Prerequisites

You should perform these tasks beforehand:

• Create an LSP connection point in ION
• LSP Direct utilizes the connectivity of the LSP service. You must create your accounting entity through Accounting Entity Maintenance and then configure your service using either the LSP Web Services Gateway or ION API as if generating the document within LSP
• Retrieve LCLFileTransferIn and LCLFileTransferOut BOD from KB1594828 and import into the ION BOD desk (on-premise only). For Electronic Vendor Invoices service, InboundInvoice BOD will also be utilized for LSP Direct process by declaring the source tag in the BOD as LSPD. The succeeding steps are no longer required.

This solution allows an ERP, which already generates the proprietary format, to use the LSP connector capability through ION API or LSP web services gateway. You can directly submit your proprietary messages from your ERP and receive responses back.