EMM – SAP Error Messages Management EMM – SAP Error Messages Management ToolTool

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EDI transmission is standard, mature, and widely used mechanism to transfer data electronically.

During SAP implementation, EDI interfaces are developed. A middleware is used to convert these EDI transmission/messages into a format that SAP can understand and interpret.

SAP has its proprietary functionality IDoc (Intermediate document) to temporarily house the data before posting appropriate business transaction.

IDoc can be used for many interfacing mechanism.

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IDoc could fail due to various reasons like incorrect data in transmission (from source system), incorrect data in SAP, and missing master data etc.

Due to time constraints, customer / vendor relationship, or nature of the data it is not always possible to get another EDI transmission from source for the failed data.

At every organization there is a need to edit and re-process IDoc data within SAP.

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IDoc error monitoring not in place.

IDoc structure too technical for business users.

Using SAP standard tools, IDoc data correction is very tedious, time consuming, and complex effort.

All or None editing access with SAP standard transaction and authorization.

Need for additional expensive custom development to support SAP IDoc interface.

Very limited IDoc content search capabilities provided by SAP standard transaction.

Mass IDoc update capabilities not available.

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CAPABILITIESCAPABILITIES

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Easy to install

User friendly, easy to use, flexible, and easily customizable

Extendible to any number of SAP EDI/IDoc interfaces.

Can be used with ECC, APO, or any other SAP system.

Dynamic validation rules could be defined, updated, and added.

Dynamic selection criteria.

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Authorizations can be set to specific process level.

Dynamic summary report for IDoc to be processed.

Business critical IDoc prioritization.

One step process to list the errors, view the errors, fix the errors, edit the data, and finally either post the IDoc.

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Requires minimum hand-holding and training to learn and use the tool

All the errors in the IDoc data could be displayed in one go. As error correction is done, error goes away from display.

Provides management reporting / trend analysis.

Delegation of WIP IDocs.

Many other user friendly and business critical functionalities..

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Efficient error monitoring, error correction, and posting.

Flexible and scalable to any number of interfaces with any number of validation.

User friendly, required minimum hand-holding/ training.

Customized validations and error messages.

Management reporting

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