The first task in creating an EDI trading partner profile is to enter the following trading partner information:
Trading partner's ISA ID.
Trading partner's name.
Name of your network provider.
EDI standard used with this trading partner.
ISA version agreed upon between you and your trading partner.
Enter this information in the top sections of the EDI Trading Partner Profile Maintenance screen.
Note: You can mass load some information for your trading partner documents, see Mass Uploading EDI Trading Partner Settings in the Report Writer/Mass Load documentation.
To enter trading partner information:
From the System > System Programming > EDI > EDI Maintenance menu, select EDI Trading Partner Maintenance to display the EDI Trading Partner Profile Maintenance screen.
Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.
In the Trading Partner ID field, press F10, select New, and press Enter. Then enter the qualifier and interchange ID, separated by a tilde (~). For example, enter 01~001181858.
The trading partner assigns these numbers to you.
In the Name field, enter the name by which to identify this trading partner.
In the Transmission Method field, press F10 and select your network provider (VAN).
The system populates the EDI Standard field, with the EDI record layout standard used with this trading partner. The available standards are:
X-X12 - ASC X12, the standard created by the Accredited Standards Committee, which was chartered to develop uniform standards for electronic interchange of business transactions.
T-UCS - Uniform Communication Standard, the electronic data interchange standard used by the grocery industry and other wholesale and retail-oriented industry sectors.
To synchronize control numbers from a previous system with those to be assigned by the Eclipse system, enter the numbers in the Last Ctrl # Sent and Received fields. Otherwise, leave these fields blank.
These fields display the system-assigned control numbers identifying the last EDI envelopes exchanged by your company with this trading partner.
In the ISA Version field, press F10 and select the version used by your trading partner.
Press Esc to save this information and exit the EDI Trading Partner Profile Maintenance screen.
See Also:
Creating Trading Partner Profiles