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  Inbound Document (IBD)

Definition

A report that was not generated in the SAP system, but was imported from an external system. The external system can also be an SAP system.

In theory, you can import all document formats, provided the format has been set up in Customizing for Document Management . When importing , a key file must also exist for the report file. The key file defines the assignments to the report generation variant, the language, and the specification.

Use

You will mostly import inbound reports when you want to transfer reports that already exist in legacy systems, or when you want to scan in and manage reports that have been sent to you.

After being imported, the inbound report keeps the initial status as defined in the generation variant header, and is managed in exactly the same way as a report generated in the SAP system. The import date is used as the key date. You can use the versioning function of report management to assign a start version to the inbound report.

Provided the corresponding application is installed on your front end, you can display inbound reports in report management and the report information system in any format.

You can send inbound reports, irrespective of their format (see Setting Up Shipping of Reports in Any Format ).