SAP ABAP Data Element EDI_FILIN (File name for inbound data)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-MID-ALE (Application Component) ALE Integration Technology
     ⤷ SED (Package) IDoc Interface (Processing, Administration, Definition)

Basic Data

Data Element	EDI_FILIN
Short Description	File name for inbound data

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	EDI_FILENA
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	30
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	30
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	File
Medium	15	Inbound file
Long	20	Inbound file name
Heading	17	Inbound file name

Documentation

Use

Here you can specify a fixed name for the file, in which the IDocs from external systems (for example EDI subsystem) are transferred. SAP however recommends that the external system starts the inbound processing in the SAP system and notifies what the transferred file is called (Parameter from startrfc). The field is then ignored.

In general SAP recommends using dynamic file names, that is, variable file names generated at runtime, in order to prevent the overwriting of non-processed files.

Dependencies

When you have entered the existing file port in the tab page Test in IDoc administration, the settings for inbound, outbound and status files are copied as default values in the test programs. When testing it is sensible to use fixed file names.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19970221
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