Load External Supplier Invoice File
Explanation
This activity is used to read an external input file, unpack the file data
and call a dedicated interface (API) that will continue with the further processing
of data.
The wizard can handle any file type and file template defined in External
Files. This means that this is a multi-purpose wizard that can handle the same
actions as existing interfaces.
Prerequisites
- An external supplier invoice file must exist.
- A parameter set must be available if it should be possible to supply
parameter values during the input phase.
- A valid and active file template with template definitions for input
files that are associated with the file type must be available.
- If the Online Process option is selected, the file path and name
are essential, but can not be validated before starting the process.
- IFS Connect/Reader and Example_External_File_Import
routing rule must be enabled in order to batch process an external file.
- For Batch Process, the input file
must be placed at the specified network path with the file name prefix mentioned
in the routing rule and the External File Template.
- If you want to load invoices with more than one invoice line using external
file templates with the record type A, a detail line with the MULTIPLE_LINES_ALLOWED
column ID must be defined for the external file template used, in the External
File Template/Detail
tab. (Note: Only user-defined templates are editable. It is recommended
that a user-defined template created by copying STDSIN2 is used for this
purpose.)
System Effects
As a result of this activity, the following system effects would take place.
- The file will be read and unpacked. A call would be made to the interface
(API) that would handle the further processing of the unpacked data.
- The state of the load will be Transferred.