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Partner general properties for EDI and EDIFACT messages

Use the

General

page of the partner wizard to define partner details and message interchange details.

The

General

page includes the following properties for EDI and EDIFACT messages:

Customer or Supplier Details

Customer or Supplier Name: Name of the partner. The name can contain up to 30 characters and must be unique in the organization and can be used either for a customer or for a supplier, not for both.
The name can contain alphanumeric characters, symbols, and special characters, and must not contain angled brackets (< or >).
Customer or Supplier Number: Number of the partner. The number can contain up to 15 characters and must be unique in the organization. The number can contain alphanumeric characters, symbols, and special characters, and must not contain angled brackets (< or >).
Use a number that identifies the partner in your organization.
File Type: Type of files to exchange with the partner. Select
EDI X12
or
EDIFACT
.

Message Interchange Details

Customer or Supplier Interchange Qualifier: Partner interchange qualifier. Optional.
Customer or Supplier Interchange Production ID: Interchange identifier to use for messages of message types that are in production mode, as defined in the
Messages
tab. The identifier can contain up to 15 ASCII characters for X12 message and up to 30 characters for EDIFACT message.
To define multiple interchange production IDs for the partner, click
Manage Multiple IDs
, add the IDs, and click
OK
. You can define up to 50 interchange production IDs.
Customer or Supplier Interchange Test ID: Interchange identifier to use for messages of message types that are in test mode, as defined in the
Messages
tab. The identifier can contain up to 15 ASCII characters for X12 message and up to 30 characters for EDIFACT message.
To define multiple interchange test IDs for the partner, click
Manage Multiple IDs
, add the IDs, and click
OK
. You can define up to 50 interchange test IDs.

When you define interchange IDs for the partner, consider the following requirements:
You must enter at least one partner Interchange ID. For more information, see Partner interchange IDs.
If you define multiple interchange IDs of the same type for the partner, you must pass the interchange ID to use in outbound flows as a parameter in the process-from-backend mapping that you assign to the partner. For more information, see Creating a process-from-backend mapping for outbound EDI message flows.
Customer or Supplier Group ID: Partner group identifier to use in outbound messages as the Application Receiver's Code, GS-03. Applies to X12 messages.
You can use the group identifier to differentiate between groups in your organization, so that the receiver of the messages can redirect the EDI data to the appropriate recipients. For example, assign each department in the organization a unique group identifier.
Organization Interchange Qualifier: Organization interchange qualifier to use in outbound message to your partners. By default, the qualifier that is defined in the organization setup. If you want
B2B Gateway
to use a different qualifier in outbound messages for this partner, enter the qualifier here.
Organization Interchange ID: Organization interchange identifier to use in outbound message to your partners. By default, the identifier that is defined in the organization setup. If you want
B2B Gateway
to use a different identifier in outbound messages for this partner, enter the identifier here.