ALE Integration Technology (BC-MID-ALE)

Standard SAP format for electronic data interchange between systems (Intermediate Document).

Different messages types (such as delivery notes or purchase orders) generally correspond to different special formats, known as IDoc types. Multiple message types with related content can, however, be assigned to a single IDoc type.

Example

The IDoc type ORDERS01 sends the logical messages types ORDERS (purchase order) and ORDRSP (order confirmation).

IDocs are used, for example, in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and in data distribution within a system group (ALE).