Implementing the SAP Business Processes

To implement the business processes for SAP, you need to perform the minimal configurations for the SAP Outbound IDoc, SAP Inbound Delivery, and SAP Delivery ALE business processes. The SAP Inbound IDoc and SAP Outbound ALE business processes require no additional setup.

To implement the business processes:
  1. Check out the following predefined business processes (.bp files) from Sterling B2B Integrator:
    • SAPinbDelivery.bp (for file-based IDoc)
    • SAPOutboundIDoc.bp (for file-based IDoc)
    • SAP Delivery ALE (for ALE IDoc)
  2. After checking out the business processes, use the element editors in the GPM to display the configuration parameters within each business process.

Refer to the following sections to determine the information that you must provide to implement the business processes.

SAP Outbound IDoc (SAPOutboundIDoc.bp)

The following table provides the parameters to define for the preconfigured services, as appropriate:

Note: Because of our continuing efforts to improve services and adapters to align with new technology and capabilities, the FTP Send adapter has entered the retirement process in Sterling B2B Integrator and will be replaced with the FTP Client Adapter with related services. For more information about the retirement process, see Retiring and Removed Services and Adapters.
Table 1. Parameters to Define SAP Outbound IDoc
Service/Adapter Configuration Instance Name Parameter Description
FTPSend (FTP Send Adapter) xport-ftp-document Name of IDoc that Sterling B2B Integrator retrieves from SAP. Required.
xport-ftp-host IP address or host name of the external trading partner host system. Valid values are valid IP addresses and host names. Required.
xport-tp-authfile Authentication file containing the user name, password, and passphrase. Valid value is the file name. Required if passphrase is used.
DocumentExtractionService (Document Extraction Service) BatchLikeDocuments Whether to split the IDocs that are extracted into batches. Optional. Valid values:
  • Yes – Group IDocs into files based on Sender ID, Receiver ID, and Accepter Lookup Alias.
  • No – Split out each IDoc individually, regardless of Sender ID, Receiver ID, and Accepter Lookup Alias values.
DocExtractMapList Name of the map to extract documents from a single batch file. Required if splitting IDocs into batches.
FS_WriteEDI (File System Adapter) assignedFilename Unique file name used to overwrite the file name created by the business process. If the file name is not unique, the previous file with the same name is overwritten the next time it runs. Valid value is any valid file name. Required.
extractionFolder Any folder or subfolder on the same computer where Sterling B2B Integrator is installed and where it extracts (writes) data as part of a business process. Required.

SAP Inbound Delivery (SAPinbDelivery.bp)

The following table provides the parameters to define for the preconfigured services, as appropriate:

Note: Because of our continuing efforts to improve services and adapters to align with new technology and capabilities, the FTP Send adapter has entered the retirement process in Sterling B2B Integrator and will be replaced with the FTP Client Adapter with related services. For more information about the retirement process, see Retiring and Removed Services and Adapters.
Table 2. Parameters to Define SAP Inbound Delivery
Adapter Configuration Instance Name Parameter Description
FTPSend (FTP Send Adapter) xport-ftp-document xport-ftp-dir Folder name or mailbox ID of an external trading partner. Required.
xport-ftp-host Document that the trading partner within Sterling B2B Integrator retrieves from the remote trading partner. Optional.
xport-ftp-host IP address or host name of the external trading partner host system. Valid values are valid IP addresses and host names. Required.
xport-tp-authfile Authentication file containing the user name, password, and passphrase. Valid value is the file name. Required if passphrase is used.
SapSuite (SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x)   Modify the preconfigured SAP Suite adapter (for JCo 2.x) instance to SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x or specify your custom SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x configuration instance. See Creating an SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x Configuration.

SAP Delivery ALE (SAPALEDelivery.bp)

The following table provides the parameters to define for the preconfigured services, as appropriate:

Table 3. Parameters to Define SAP Delivery ALE
Adapter Configuration Instance Name Parameter Description
SapSuite (SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x)   Modify the preconfigured SAP Suite adapter (for JCo 2.x) instance to SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x or specify your custom SAP Suite adapter for JCo 3.x configuration instance.

You are now ready to check in the business processes to Sterling B2B Integrator.