ERP Documents can display any kind of storable information, such as technical drawings, graphics, programs or text that together describe an object. It is a data storage medium containing information of a specific type. You can define a document as a group of related documents, or as part of another document, by linking subordinate documents to superior documents in a document hierarchy. A Document can be defined either as a file or a folder. ERP Document is used to manage document processing. It is a medium of information intended either for users (responsible) or to exchange data between systems.
For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at: http://help.sap.com/erp.
SAP Gateway services are supported for the following SAP ERP releases: SAP ERP - ERP 4.7C or higher
You can connect to SAP ERP system using SAP Gateway services. The links to access the service document and metadata document is given in the table below.
Service Document |
http://<hostname>:<port>/sap/opu/sdata/iwcnt/document/?$format=xml&sap-client=<client number> |
Metadata Document |
http://<hostname>:<port>/sap/opu/sdata/iwcnt/document/$metadata?$format=xml&sap-client=<client number> |
Contact your system administrator for host name, port and client number.
Collections are objects that hold other objects that are accessed, placed and maintained under certain set of rules. ERP Document has the following collections:
Collections |
Description |
CharacteristicValuesCollection |
This collection provides the list of characteristic attributes assigned to a given document. |
ClassAllocationCollection |
This collection provides the list of classifications assigned to a given document. |
ObjectLinkCollection |
This collection provides a list of business objects that are linked to a given document. |
DocumentCollection |
This collection provides the list of documents from the system based on the query. |
FileCollection |
This collection provides a list of files within the given document. |
FileFormatCollection |
This value help collection provides the list of all the file formats for the files attached to a given document. |
DocStatusValueHelpCollection |
This is a context based value help collection, which provides the list of the status of the document based on a particular document type. |
StorageCategoryCollection |
This value help collection provides the list of storage category that is available on the DMS while you are checking in the file into the system. |
DocumentTypeCollection |
This value help collection provides the list of document types for a document. |
ObjectTypeCollection |
This is a context based value help, which provides the list of object types, which can be linked to a given document type. |
ChangeNumberCollection |
This value help collection provides the list of the changed numbers, which can be selected for a document. |