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Component documentationApplication Link Enabling (ALE) Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Purpose

Application Link Enabling ensures a distributed but integrated SAP installation. It comprises the controlled exchange of business messages and consistent data management in loosely-linked SAP application systems.

Functions

Applications are integrated by synchronous and asynchronous communication, not in a central database.

Application Link Enabling has three layers:

·         Application services

·         Distribution services

·         Communication services

For further information, see:

·         ALE Integration Technology

·         Technical Background of ALE Business Processes

·         Modeling Distribution

·         Setting-Up Communication

 

 

 

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