An entity that defines data flow from a data source to the

B2B Data Exchange

publication repository and the data publishing schedule. The publication publishes the data to a topic that defines the structure of the data in the publication repository. When a publication runs,

B2B Data Exchange

extracts the data set from the application, processes the data, and writes the data to the publication repository. You can then create one or more subscriptions to process and write the published data set to target applications.