Outbound processing from the SAP system

SAP performs three types of outbound integration processing for handling by the SAP NetWeaver Process Integration or SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration server and subsequently the Maximo® Enterprise Adapter for SAP Applications:

  • Batch Reports
  • Intermediate Documents (IDocs)
  • BAPIs
The outbound processing flow is shown in the following figure:
Figure 1. SAP outbound flow to Maximo Asset Management
SAP PI outbound flow to Maximo Asset Management

Batch report

A batch report is an executable ABAP program that implements reporting. It extracts data from SAP to be sent to Maximo Asset Management.

Intermediate document (IDoc)

An Intermediate Document (IDoc) is an SAP format for transferring the data for a business transaction. SAP uses IDocs to transfer data between SAP applications, and between SAP and external systems, in this case, the Maximo Enterprise Adapter for SAP Applications and Maximo Asset Management. An IDoc serves as a source document for all other documents created in the SAP system.