eLink Adapter for R/3 ALE User's Guide

 

This document provides instructions for installing and configuring the BEA eLink Adapter for R/3 ALE product on a UNIX or Windows NT system.

 

Introducing BEA eLink Adapter for R/3 ALE

About BEA eLink Adapter for R/3 ALE

SAP R/3 Environment Integration Issues

BEA Enterprise Application Integration Solution

Key Benefits

Business Applicability and Scalability

Licensing Requirements

Architectural Overview

Integrating Applications with R/3

TUXEDO ATMI

FML32 Field Definitions

 

Integrating with ALE

ALE Integration

Usage Scenarios for ALE Integration

Integrating R/3 and Non-R/3 Systems

Communicating Among R/3 Logical Systems

Information Flow for ALE Integration

Key ALE Concepts

Intermediate Documents (IDOCs)

Transaction IDs (TIDs)

Processing eLink to R/3 IDOCs

ALE eLink to R/3 Server

ALE eLink to R/3 Services (CR3_SUBMIT and CR3_IDOC_IN)

FML32 Field Definitions for eLink to R/3 IDOCs

Information Flow for eLink to R/3 IDOCs

Splitting eLink to R/3 IDOC Packets

Load Balancing High Volumes of eLink to R/3 IDOCs

Managing Transactional Integrity for eLink to R/3 IDOCs

About the TID Log File Used for eLink to R/3 IDOCs

Processing TIDs with eLink to R/3 IDOCs

Handling Problems with eLink to R/3 IDOCs

Processing R/3 to eLink IDOCs

ALE R/3 to eLink Client

Information Flow for R/3 to eLink IDOCs

Splitting R/3 to eLink IDOC Packets Into Individual IDOCs

Queuing R/3 to eLink IDOCs Into Multiple Queues

About the Destination Map File

Examples of Using a Destination Map File

Managing Data-Depending Routing (DDR)

Load Balancing High Volumes of R/3 to eLink IDOCs

Registering Multiple Program IDs

Managing Transactional Integrity for R/3 to eLink IDOCs

About the TID Log File Used for R/3 to eLink IDOCs

Processing TIDs with R/3 to eLink IDOCs

Handling Problems with R/3 to eLink IDOCs

 

Preinstallation Tasks

System Requirements

Determining the Installation Node

TUXEDO Requirements

 

Installing BEA eLink Adapter for R/3 ALE

Installing on a UNIX System

Creating the conr3 User

Logging In as con3

Running install.sh

Installing on a Windows NT System

 

TUXEDO Initialization File

 

Configuring ALE Integration

Configuring the ALE eLink to R/3 Server

Configuring the UBB File for ALE eLink to R/3

Defining the Server Group

Defining the ALE eLink to R/3 Server and Environment File

Defining ALE eLink to R/3 Services

Setting Environment Variables for ALE eLink to R/3

Environment Variables for ALE eLink to R/3

Sample Environment File for ALE eLink to R/3 (cr3alein.env)

Setting Up the eLink to R/3 Connection to R/3

Configuring Queues for ALE eLink to R/3

Specifying the TID File for ALE eLink to R/3

Splitting eLink to R/3 IDOC Packets Containing Multiple IDOCs

Configuring Logging for ALE eLink to R/3

Configuring Load Balancing for eLink to R/3 IDOCs

Configuring the ALE R/3 to eLink Client

Starting the ALE R/3 to eLink Client

Using the Startup Script for ALE R/3 to eLink

Command Line Options for ALE R/3 to eLink

Setting Environment Variables for ALE R/3 to eLink

Sample Startup Script for ALE R/3 to eLink (cr3aleout.bat)

Configuring Queues for ALE R/3 to eLink

Setting the Default Data-Dependent Routing Value

Configuring a Destination Map File

Splitting R/3 to eLink IDOC Packets

Specifying the TID File for ALE R/3 to eLink

Configuring Logging for ALE R/3 to eLink

Configuring Load Balancing for R/3 to eLink

Configuring Multiple Program IDs

Configuring Queues

TUXEDO Queues

Setting Up Queues for eLink to R/3 IDOCs

Defining the TMQUEUE and TMQFORWARD Servers in the UBB File

Setting Environment Variables

Setting Up Queues for R/3 to eLink IDOCs

Configuring the TID File Manager

Command Line Options

Running the TID File Manager

How the TID File Manager Works

 

Configuring R/3 Connections

Configuring eLink to R/3 Connections

Setting Environment Variables for the eLink to R/3 Connection

Configuring the sideinfo File

Contents of the sideinfo File

Sample Settings

Specifying the Location of the sideinfo File

Configuring R/3 to eLink Connections

Troubleshooting Connection Problems

 

Sample cr3_ale.ubb File

UNIX

Windows NT

 

Glossary