IDoc Extract Connector stage

An intermediate document (IDoc) is used to exchange data between SAP systems and external systems that are not SAP systems.

An IDoc can contain data for business transaction, such as a sales order, or master data such as a material master. The specific format of an IDoc is determined by the type of IDoc, which defines a hierarchy of segments. An IDoc segment is like a record in a database and contains a set of named fields. Each of these named fields hold a simple value.