Serialization of IDOC Message type

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Step 3 à Define Inbound Processing

In this section you can make the settings for processing inbound message types for a serialization group. These settings are made in the receiving system.

You can specify the size of the IDoc packet forwarded to the application, whether the packet is transferred in parallel and what server group is used.

Example

For a serialization group containing materials and associated classifications you can specify how the message types MATMAS (material) and CLFMAS (classification) are processed.

For the message SERDAT processing in the inbound partner profiles should be set to 'immediate processing'.

From the SALE transaction select Define inbound processing as shown in the image below

On the next screen click on NEW ENTRIES button and add the details as shown below

Under the groups column mention the Serialization group name created in the first step. Under the Message Type define the messages assigned to the Serialization group. Under the sending system column enter the sending systems. If the data is sent to more than one system then all these steps have to repeated for all the individual receiving systems. Under the Object column enter the number of objects per process. In our case we will use 1 per process.

For Example: Number of objects (e.g. materials, vendors, customers) assigned to an available process.

Under the Indicator: Parallel processing yes/no set the indicator as per your requirement. Generally it is set to YES.

If the indicator is set then the inbound processing of the application uses one free dialog process for each IDoc packet on the application server ('asynchronous RFC' is used for this). This means that the packets can be processed in parallel. If several IDoc packets have been selected, then the IDoc processing will occupy all the dialog processes on the application server. 

If the indicator is not set then the IDocs will not be processed in parallel. This means that each packet will passed to the application in turn. Only one work process will be used for this action on the application server.

Under the RFC server group define the server which will be used by the transaction in parallel processing.

You can check the server group from the transaction RZ12.

Once done save your entries.

Step 4 à Enable Change pointers in the system globally using BD61 transaction and also for all the message types using the BD50 transaction.

Change pointer has to be activated to enable data distribution through Change documents.  

SETTINGS IN THE RECEIVING SYSTEM

Once you have completed the above steps in the sending system login to the receiving system and do the following steps.

Step 1à Maintain the serialization group as done in the above steps in the receiving system as well.

Step 2 à Go to to the distribution model and select the model that was distributed from the sending system. And from the menu generate the partner profile in the receiving system. This step will create the partner profiles in the receiving system.

Step 3 à Change the partner profile settings for all the message types EXCEPT the SERDAT message type to TRIGGER BY BACKGROUND PROGRAM

As shown below

BUT DO NOT CHANGE THE SETTINGS FOR THE SERDAT message type.

SERDAT will have the option TRIGGER IMMEDIATELY.

Once these settings are done both the systems are now ready for distributing data in a serialized order.

To dispatch a serialization group two steps are required:

è     The IDocs belonging to a serialization group are created

è     These IDocs are then dispatched

These two activities are scheduled as a periodic job in the sending system.

Creating IDocs

The report RBDSER01 creates the IDocs for a serialization group. The serialization group to be created is specified as a parameter in this report. The report selects all the master data change pointers assigned to this serialization group. The IDocs are then created from the change pointers.

Dispatching IDocs

After the IDocs have been created the report RBDSER02 dispatches the IDocs belonging to a serialization group. The name of the serialization group to be sent is specified as a parameter in this report. You can also specify the receiving systems and in the time period that IDocs can be created/changed.

The report also schedules the report RBDSER03 which checks whether all the IDocs have been successfully sent to the receiving system. If they have, a control message of message type SERDAT is sent to the receiving system and posts the serialization group there. To do this specify in the parameters of report RBDSER02 the time that should be scheduled after sending report RBDSER03.

You also have the option to always dispatch the control message. This means dispatch it even if all the IDocs have not been passed to the receiving system. This means that IDocs arriving in the receiving system can be processed even if some IDocs are still being transferred. However, serialization difficulties may occur.

Further notes

You can schedule reports RBDSER01 and RBDSER02 after each other in the same job (choose SAP Menu -> Tools -> ALE -> ALE Administration -> Services -> Periodic Processing -> Outbox -> Serialized Distribution Using Message Types - SM36).

The report RBDSER03 can be scheduled as an independent job. In this case you should not enter the date and time.