IDocs are fundamental to Application Link Enabling. Optimal system performance in ALE processing is synonymous with optimal performance of IDocs.

In ALE processing IDocs are:

• Created in the R/3 sending system
• Transferred to the communication layer in the R/3 sending system
• Used when R/3 sending and receiving systems communicate
• Processed in the receiver system

You can optimize IDoc processing in one or more of the following ways: