What is WLF_IDOC?
SAP has released a new transaction for monitoring IDOCs with EhP5 SP10 and EhP6 SP07 (SAP_APPL application component).
It's a nice transaction which is very interesting for people who have to deal with IDOCs in production environments. It combines the functions of BD87, WE02 and WE05 in a more modern UI than you know it from the older transactions:
- overview
- IDOC detail view
- change status directly without using program RC1_IDOC_SET_STATUS
- compare different IDOCs with each other
- copy IDOCs (and remove segments)
- send IDOC to another system using RFC (not tried yet due to missing authorizations)
This screenshot should give a small impression (the toolbar icons realize the above mentioned functionality):
If you are used to BD87 or WE02 then you can easily use WLF_IDOC.
How do I get it?
If you're interested in how to make it easier for your users to handle ALE-monitoring have a look at SAP note 1724644 "IDOC Monitor". You cannot import the new monitoring tool by using SNOTE - you have to upgrade your support package level.
First impressions?
At first maybe you run in trouble with missing release information in IDOC segments (error message EA 257 in status bar if you klick on one IDOC) - therefore you can refer SAP note 1910051.
What's missing?
Due to some minor issues (like short dumps) I have not seen all functionality provided by the tool yet. But on a first look I couldn't find a funtion to display IDOCs as XML (like in an IS-U specific transaction called EDATEXMON01, there you can display all IDOCs as XML) which makes it easier to find values (Strg + F) and get an comprehensive view on the IDOC.
As soon there are new technical expertise findings I will update this blog.