Creating the configuration object for the IDOC outbound interface

PROCEDURE:

1. Create a new object definition with a description and the name of the tested interface.

2. In Object Variables Settings, define variables names and descriptions. 
3. In Variable Processing, define actions and variable processors that will process each of the variables data
4. Define Additional Parameters
5. Define Number Ranges that can be used, e.g., to generate values for messages created after the test case execution. 
6. Define Xpath Exceptions (output msg)

For more details about XPaths, go to the Object Definition page.

Outbound IDOC test cases require the IDOC to be created as part of the test case execution. This can be achieved in the following ways:

1. Creating parent-child relation between IDOC outbound test case and other test case which is triggering the IDOC. This can be e.g. an inbound scenario, message control test case or UI script
2. Configuring the trigger using Message Control.
3. Setting automation object parameter INJECTIDOC = 'X'. This parameter can be used to inject new IDOC directly to the outbound processing queue. IDOC content is taken from test case payload and can be modified before injection using variable processing or XSLT.

IDOC status validation can be enabled by additional parameter IDOCVALSTA.