Using external/third party program
EDI supports the use of third party programs through command line execution.
The exit code of the command is captured by the EDI job and messages may be captured to the job log.
The command line to execute is specified in the Host field on the carrier record. parameters to the command line can be specified in the host field or supplied in remaining fields on the carrier record and referenced in the host field. This can be used if the literal command line exceeds the size of the host field.
Host field: command
login password
1 2 3 4 5 6
If different commands are needed for sending and receiving, you must set up a separate carrier record for each.
Setup for using EXTERNAL/Third Party Provider
| Carrier | Carrier Name. Any unique identifier. |
| Method | Any value. |
| Provider | EXT |
| Host | Command line to execute. |
| Login | Value to substituted for "login" in the host field |
| Access | Value to substituted for "password" in the host field |
| User Field 1 | Value to substituted for "1" in the host field |
| User Field 2 | Value to substituted for "2" in the host field |
| User Field 3 | Value to substituted for "3" in the host field |
| User Field 4 | Value to substituted for "4" in the host field |
| User Field 5 | Value to substituted for "5" in the host field |
| User Field 6 | Value to substituted for "6" in the host field |