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ALE Introduction and Administration ...............................................................6

ALE Integration Technology ........................................................................................................ 7

ALE and the R/3 Procedure Model .............................................................................................. 9

Message Distribution .................................................................................................................. 10

Distribution Using BAPIs .......................................................................................................... 11

Distribution Using Message Types .......................................................................................... 17

Mass Processing of IDocs........................................................................................................21

Error handling........................................................................................................................... 22

Modeling Distribution ................................................................................................................. 23

Distribution Model....................................................................................................................... 24

Filters........................................................................................................................................ 25

Filter Groups ....................................................................................................................... 26

Filter Objects ....................................................................................................................... 28

Classes ............................................................................................................................... 29

Dependencies ..................................................................................................................... 30

Setting Up the Communication.................................................................................................. 31

Maintaining Remote Destinations ............................................................................................. 32

Displaying, Maintaining and Testing Destinations ................................................................... 33

Entering Destination Parameters ............................................................................................. 35

Types of Destinations............................................................................................................... 37

Maintaining Group Destinations ............................................................................................... 40

RFC Destinations for Synchronous Method Calls ................................................................... 41

Technology of ALE Business Processes ................................................................................. 44

Synchronizing Customizing Data Between Systems .............................................................. 45

Synchronizing Customizing Data ............................................................................................. 47

The Distribution Process Before 4.X........................................................................................ 48

Master Data Distribution............................................................................................................. 49

Ways to Distribute Master Data ............................................................................................... 50

Distributing Master Data Using Classes .................................................................................. 51

Master Data IDocs ................................................................................................................... 52

Distributing Master Data with the SMD Tool ............................................................................ 53

Example of Master Data Distribution ....................................................................................... 54

Distributable Master Data Objects ........................................................................................... 57

R/2 Connections .......................................................................................................................... 62

Connections to Non-SAP Systems............................................................................................ 64

Translator Programs for Communication ................................................................................. 66

Administration of ALE Functions .............................................................................................. 67

Monitoring Message Exchange.................................................................................................. 68

Central Monitoring Using the ALE CCMS Monitor ................................................................... 69

Status Monitor for ALE Messages ........................................................................................... 72

ALE Audit and ALE Tracing ................................................................................................ 75

Monitoring the Status of Inbound IDocs Using ALE Audit ............................................. 76

Evaluating the Audit Database ................................................................................. 78

Tracing IDocs System-Wide .......................................................................................... 80

Synchronizing Customizing Data Between Systems .............................................................. 81

Optimizing ALE Performance..................................................................................................... 83

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Controlling IDoc Events............................................................................................................ 84

Scheduling IDoc Creation ................................................................................................... 85

Scheduling IDoc Transfer to Communication Layer ........................................................... 86

Scheduling IDoc Posting..................................................................................................... 87

Processing IDocs in Parallel ....................................................................................................88

Creating IDocs in Parallel ................................................................................................... 89

Sending IDocs in Parallel.................................................................................................... 90

Posting IDocs in Parallel ..................................................................................................... 91

Processing IDoc Packets .........................................................................................................92

Creating IDoc Packets ........................................................................................................ 93

Sending IDoc Packets......................................................................................................... 94

Posting IDoc Packets.......................................................................................................... 95

Administration of IDoc Communication.................................................................................... 96

Suppressing Background Processing................................................................................. 97

Setting Dispatch Status to Dispatch OK ............................................................................. 98

Check the tRFC Status ....................................................................................................... 99

Serialization of Messages......................................................................................................... 100

Serialization by Object Type .................................................................................................. 101

Serialization By Message Type.............................................................................................. 103

Serialization at IDoc Level...................................................................................................... 104

Converting Logical System Names ......................................................................................... 105

ALE Recovery for Data Consistency....................................................................................... 107

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