![]() Everybody who has ever dealt with interface programming will find IDocs very much like the hierarchical data files used in traditional data exchange. ![]() ![]() The name “messages” for the information sent via IDocs is used in the same ways as other EDI standards. The information which is exchanged by IDocs is called a message and the IDoc is the physical representation of such a message. IDocs can be viewed in a text editor and do not contain any binary data.IDocs are based on EDI standards (like ANSI X.12, EDIFACT ).IDocs are independent of the sending and receiving system ( SAP to SAP as well as Non-SAP).Every IDoc has a unique number (within a client).In SAP system IDocs are stored in the database.Their specification is stored in the SAP data dictionary. The typical structured file has records, each record starting with a leading string that identifies the record type. When they are stored to a disk file, the IDocs are simple flat files with lines of text, where the lines are structured into data fields. IDocs are basically simple ASCII data streams. But, like most simple things they are difficult to explain. ![]() ![]() IDocs are relatively simple to understand. It is simply a data container used to exchange information between any two processes that can understand the syntax and semantics of the data. IDOC is the acronym for Intermediate Document. ![]()
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