
Error Handling
ALE error handling makes use of the SAP Business Workflow technology in the R/3 System. SAP Business Workflow organizes and manages a work process whereby tasks are assigned to individual agents. After completing a task, agents are informed of subsequent work items in their inbox.
SAP Business Workflow is object oriented; ALE error handling objects are IDocs and their methods and events.

If there is an error, only the first message from the return parameter is copied to the text in the associated work item.
Error Handling Process


The example below of an inbound error for a material master message shows the steps in ALE error handling: ä
IDoc status record is displayed and the user can display the error message's long text. If the user was able to remedy the error, the IDoc can be submitted for updating. If the error cannot be remedied, the user can flag the IDoc for deletion.