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  1. Preface
  2. Introducing B2B Gateway
  3. B2B Gateway administration
  4. Project and asset management
  5. EDI X12 and EDIFACT Messages
  6. Custom files with custom mappings
  7. Inbound Custom Files with Intelligent Structure Discovery
  8. File transfer tasks
  9. Partners
  10. Tracking and Monitoring Events
  11. B2B Gateway REST APIs
  12. Glossary

B2B Gateway

B2B Gateway

Creating a partner for custom files with custom mappings

Creating a partner for custom files with custom mappings

Create a customer in the
New Customer
wizard, or create a supplier in the
New Supplier
wizard.
  1. Click
    New
    and select
    Partners
    Customer
    or
    Partners
    Supplier
    , as applicable.
    The
    New Customer
    or
    New Supplier
    wizard appears.
  2. In the
    General
    page enter the partner name and number and then, from the
    File Type
    list, select
    Custom
    . Clear the option
    Use intelligent structure discovery
    and then click
    Next
    .
    The
    Inbound
    page appears.
  3. To define an inbound flow, perform the following steps:
    1. Select the connection type for the flow and configure connection details.
    2. If you selected the
      Advanced FTP V2
      ,
      Advanced FTPS V2
      , or
      Advanced SFTP V2
      connection type, select the connection where
      B2B Gateway
      creates files for the partner and the action that
      B2B Gateway
      performs on the files after pickup.
    3. If you selected the
      File Servers
      connection type, you can select a file transfer task in the
      Pre-Process
      area and define the task variables. You can select one of the following file transfer tasks:
      Name
      Description
      Decrypt
      Decrypts files that the partner uploads to the file server before the files are sent to
      B2B Gateway
      . For more information, see Decrypt.
      Decompress
      Decompresses files that the partner uploads to the file server before the files are sent to
      B2B Gateway
      . For more information, see Decompress.
    4. Select an inbound mapping and the location where
      B2B Gateway
      saves the mapping.
    5. If applicable, select a process-to-backend mapping and the location where
      B2B Gateway
      saves the mapping.
    6. If the mappings contain parameters, optionally enter parameter values on the
      Mapping Parameters
      lists.
    7. Click
      Next
      .
    The
    Outbound
    page appears.
    If the outbound flow uses the same connection as the inbound flow, and the connection type is File Servers, Local Folder/MFT, FTP Client, or SFTP Client, click
    Copy Details from Inbound
    to populate the
    Outbound
    page with details that you entered in the
    Inbound
    page and then edit the outbound details, as required.
  4. To define an outbound flow, perform the following steps:
    1. Select the connection type for the flow and configure connection details.
    2. If you selected the
      Advanced FTP V2
      ,
      Advanced FTPS V2
      ,
      Advanced SFTP V2
      , or
      AS2 Client
      connection type, select the connection where
      B2B Gateway
      creates files for the partner.
    3. If you selected the
      File Servers
      connection type, you can select a file transfer task in the
      Post-Process
      area and define the task variables. You can select one of the following file transfer tasks:
      Name
      Description
      Encrypt
      Encrypts files that you send to the partner before they are upload to the file server. For more information, see Encrypt.
      Compress
      Compresses files that you send to the partner before they are upload to the file server. For more information, see Compress.
    4. Select a process-from-backend mapping and the location where
      B2B Gateway
      saves the mapping.
    5. If applicable, select an outbound mapping and the location where
      B2B Gateway
      saves the mapping.
    6. If the mappings contain parameters, optionally enter parameter values on the
      Mapping Parameters
      lists.
    7. Define a schedule for the flow.
    8. Click
      Save
      .
    The partner you created shows on the
    Explore
    page.

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