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Background documentationAdministration of ALE Functions

 

Application Link Enabling (ALE) enables you to exchange data within a system group. You can use ALE to send Customizing data, transaction data, and master data to other systems as IDocs. This is implemented as part of a distribution model.

Application Link Enabling provides you with a range of administration tools:

  • The ALE administration functions are in the SAP Menu under Start of the navigation path Tools Next navigation step IDoc Interface/ALE Next navigation step Administration End of the navigation path.

  • Some of the activities listed below are performed in Customizing (IMG). For the ALE-specific section, call transaction SPRO and choose Start of the navigation path SAP Reference IMG Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step Application Server Next navigation step IDoc Interface / Application Link Enabling (ALE) End of the navigation path.

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    The individual sections of the IMG provide you with background information and specific instructions for each activity. Here you will also find information about the required settings.

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Prerequisites

Perform the activities listed here before you start to use ALE:

Activities

Periodic Tasks

If you use change pointers to distribute master data, you must perform the following activities at regular intervals:

Event-Driven Tasks

You need to perform the following tasks if errors or inconsistencies occur in ALE communication:

Other Tasks