B2B Gateway

simplifies the order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles and reduces the cycle time with end-to-end processing and handling of the exchange of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages with your partners, including the X12 and EDIFACT EDI standards.

If any of your partners do not use EDI, you can use

B2B Gateway

to exchange any other type of file, for example, CSV, XML, or Excel files.

Informatica Cloud

B2B Gateway

is one of several services available in

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services

. When you log into

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services

, the My Services page displays the

B2B Gateway

service and services that apply to partner management. The My Services page might also include other services that you subscribe to and trial versions of other services.

The following services apply to

B2B Gateway

:

Data Integration
. Manage data integration projects and create assets such as mappings to move your files to and from your backend system.
Administrator
. Perform administrative tasks such as creating users and managing privileges, downloading Secure Agents and configuring runtime environments, configuring connections, managing licenses, and creating schedules.
Monitor
. Check the status of imports and exports that are in progress and imports and exports that have completed.
B2B Partners Portal
. Extend tracking and monitoring capabilities to your trading partner companies. Trading partners use
B2B Partners Portal
to track and monitor file events for the messages that they exchange with your organization.