CHAPTER 1 Migrating to Adapter for SAP R/3 Version 3.9
Installation Guide 9
2 Load the outbound format for the newly extended IDoc into a temporary
5.6 database using the 3.9 SAP adapter. (The example assumes an
extended IDoc named ZABSEN1 was made from the base IDoc
ABSEN1.)
3 Export only the outbound format of the IDoc loaded in the previous step
using the NNFie utility provided with Formatter 5.x.
Example:
C:\sybase\bin>nnfie -e zabsen1.oc.5x.exp -m
SAP.OC.ZABSEN1 -s nnfie
4 Edit the configuration file for the conversion tool to indicate:
• The names of the two format export files created in step 1 and step 3
of this procedure.
• The name that yo u want to use for the converted format. (T hi s name
is arbitrary.)
5 To run the conversion tool, type the command using the following as an
example:
sap39idoccnvtool -file=<name of config file>
The format export files and the configuration file used to load the 3.9
schema should be placed in the SAP-3_9/bin folder. The command must
be run from this same folder.
6 Inspect the log file produced by the conversion utility for errors.
7 Import the format created by the conversion utility into the target database
using the NNFie utility provided with Formatter 5.x.
Example:
C:\ConversionTests\>nnfie -i zabsen1.oc.conv.exp -g
-s nnfie
8 Test the format by using it as the target format for reformatting a test
message.
Note The way extended IDocs are treated is the major consideration for the
conversion process between Adapter for SAP R/3 versions 3.8 and 3.9.
Extended IDocs are no longer considered special situations.