EDI processing

Outbound processing starts by running the Translate Outbound job from the job scheduler.

Inbound processing is performed by running the Translate Inbound EDI job from the job scheduler.

Outbound processing

  1. Select EDI > Key Processes > Translate Outbound Data .
  2. Specify this information:
    Data Source
    Select a data source that this record corresponds to.
    Process Type
    Select the type of outbound processing. Usually, you will select Translate and Send to translate your application data and then transmit it to the carrier identified on the trading partner record. These are the values supported for outbound processing:
    • Translate and Send: Translate application data to EDI and and data exchange.
    • Translate Only: Translate application data to EDI but do not transmit. Instead write EDI data to EDI Work. This option is most often used for testing.
    Delete Input Data
    Clear this check box when testing so that data is not deleted.
    Log Level
    Select the appropriate log level.
    • Select INFO to only log general processing/translation information. For example, Beginning Translate Outbound Of Data.
    • Select WARNING to only log warnings that are not fatal and do not stop translations.
    • Select SEVERE to only log severe or fatal errors that stop translation. For example, Trading partner not found.
    • Select ALL to log everything when processing/translating.
  3. Click OK to run the process or click Schedule to schedule the process to run later.

    Typically, you will use the job that you define here as a step in a larger job. For example, you can run one or several of the interface programs first to extract outbound purchase order data from Purchasing, then run Translate Outbound to translate and transmit the extracted data.

Inbound processing

  1. Select EDI > Key Processes > Translate Inbound Data .
  2. Specify this information:
    Carrier
    Specify the name of the carrier from whom you are receiving EDI-formatted data. If carrier is blank, then all inbound transactions for any inbound carrier are processed from the data exchange.
    Process Type
    Select the type of inbound processing that applies to this job. Typically, you will select Translate And Add to connect to a carrier and pull down EDI data, then translate it to application format.

    These are the values supported for inbound processing:

    • Translate And Add: Receive EDI data and translate it to application format.
    • Translate Only: Translate EDI data to application format but do not receive it. This option is most often used for testing.
    Log Level
    Select the appropriate log level.
    • Select INFO to only log general processing/translation information.
    • Select WARNING to only log warnings that are not fatal and do not stop translations.
    • Select SEVERE to only log severe or fatal errors that stop translation. For example, Trading partner not found.
    • Select ALL to log everything when processing/translating.
  3. Click OK to run the process now or click Schedule to schedule the process to run later.

    Typically, you use the job you define here as a step in a larger job. You run Translate Inbound to receive and translate inbound data, then run one or several of the interface programs to import the data.