The operations that are supported by ALE business objects vary, depending on whether the business object is an outbound or inbound object.
The operation of an ALE outbound business object is invoked by the client application that makes calls to SAP through the adapter. The adapter supports the following outbound operation.
Operation | Definition |
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Execute | Posts the IDoc business object to the SAP application.
This is a one-way, asynchronous operation.
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For ALE inbound business objects, the application-specific information of an operation contains the message type, message code, and message function for an IDoc type. The adapter supports the following inbound operations.
Operation | Definition |
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Create | The top-level business object and all contained children are created. |
Update | The top-level business object is modified. This operation can include adding and deleting child objects. |
Delete | The top-level business object and any contained children are deleted. |