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.