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_LGPATH |
| Short Description | Logical directory |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | CHAR1 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Log. path |
| Medium | 16 | LogicalDirectory |
| Long | 21 | Logical directory |
| Heading | 21 | Logical directory |
Documentation
Use
The file is uniquely identified via the directory ("path") and their names.
For IDoc files you may also use a "logical directory", which you assign in transaction FILE dependent on operating system "physical" directories. This procedure is recommended in heterogeneous operating system environments, where there are different naming conventions for directories. Also note here upper and lower case!
In the standard system SAP delivers the logical directory EDI_GLOBAL_PATH.
In inbound processing and status processing, directories and file names should only be used as default values for the test tools. Also note the documentation for example on inbound data.
Dependencies
For logical directories you require a function module which is derived with help from FILE-entries from physical directories. Further information can be found in F1 help in field "function module".
Example
Under the UNIX operating system :
/usr/sap/T70/SYS/global/idoc/
Under the Windows operating system:
\\sapdevdb\sapmnt\T70\SYS\global\idoc\
Do not forget the last slash, as the file name is simply appended as a directory! In the example T70 is the name of the SAP system.
You can define both physical directories in logical directory EDI_GLOBAL_PATH.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19990505 |
| SAP Release Created in |
