Configuring your ALE solution

1. Confirm business requirements - Before commencing configuration ensure that you have the detail of the business requirements for the whole scope of the implementation.

2. Configure the ALE basis portion to enable ALE in the development environment. This involves the following steps:
* Create Logical System (LS) for each applicable ALE-enabled client;
* Link client to Logical System on the respective servers;
* Create background user, to be used by ALE, on each client;
* Create RFC destination for each destination client; and
* Generate partner profiles for sending system. (Can only do this if at least 1 message type exists against the sending system's LS). This automatically generates the port if the LS and RFC name are the same.

3. Following the basis configuration is the functional configuration:
* Create a Customer Distribution Model (CDM);
* Add appropriate message types and filters to the CDM;
* Generate outbound partner profiles;
* Distribute the CDM to the receiving systems; and
* Generate inbound partner profiles on each of the clients.