Interface: SHOP - XML Field links Version 2011.00

This documentation describes the AbaConnect Interface XML Field links for the SHOP Application.


General Information

General information about the AbaConnect interface.

AbaConnect Interface Information
Application :SHOP
Interface Name :XML Field links
ID :XML Fieldmapping Definition ( Masterdata )
Version :2011.00
Status:Productive


Displays the possible import and export features for this interface.

Export / Import Modus
Export :XML
Import :XML


Displays additional information for this interface.

Additional Information

                                  Highest field Revision for this interface : 0



Mapping Information

The following displays the Mapping details for this interface.

Mapping Information
Mapping ID :AbaDefault
Mapping Name :
Description :

                



Example AbaConnect XML Structure

The following is an example of an XML Header structure. This information is also visible in an AbaConnect XML Export file, that has been exported via the Abacus AbaConnect User Interface.

AbaConnect XML Struktur
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<AbaConnectContainer>
  <TaskCount>1</TaskCount>
  <Task>
    <Parameter>
      <Application>SHOP</Application>
      <Id>XML Fieldmapping Definition</Id>
      <MapId>AbaDefault</MapId>
      <Version>2011.00</Version>
      <!-- Attention : The client number (Mandant) is optional and implies that the data can only be imported into specified client (Mandant) -->
      <!-- The Client Option (Mandant) only has an influence when importing data. It can be configured in the AbaConnect Export Settings. -->
      <!-- By default, the client number (Mandant) is not written to the export file -->
      <Mandant>7777</Mandant>
    </Parameter>
    <Transaction>
      <FieldMappingDefinition mode='SAVE'>
          <!-- The specific data fields for the AbaConnect interface are included here. -->
      </FieldMappingDefinition>
    </Transaction>
  </Task>
</AbaConnectContainer>



Example AbaConnect Command Line

The following includes examples of AbaConnect Command Line. The AbaConnect Command Line is executed with the abaconnectexportconsole.exe and abaconnectimportconsole.exe programmes. The AbaConnect Command Line must be run direct on the Abacus server. More detailed information about AbaConnect Command Line is available on the Abacus Homepage. The following examples serve as starting point for creating a simple command line.

AbaConnect Command Line
Export :
abaconnectexportconsole.exe "/USRuser" "/PWxxx"  "-aSHOP"  "-version2011.00"  "-M7777"  "-acidXML Fieldmapping Definition"  "-mapidAbaDefault"  "-datamodeXML"  "-responseYES"  "-responsefileX:\response.xml"  "-exportfileX:\data.xml"

Import :
abaconnectimportconsole.exe "/USRuser" "/PWxxx"  "-aSHOP"  "-version2011.00"  "-M7777"  "-datamodeXML"  "-responseYES"  "-responsefileX:\response.xml"  "-importfileX:\data.xml"

N.B. : For importing XML data, it is not necessary to specify the Interface ID and Mapping on the Command Line. This information is contained in the XML Import file.



Mapping Structure

The following displays a simplified mapping structure for this interface.
The XML-Element and Parent-Name are always in english. Click on the row to display additional information.

XML Element Name Field Name Parent Name Type Length Mandatory
FieldMappingDefinitionLink---Yes
    - IDLink IDFieldMappingDefinitionNumber10Yes
    - RelationTypeLink typeFieldMappingDefinitionNumber2Yes
    - RelationNameLink nameFieldMappingDefinitionText50Yes
    - DirectionLink directionFieldMappingDefinitionText1Yes
    - FieldMappingDetailLink detail dataFieldMappingDefinitionBinary-Yes
    - DivisionDivisionFieldMappingDefinitionNumber8No
    - VersionNumberVersion numberFieldMappingDefinitionNumber8No



Field Information

The following is a detailed description of the fields used in this interface.

Link ID
XML Element Name:ID
Parent Element:FieldMappingDefinition
Field Type:Nummer
Action Type:Import und Export
Field Length:   10Decimal Places:   0Mandatory Field:   YesRevision:   0Ascii ID :   1
Description:

                                  (The internal field ID for this element is "ID")
                    

Link type
XML Element Name:RelationType
Parent Element:FieldMappingDefinition
Field Type:Nummer
Action Type:Import und Export
Field Length:   2Decimal Places:   0Mandatory Field:   YesRevision:   0Ascii ID :   2
Description:

                                  (The internal field ID for this element is "RelationType")
                    

Link name
XML Element Name:RelationName
Parent Element:FieldMappingDefinition
Field Type:Text
Action Type:Import und Export
Field Length:   50Decimal Places:   0Mandatory Field:   YesRevision:   0Ascii ID :   3
Description:

                                  (The internal field ID for this element is "RelationName")
                    

Link direction
XML Element Name:Direction
Parent Element:FieldMappingDefinition
Field Type:Text
Action Type:Import und Export
Field Length:   1Decimal Places:   0Mandatory Field:   YesRevision:   0Ascii ID :   4
Description:

                                  (The internal field ID for this element is "Direction")
                    

Link detail data
XML Element Name:FieldMappingDetail
Parent Element:FieldMappingDefinition
Field Type:Binary data
Action Type:Import und Export
Field Length:   -Decimal Places:   0Mandatory Field:   YesRevision:   0Ascii ID :   5
Description:

                                  (The internal field ID for this element is "FieldMappingDetail")
                    

Division
XML Element Name:Division
Parent Element:FieldMappingDefinition
Field Type:Nummer
Action Type:Import und Export
Field Length:   8Decimal Places:   0Mandatory Field:   NoRevision:   0Ascii ID :   6
Description:

                                  (The internal field ID for this element is "Division")
                    

Version number
XML Element Name:VersionNumber
Parent Element:FieldMappingDefinition
Field Type:Nummer
Action Type:Import und Export
Field Length:   8Decimal Places:   0Mandatory Field:   NoRevision:   0Ascii ID :   7
Description:

                                  (The internal field ID for this element is "VersionNumber")