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Some IDoc Administration functions are performed periodically, and should therefore be scheduled in background jobs. This are:

Outgoing IDoc

  • Create IDoc from Change pointers (1)

  • Reorganize change pointers (2)

  • Serial distribution by message type (3)

  • Send collected IDocs (4)

  • Communication check (tRFC) and IDoc status conversion (5)

  • Repeat RFCs (6)

IDoc Inbox

  • Post IDocs in recipient system (7)

  • Post IDocs with errors (8)

  • IDoc confirmation in recipient system (9)

  • Active IDoc monitoring with workflow connection (10)

Prerequisites

You have maintained at least one variant for the function in the IMG.

Procedure

  1. Maintain at least one variant for the function(s) in the IMG (Implementation Guide), if you have not already done so:

  • Application Server

  • IDoc Interface/ALE

  • Modeling and Implementing Business Processes

  • Master Data Distribution

    • Set-up replication of changed data (1,2)

    •   Set-up serialization of sent and received data   Serialization by Message Type   Serialized Distribution by Message Type (3)  

    • Set-Up System Monitoring

  • IDoc processing (4,7,8)

  •      Set-Up IDoc Confirmation in Recipient System (ALE Audit)   Confirm Audit Data (9)  

  • Communication check (tRFC) and IDoc status conversion (5)

  • Repeat RFCs (6)

  • IDoc monitoring with workflow connection (10)

  1. Schedule the variant(s) as a background job.

Choose SAP menu   Tools   IDoc Interface/ALE   Administration   Services   Periodic   Outgoing/Incoming  , and the function, to schedule the variant.