An existing application for processing shipping orders, which was developed by the PTA on the basis of the SAP NetWeaver platform, is to be expanded to include the sending of status messages to users. The control for sending user notifications is done via a web service, which checks all open shipping orders and sends the notifications by e-mail.
Supplement
The application for processing shipping orders is developed in WebDynpro for Java and runs on the SAP NetWeaver platform 2004s. The web service for the evaluation and generation of status messages must therefore also be developed in Java. The mail server for sending the status messages is addressed directly via the SMTP protocol. The web service is called at defined times via a SAP PI. The current status of already sent mails is updated in the application's own database, which is hosted on an Oracle 10 server.
Subject description
In order to keep the customer promptly informed about the shipping status of his goods, various intermediate destinations are defined in the shipping chain. When the shipping process is successfully completed or when one of the intermediate destinations is reached, the customer is notified by e-mail.