2	ZEDX	DELV
INVOIC	V3	ZEDX	SD09
ORDCHG Caution For this message type, you must also activate the change messages End of the caution.	EF	ZEDX	ME11
ORDERS	EF	ZEDX	ME10
ORDRSP	EF	ZEDX	SD10
SYNCH	No entry	No entry	No entry

Save your entries.

Incoming Messages from Vendor (LI)

Under partner type LI, enter the number of the vendor from whom you expect to receive incoming messages. Under Inbound parmtrs., enter the incoming message type DESADV, INVOIC and ORDRSP. These are the three message types that you can receive from this vendor.

For every vendor with which you wish to exchange data electronically, you must edit the partner profile as follows:

Access the activity in Customizing for Financial Supply Chain Management under Billing Consolidation Environment Define Partner Profiles .
To create a partner profile for a vendor, select the partner type LI and choose Partners Create .
Under Partner No., enter the vendor number (for instance L678), and under Partn.Type LI.
Save your entries.
The system adds the vendor under partner type LI.
Create the inbound parameters for the vendor according to the table below. To do this, select the vendor and enter the required inbound parameters.

Note
To add another vendor, position the cursor on the vendor you have just created and choose Partners Create copy .

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Inbound options for various message types
Message Type	Process Code	Comment
DESADV	EDX_DELS	Delivery: Shipping notification
INVOIC	EDX_INVL or EDX_INVF	INVL for invoices from Materials Management (MM) with purchase order reference (for instance, goods purchase with purchase order) or INVF for a pure FI invoice without a purchase order reference (for instance, an electricity bill).
ORDRSP	EDX_ORDR or EDX_INVF	Order confirmation

Incoming Messages from Customer (KU)

Under partner type KU, enter the number of the customer from whom you expect to receive incoming messages. Under Inbound parmtrs., enter the incoming message type ORDERS and ORDCHG. These are the two message types that you can receive from this customer.

For every customer with which you wish to exchange data electronically, you must edit the partner profile as follows:

Access the activity in Customizing for Financial Supply Chain Management under Billing Consolidation Environment Define Partner Profiles .
To create a partner profile for a customer, select the partner type KU and choose Partners Create .
Under Partner No., enter the partner number (for instance KU123), and under Partn.Type KU.
Save your entries.
The system adds the customer under partner type KU.
Create the inbound parameters for the customer according to the table below. To do this, select the customer and enter the required inbound parameters.

Note
To add another customer, position the cursor on the customer you have just created and choose Partners Create copy .

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Inbound options for various message types
Message Type	Process Code	Comment
ORDERS	EDX_ORDC	Change of a purchase order
ORDCHG	EDX_ORDE	Order confirmation

You now have to generate the partner profiles you have edited so that the system can transfer the configured settings to the middleware. You do this by executing transaction BD82.

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