Technical White Paper
ProLynx SAP A4P Connect Agent Technical White Paper Version Date: 7/15/2005
Author: Gene Eckhart ImageSource, Inc. Proprietary & Confidential
Integration Specifications
Storing Incoming Documents
Purpose
This process is suitable if you want to store incoming documents in your storage system and link them to the corresponding SAP application documents. Incoming documents are all documents that have not been created using SAP script or SAP Smart Forms in your own SAP System: • Scanned documents • Local desktop files (files you have created yourself are also incoming documents for this purpose) • Faxes and e-mails
Process Flow
When storing incoming documents, you carry out two activities: 1. Storing Stores document in storage system 2. One of the following, depending on the storage scenario: • Entering • Enters and books the application document in the SAP System. From a technical point of view, this creates a business object. Or • Assigning • Assigns the document to an existing application document.
Storage Scenarios
ArchiveLink supports different storage scenarios that vary in three aspects: • Automation of document editing o ArchiveLink offers the following options: SAP Business Workflow is integrated. Bar code technology is integrated. No specific technology is integrated. SAP application document o ArchiveLink distinguishes between two variants: The application document is entered for the first time for the incoming document. The application document already exists. The incoming document is assigned to it. Work distribution o ArchiveLink distinguishes between two variants: o The storing, and either the entering or assigning are carried out by two different people at two different locations. o One person at one location carries out the storing and either the entering or assigning.
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