IBM Announces SAP Certification of its DataInterchange Interface
Enhanced versions of DataInterchange translation software also announced
Somers, NY (November 18, 1998) – IBM today announced the interface certification of its IBM DataInterchange Version 2.1 software for SAPTM R/3TM solutions by the SAP Integration and Certification Center (ICC). The DataInterchange EDI translation software interoperates with SAP R/3 via the EDI Subsystems interface and runs on an S/390 Parallel Enterprise server.
IBM EDI Services, a managed electronic transaction service from IBM Global Services, is one of the world’s EDI market-share leaders in delivering security-enhanced electronic documents.SAP is a market and technology leader in client/server enterprise application software, providing comprehensive solutions for companies of all sizes and all industry sectors.
IBM also announced an enhanced version of DataInterchange, Version 3.1, which will provide enhanced functions and maximize productivity and performance for customers.
Chand Patel, vice president e-business network services, IBM Global Services, said “DataInterchange is among the first EDI translator software interfaces to be certified by SAP for use on a mainframe with SAP R/3. The combination of SAP R/3 and IBM DataInterchange creates a powerful EDI system for our customers.”
DataInterchange electronically translates EDI data, such as invoices and purchase orders, for trading partner exchange. DataInterchange’s high performance architecture and unique SAP inframe interface provides superior transaction throughput for EDI subsystems and SAP R/3 solution integration.
SAP R/3 provides an interface which allows the EDI subsystem to report status information for the EDI process. Using the SAP Intermediate Document (IDoc) layout, SAP R/3 generates application data in files which are then sent to the EDI translator using FTP-to-mainframe operations. The EDI translator tracks the status of the SAP document throughout the EDI translation and generates SAP status records.
IBM DataInterchange V2.1 provides the capability to capture SAP status information during the EDI translation and store it in a database for reporting. Tools also are provided to allow the extraction and deletion of the SAP status records from the database. The records are written to a sequential file for transfer to the SAP solution.
Source: IBM