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Procedure documentation Defining Communication Parties  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

A communication party enables you to represent extensive units that exchange messages with each other in collaborative processes, for example a company.

You can assign each communication party one or more communication components and address these components as the sender or receiver of messages.

You can specify alternative identifiers for the communication party so that communication party can be identified by using different, globally valid IDs.

Procedure

Create Communication Party

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       1.      Create the communication party.

The object key is simply made up of a name, which is assigned when you create the object.

Recommendation

We recommend that you use a meaningful name here so that the navigation tree is easy to understand.

More information: Creating Objects

Specify Alternative Identifiers

       2.      The name specified by you is displayed on the Identifiers tab page.

Note

During message processing, the party name in the message header is used to find and analyze the configuration objects relevant for the message. The relevant configuration objects contain the party name in the key.

       3.      However, to uniquely identify communication parties in cross-company processes, you specify alternative identifiers.

Alternative identifiers use globally-valid IDs to ensure the unique identification of companies.

More information: Identifiers

○       Insert a new line.

○       Choose the Agent.

■       016 for: Dun & Bradstreet Corporation

■       009 for: EAN – International Article Numbering Association

■       166 for: NMFTA – National Motor Freight Traffic Association

This Schema is automatically filled in.

○       In the Name column, enter the name or ID that the party is to be identified by within the new identification schema.

Create Communication Component

       4.      To create a communication component for the party, on the Communication Components tab page, choose the arrow icon beside the This graphic is explained in the accompanying text icon.

More information: Creating Objects

Create Communication Channel

       5.      To create a communication channel for the party, on the Communication Channels tab page choose New (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text).

This calls the create dialog for communication channels.

More information: Defining a Communication Channel

 

 

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