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ALE business object application-specific information

ALE application-specific information (ASI) is metadata that specifies adapter-dependent information about how to process ALE business objects for the adapter for SAP Software.

The type of metadata that is generated depends on whether you are using the ALE interface or the ALE pass-through IDoc interface:

The sections that follow describe the metadata elements for each level.


Business-object-level metadata for ALE


Property-level metadata for ALE business objects

Property-level metadata either represents child objects or an array of child objects.

The following table describes the property-level metadata elements of an ALE business object or an ALE pass-through IDoc interface business object.

Property-level metadata elements: ALE business object
Metadata element Description
FieldName The actual IDoc field name in SAP.
SegmentHierarchy The hierarchy of the segment in the IDoc.
Offset The offset value of the current property in the IDoc.
PrimaryKey An indication of whether this property is a primary key.
ForeignBOKeyRef The xpath to the primary key on the control or data record business object property, which you set using the external service wizard.
MaxLength The length of the field.

The following illustration is an example of ALE property-level metadata for the qRFCQueueName property:

Figure 2. Property-level metadata for qRFCQueueName


Operation-level metadata for ALE business objects

Operation-level metadata for an ALE business object specifies the operation that posts the IDoc object to the SAP application.

The following table describes the operation-level metadata elements of an ALE business object.

Outbound objects use only the Name metadata element. The MsgType, MsgCode, and MsgFunction elements are used for inbound objects only.

Operation-level metadata elements: ALE business object
Metadata element Description
Name The name of the operation.
MsgType The message type configured for the IDoc (for inbound objects only).
MsgCode The message code configured for the IDoc (for inbound objects only).
MsgFunction The message function configured for the IDoc (for inbound objects only).

Application-specific information