Background documentationDistributing Addresses Using ALE

 

The integration technology Application Link Enabling (ALE) is an important middleware tool in the Business Framework Architecture (BFA). ALE can integrate business processes between SAP systems and non-SAP systems as well as between SAP systems. Data is exchanged between application systems in a controlled manner and consistency is maintained.

The application systems of an ALE integrated system are loosely linked. The data is exchanged asynchronously, ensuring that the data arrives in the recipient system, even if this is not available when the data is sent. Synchronous connections are only used by ALE to read data.

The basis for distributing application functions is asynchronous distribution of messages via ALE outbound and inbound processing. Messages are distributed using data containers, called IDocs (Intermediate Documents).

Note Note

For an introduction to ALE, see ALE Introduction and Administration.

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Features

The following master data objects with addresses can currently be distributed using ALE:

  • Customer master

  • Vendor master

  • SAP Business Partner

  • Bank master

Exception: As of Release 4.5, users (BOR object USER) are distributed together with their addresses in a commom IDoc. Company addresses assigned are distributed using the user company (BOR object USRCOMPANY).