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Linking Documents and InvoicesPurposeYou can use SAP ArchiveLink to link FI-CA documents to the original invoices created in the EBS. This rovides the relevant accounting clerks !ith direct access to the invoice sent to the customer !ithout having to call it u in a di"erent s#stem. In this !a#$ the in%ormation regarding a given customer is availa&le in integrated %orm$ ena&ling the clerk to rovide customers !ith otimum in%ormation and advice.PrerequisitesThe rere'uisite %or using the I(oc inter%ace is %or the SAP ArchiveLink and the connection toa corresonding$ SAP-certi)ed archiving s#stem to have &een con)gured. For detailed in%ormation on the SAP ArchiveLink $ re%er to the SAP Li&rar# under Basis Comonents Basis Services*Communication Inter%acesSAP ArchiveLink . Furthermore$ the rint s#stemand the SAP s#stem or archiving s#stem need to share a hard disk or a hard disk s#stem. In other !ords$ the )les have to &e stored in %olders that can &e accessed all s#stems involved.Process FlowArchivingThe )les containing the images +otical reresentations o% the invoices in a grahic )le, o% the original invoices are stored in an otical archive and are managed an archiving s#stem. The structure o% the I(oc inter%ace is reresented in the I(oc &asic t#e F--.EBS.A/C.(0C. This I(oc &asic t#e consists o% one segment + E1LI2-,$ !here one line o% this segment corresonds to one data record. The I(oc inter%ace uses the &asic %unctions o% the SAP ArchiveLink . It serves as the connection &et!een the document stored in an e3ternal archiving s#stem and the FI-CA documents. 0n account o% the connection &et!een the individual I(oc inter%aces and the assignment o% a ke# +A4SYS$ A4-EY$ A4TYP,$ documents and invoice documents can &e trans%erred %rom the otical archive concurrentl# and indeendentl#. I% the corresonding invoice documents have not #et &een osted in the contract accounts receiva&le and a#a&le$ then entries re%erencing the FI-CA documents to &e created su&se'uentl# are made at this oint in the link ta&le. The entr# in the ke# )eld 0B5ECT.I( is the linked character string consisting o% the individual )elds o% the ke#. 4hen the invoices documents are trans%erred su&se'uentl#$ the corresonding FI-CA document is osted. In this rocess$ the same ke# is determined during I(oc rocessing and entered in the document header +ta&le (F---0,. This ensures that there is al!a#s a link &et!een an FI-CA document and the invoice )le.The reresentations o% the invoices are stored as grahic )les. The# are entered an SAP archiving s#stem$ then archived and linked !ith an SAP &usiness o&6ect using SAP ArchiveLinks . In this conte3t$ archiving is to &e understood as issuing the document to &e archived !ith a document I( that is uni'ue !ithin an archive. I% )les have alread# &een entered and archived an SAP archiving s#stem$ the corresonding document I( 6ust has to &e entered using the I(oc inter%ace. For this$ #ou have to set the A/C.FLA7 indicator in the I(oc structure and enter the corresonding ke# in the )eld (0C.L0C. The document I( is entered in the )eld A/C.(0C.I( o% the link ta&le.The SAP s#stem can also er%orm archiving indeendentl#. In such cases$ the ath name and)le name o% the image can &e entered in the I(oc instead o% the document I(. For this$ the A/C.FLA7 indicator must not &e set. The ath and )le name need to &e entered in the )eld (0C.L0C. The document I( is generated in the SAP s#stem. The in%ormation is trans%erred to an archiving s#stem that stores the documents. Then the link ta&les o% the SAP ArchiveLinks are udated.Access to the Archived DocumentsFrom an FI-CA document$ the ke# +consisting o% the )elds A4SYS$ A4-EY$ and A4TYP, can &e used to access the archived documents and to make a connection to the original invoice. An FI-CA document !ith a document num&er +0PBEL, re%ers to e3actl# one invoice and is there%ore linked !ith e3actl# one )le +image, in the archive. The ke# +!hich is uni'ue at the document level, is entered in the ke# )eld 0B5ECT.I( o% the link ta&le as a com&ined character string. 4hen com&ined !ith the )eld SAP.0B5ECT +CA./EF.(0C see &elo!,$ a uni'ue ke# is achieved$ !hich contains the archive I( and the document I(. 0n the &asis o% these t!o )elds$ the SAP ArchiveLink is a&le to determine the ath name and )le name o% the re'uested )le and to disla# these using an e3ternal rogram +such as Ado&e Acro&at /eader %or P(F documents,.The link &et!een an FI-CA document and the otical archive is created using an instance o% the o&6ect t#e CA./EF.(0C. The ke# )elds o% the o&6ect t#e are identical !ith the ke# )elds A4SYS$ A4-EY$ and A4TYP. 4hen the ke# )elds o% the o&6ect t#e are )lled the corresonding )elds o% the FI-CA document$ an instance o% the o&6ect t#e is created. The o&6ect method Archive(isla# uses the ke# )elds to access the link ta&le$ reads the archive I( and the document I($ and trans%ers this in%ormation to an SAP ArchiveLink standard %unction module. 8sing the trans%erred in%ormation$ this %unction module determines the ath and )le name as !ell as the corresonding alication$ e3ecutes that alication$ and oens the relevant )le.The o&6ect method LinkCheck checks !hether there is an entr# in the link ta&le %or an FI-CA document. I% there is such an entr#$ a link is generated to re%er to the document in the archive. A user can then choose this link to disla# the document.0&6ect T#e CA./EF.(0C 9 /e%erence (ocument %or an FI-CA (ocumentKey Fields Attributes Methods A4SYS A4-EY A4TYP 0&6ectT#e Archive(ocI( E3istenceCheck (isla# LinkCheck Archive(isla#


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