Financial EDI Interface (FI-EDI)

The FI-EDI interface is intended to connect a bank communications system to the SAP R/3 system. Companies use these Bank Communication Systems to send their payment transaction data to their house banks and to receive account statements etc. from banks to close the financial loop.

Financial EDI
Customer Customer
Payment order Payment order Debit advice Debit advice El. bank statement El. bank statement Paym. Advice Paym. Advice Invoice Invoice Bank transfer Bank transfer

Bank Bank
Payer Payer

FI-EDI Certification
Credit Advice Credit Advice

Vendor Vendor

Bank Bank
Beneficiary Beneficiary

Direct Debit Direct Debit El. bank statement El. bank statement

SAP AG

From the SAP side, the FI-EDI interface is based on IDoc technology, which is independent of EDI standards. The following data can be transferred using the FI-EDI interface: R/3-Outbound messages: Payment orders, direct debits IDocs are transferred from the R/3 System to the Bank Communication System. R/3-Inbound messages: Debit advices, credit advices, bank statements, lockbox data IDocs are transferred from the Bank Communication System to the R/3 System. Status report: The Bank Communication System sends a status report to the R/3 System on the progress of the processing of the outbound IDocs. Bank Communication Systems perform the following tasks related to EDI processing: Conversion of data: IDoc EDI message Message and Interchange Handling Communication Administration of partner profiles Monitoring of processing Certification of an Bank Communication System involves technical testing of the interface between the R/3 System and the Bank Communication System. The transfer of outbound IDocs, inbound IDocs and status reports is tested. Also, the inbound IDocs are tested whether their content corresponds to the outbound IDocs. The test is carried out by using the following IDocs: IDoc type PEXR2001: Outbound Direct Debit Outbound Extended Payment Order Inbound Debit Advice Inbound Credit Advice IDoc type FINSTA01: Inbound Account Statement Message type DIRDEB PAYEXT DEBADV CREEXT Message type FINSTA