Activating IDoc Message Packages

This function enables you to activate IDoc message packages quickly and efficiently. You use IDoc message packages to process and send messages from the IDoc adapter as packages rather than individually.

You can define filters for selecting messages for message packages and jobs for processing these packages by using event-driven message processing .

You have called transaction IDoc Message Packages (IDXPW) and are on the Activate IDoc Message Packages screen.

You use this function to specify a message and do the following:

• Test whether filters are already defined to filter this message at runtime
• Test which of the defined filters actually filters this message at runtime
• Define and activate a filter if none exists for this message

The message that you specify must be a message that has been processed successfully by the receiver IDoc adapter.

To activate an IDoc message package, you must first specify the ID of a message. You have the following options:

• Enter a known message ID manually.
• Use the input help to select a message ID.

The entered or selected message is used as a template for activating a message package.

To check whether a filter has already been defined for the message, choose Filter Test. If a filter exists, the entire filter data is displayed in a separate window. If multiple filters exist, the data is displayed for the filter that actually filters the message at runtime.

To continue with the activation of the message package, exit the filter display and choose ENTER on the initial screen. The system displays the following:

• If a filter has already been defined for the specified message (one package activated), the remaining fields are filled with the values of this filter. You can now only edit the values in the following fields:
  • Maximum Package Size
  • Job Period
  • Period Unit
  • Start Immediately checkbox
• If only parts of a filter have been defined for the specified message, the corresponding fields are filled with the defined values and the remaining fields contain default values, which you can accept or change.
• If no filters have been defined for the specified message, you can edit all fields.

Make your entries and changes and choose Execute.

This activates the package for the specified message and schedules the specified job automatically. The current filter data is displayed in a separate window.