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What is an IDOC in SAP ABAP ?


What is an IDOC in SAP ABAP ?





What is an IDOC?
IDOC is simply a data container used to exchange information between any two processes that can understand the syntax and semantics of the data.

In other words, an IDOC is like a data file with a specified format which is exchanged between 2 systems which know how to interpret that data.

IDOC stands for " Intermediate Document"

When we execute an outbound ALE or EDI Process, an IDOC is created.

In the SAP System, I DOCs are stored in database. Every IDOC has a unique number(within a client).


In this tutorial you will learn:

What is an IDOC?

Structure of an IDOC

IDOC Types

What is a Segment?

What is Extension IDOC type?

IDOC Views

Partner Profiles

Port

The Outbound Process

The Inbound Process

Key Features
IDOCs are independent of the sending and receiving systems.(SAP-to-SAP as well as Non-SAP)
IDOCs are based on EDI standards, ANSI ASC X12 and EDIFACT. In a case of any conflict in data size, it adopts one with greater length.
IDOCs are independent of the direction of data exchange e.g. ORDERS01: Purchasing module: Inbound and Outbound
IDOCs can be viewed in a text editor. Data is stored in character format instead of binary format.

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