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New developments in Application Link Enabling for Release 4.6C are:

Status Monitor for ALE Messages replaces Manual IDoc Processing

New display options have been added to manual IDoc processing. ALE audit and IDoc tracing have been integrated. The former menu function Process IDocs Manually is now called Status Monitor for ALE Messages.

The status monitor provides the following functions:

You can sort IDocs in the sending and receiving systems by partner system.
Provided that status confirmation messages (ALE audit information) from the receiving system have arrived in the sending system, their status is displayed.
With IDoc tracing you can call up the status of each IDoc synchronously in the partner system.

Conversion of Logical System names in Client Copy

The ALE function for copying logical system names (transaction code BDLS) is now integrated in the client copy. The copied client should not be used as the productive client.

As of 4.6C Quality Management supports the distribution of master inspection characteristics and check methods. You can find the functions from the SAP Menu under Tools -> ALE -> Master Data Distribution -> Logistics -> Quality Management.
To make it easier to assign ALE functions to specific user types, the following roles have been defined: