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Function documentationData Transfer Using External Interfaces for IPM

 

The External Interface Adapter can be used for the initial load of business data (data objects) and the continuous exchange of data objects in real time. Data objects can be sent and received from SAP CRM to external systems, and from external systems to SAP CRM. The External Interface Adapter uses two standard formats:

  • XML/SOAP (Extensible Markup Language / Simple Object Access Protocol)

  • ALE/Idoc (Application Linking and Enabling / Intermediate Document)

It is extensible without modifying the program code.

Data objects (such as orders or business partners) can be sent in SOAP/XML or IDoc format using external interfaces (XIF).

Data objects can be initially loaded via file transfer using the DX/LSMW (Data Exchange / Legacy System Migration Workbench) Workbench, and can then be sent permanently to the CRM system. They can also be initially loaded in external systems by using the CRM Middleware adapter framework, loaded in a data file , or be sent permanently by CRM to external systems via appropriate application transactions.

You can use XIF for the following IPM objects:

  • License sales and license acquisition contracts

  • Intellectual properties (IPs)

  • IP product relationships

  • Outgoing royalties data collector

More Information

For more information about the IPM external interfaces, see the documentation for the following function modules:

  • CRMXIF_ORDER_SAVE (License sales and license acquisition contracts)

  • CRMXIF_PRODUCT_IP_SAVE (IPs)

  • CRMXIF_PRODUCT_IP_REL_SAVE (IP product relationships)

  • CRMXIF_BILLDATARECD_SAVE (Outgoing royalties data collector)

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