Defining a Partner Profile

How to:

Partner profiles are a requirement for data exchange. You define who can exchange messages with the SAP ERP system using a specified port.

Procedure: How to Define a Partner Profile

The following image shows the /nwe20 transaction in the field under the menu bar.

To define a partner profile for a specific IDoc:

  1. Execute the we20 transaction.

    The Partner profiles window opens and displays two panes with information about the logical system as shown in the following image.

    1. If no Partner profile currently exists, click the Create icon on the tool bar or press F5.
    2. Click Save once you have created your Partner profile.
  2. In the left pane, expand Partner type LS and select the logical system you configured from the list, for example, IWAY_IN.

    The right pane displays the details of the expanded folder including the logical system and type, language, and so forth, as shown in the following image.

    Note: The Partn.number field refers to the name of the logical system.

  3. Click Save.
  4. From the Inbound parameters table in the lower right, click the Create inbound parameter icon.

    The Partner profiles: Inbound parameters window opens as shown in the following image.

    1. In the Message type field, type the message type to use, for example, MATMAS.

      To browse from a list of available message types, you can click the icon to the right of the field.

      The Inbound options tab is selected by default.

    2. In the Process code field, enter the process code you want to use, for example, MATM.

      To browse from a list of available process codes, you can click the icon to the right of the field.

    3. In the Processing by function module area, select one of the following options:
      • Trigger by background program. In this case, the iWay Application Adapter for SAP ERP writes IDocs to the SAP ERP database, which are processed immediately.
      • Trigger immediately. In this case, the iWay Application Adapter for SAP ERP waits for the SAP ERP system to process IDocs. This can take from one to fifteen minutes.
  5. Click Save.