Customer Reviews

The SAP R/3 Guide to EDI and Interfaces

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There is quite valuable information for both EDI developers and project management leads smattered within -- my bias being from a project managment standpoint. The material is possibly worthy of four (possibly even five!) stars, but is presented quasi-reference style (read: haphazardly), in asides, and sprinkled liberally with anecdotes, quotations, and amateur pen and ink drawings. The writing style is informal, practically conversational at times, and, in small doses, refreshing. I'd be more than interested in seeing a review of the original German text... maybe it works better in the native tongue...

But the sad truth is this book was/is extremely difficult to read -- the translation from German is quite poor, almost unbelievably so at times. It's almost as if the original text was run through translation software and published as such without ever once being viewed by a native English-speaker. If Vieweg is truly interested in publishing to the English-speaking technical market, they may want to invest in SOMEONE with fluency in English so they can perform even a rudimentary edit of the material prior to publication.

Should have known when the reply card (nur auf Deutsch!) fell out of the book upon opening that this was going to be one of those challenge reads!

This is the best book of the 3 available IDOC/ALE titles - but just for professionals, who want to get the essentials for the IDOC/ALE interface, and how to use workflow in that context.
It's thin (120 pages ?), but it focuses on the real important facts and informations.
It has just small chapters of explanation. But if you're familiar with SAP it's the best to get the issue in a very short time but almost complete.

(for SAP-beginners I would rather recommend the book from A. Nagpal et al)

Excellent reference source for consultants learning about the EDI interface and ALE. The book gives real world answers and cuts straight to the heart of the matter. I highly recommend the book for consultants working on the subsystem side as well as those consultants working EDI on the SAP side of the project.

By far, the best book on IDOCs that I have come across. A precise, succinct and down-to-earth literature for picking up skills on ALE/EDI-IDOCs, this book also carries a very user-friendly, real-time and pragmatic approach to learning IDOCs. With an SAP System besides, this book took me just a couple of hours to master the whole of it.

The book starts with a remark - IDOCs are simple to learn, tough to explain. But the authors have dispelled the notion, disproving it totally. It is a handy book for developers/consultants, and I think it is a bare necessity for Project Managers. The time estimate given in the book for accomplishing EDI Solutions stands as a great enlightener for the Project Managers with Integration Projects at hand.

On a scale of one to five stars, this book very badly needs a ten.

Easy to read and excellent in examples.
The best book about IDOCs/ALE.