SAP Supply Chain : Learn EDI & Idocs Interface Architecture

Name: SAP Supply Chain : Learn EDI & Idocs Interface Architecture
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Understand and Implement an E2E Supply Chain EDI solution by using industry standards, middleware, Idocs in SAP S/4

Created byAbdul Maulud

Last updated 8/2025

English

What you'll learn

Understand the End to End process flow and the use case of interfaces in the Supply Chain
Learn to implementing and build an end to end EDI solution for the Supply Chain
Understand the core concepts for building EDI interfaces (using SAP) for the supply chain
Understand the components when designing an EDI - SAP interface solution (EDI standards, Middleware, and SAP)
Learn about the role of the middleware & how to do mappings in the interface
Learn about SAP Idocs structure and how the work
Configure message outputs as to create Idocs
Configure and use the Idoc (partners) in SAP (transactions WE20)
Learn about Enhancing an Idoc using ZIdocs and ZSegments
Using our cheetsheet, configure and setup incoming and outgoing Idocs in the SupplyChain
Learn all of the setting and values that make Idocs work in SAP (PGI, create inbound deliveries, etc)
Understand the core concept of Proxy server in SAP and how they should be used.
Key skills requried to be a SAP SCM Solution Architect
Prepare for SAP Supply Chain or SAP EDI / Idoc interview
Apply the Best Practices when it comes to building a SAP interface

Course content

15 sections • 65 lectures • 6h 41m total length

Introduction & Course Content4:45
Maximise your learning : How to get the most from this course3:19

Plan your learning4:25
Different ways to obtain access to SAP2:33
Explore practical ways to access SAP for hands-on practice, including sandbox environments, the SAP S/4HANA trial, training hub clients, and remote ID services.
What Type of access : Should you get R/3 or S/44:24
Choose between R/3 and S/4 Hana access for SAP, via SAP trail or provider-hosted options; R/3 is cheaper for beginners, while S/4 Hana offers Fury interface via remote desktop.
Access to SAP Free S/4 HANA Trial8:32
Access to SAP Providers2:37
Connecting with Providers4:20
Quick startup guide with a new system6:11

Using SE16H - Aggregate and Sum3:10
Explore SE16H in SAP S/4HANA to aggregate and sum purchasing data, apply the outer join, and group by company code to count documents without exporting to Excel.
Using SE16H - Join to 2nd table5:47
Master outer joins in SE16H to connect the purchase order header and item tables. Display fields such as purchasing document number, item, material, and quantity, and filter by company code.

Supply Chain : End to End process review2:23
Explore the end-to-end supply chain with idocs and interfaces, mapping MDI to SAP idocs, and learn how to process purchase orders, sales orders, and invoices.
Supply Chain : Purchase to Sales Order Process flow9:04
SAP : Orders Idoc Consideration7:33
SAP : Purchase Order Idoc Configuration and creation2:19
SAP : Purchase Order Idoc Configuration and demo10:50
Create and process purchase order idocs in SAP, generate sales orders and confirmations, and capture vendor acknowledgements via idocs for EDI integration.
SAP : Inbound ORDERS to Sales Order : Configuration5:23
SAP : Inbound ORDERS to Sales Order : Demo of WE1911:57
SAP : Inbound ORDERS to Sales Order : Demo11:57
SAP : Inbound ORDERS to Sales Order : Demo part 24:26
Demonstrate posting an inbound idoc as a sales order with a populated ai header, minimal segments, and a single item line, then debug via the inbound function module and WEO2.
SAP : Outbound ORDERS to Sales Order Confirmation : Config and Demo4:41
SAP : Inbound ORDERS to Purchase Order Confirmation : Config and Demo10:12
Learn how inbound idocs convert a sales order confirmation into a purchase order update, including header and item mapping, qualifiers, and practical config with function modules and error handling.
Material in Idocs : GTIN and EAN 113:37
GTIN numbers map a product to multiple units of measure—from box to pallet—enabling easy purchasing and SAP idoc interfaces via EAN 11.

Requirements

None
Have access to a SAP client

Description

Future proof your career by expanding your knowledge into SAP EDI Supply Chain, one of the most in demand skills in today's SAP market.

Added for 2022 : Debugging SAP Enterprise Services / Webservices Interface.

This is not just another Idoc or EDI course. SAP roles don't stop at Idocs creation so why should this course! Instead, this course covers the how to implementation the Supply Chain Interfaces using industry standard messages (like EDIFACT and X12), middleware, and SAP Idocs. If you want to know about SAP interfaces, this is the course.

Want to improve your knowledge in SAP's Supply Chain EDI technology? Want that role in SAP? Want to know how SAP inbound and outbound interfaces are configured and what values are required to get them work? Should you update the delivery date or confirmation date on a purchase order once it is confirmed? Or why the purchase order and sales order uses the ORDERS Idoc?

This course answers all of that, and which cheat sheets!

With today's growing complexity in the area of Supply Chain and all most, if not all communication being done electronically, , having experience, expertise and knowledge in this area is essential in today's job marketplace.

That is why I am excited about this course. This course covers BOTH the business context how the process should work and how it is to be configured in SAP R/3, across the different modules in SAP. No other course will cover these SAP modules in this kind of scope as to give you an end to end vision of the SAP Supply Chain EDI & Idoc Architecture. This is usually the role of SAP SCM Solution Architect and it takes years of experience to understand all of the integration points.

The course will cover Supply Chain topics such as :

The Purchase Order & Sales Order model. This includes both order creation and order confirmation
Outbound delivery, Post Goods Issue and ASN process and Idoc creation
Shipment tendering and status updates
Invoice creation and clearing
Enterprise Services

This course covers the Sales and Distribution (SD), Material Management (MM) , Purchasing, and Transportation, Account Receivable modules of SAP.

On the SAP side, we will be covering

The configuration of each and every Idoc used in the process. This includes both the partner determination and message outputs
A cheat sheet so that you have all of the setting at your finger tips as to implement any of these Idcos
What values, qualifiers and setting are required to process an inbound Idoc
SAP "Best Practice" when implementing Idocs.

Who this course is for:

Anyone that wants further expand their knowledge into the Supply Chain area, SAP or other wise.
SAP consultants that want to expand their knowledge from a "single" module various other modules in the Supply Chain space.
Anyone that wants to understand the core concepts of the Interfaces and Idcos in the Supply Chain, especially in SAP
Anyone that wants to be learn the end to end process in the supply chain in SAP, and not stop at a particular module.
Anyone that wants to learn how to integrate the various SAP modules into one coherent Supply Chain process.
SAP consultants wanting to be Solution Architects. Being able to integration the various systems is key to this role.
Anyone applying for a SAP role or interview. Employees want to see end to end integration and business process knowledge in their candidates.

SAP Supply Chain : Learn EDI & Idocs Interface Architecture

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 8min

Access to SAP7 lectures • 33min

Update for 20251 lecture • 8min

Using SE16H2 lectures • 9min

What Is the Supply Chain EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)Architecture2 lectures • 17min

Electronic Data Interchange3 lectures • 33min

Middleware in the EDI Architecture5 lectures • 30min

SAP Idocs8 lectures • 59min

SAP Purchase Order to Sales Order Process & Idocs12 lectures • 1hr 24min

Outbound Delivery5 lectures • 25min

Requirements

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