Configuring an AS2 outbound exchange profile

An exchange profile defines the configuration that is required to exchange documents with a trading partner. It also defines how the message or document that is sent or received must be processed in B2B Advanced Communications.

1. Click Exchanges > Exchange Profiles.
2. On the Exchange Profiles page, click New > AS2 Outbound.
3. In the New Exchange Profile dialog box, specify values for the following fields and click Save.

   Field	Description
   Profile name	Specify a unique name for the exchange profile.
   Exchange pattern	Select AS2 Outbound.

4. Click Edit corresponding to the Basic Properties section, specify values for the following fields, and click Save.
   Note: When configuring the exchange profile, do not assign the value Any to the following fields:

   • Document type alias
   • Receiver ID
   • Sender ID

   Any is a reserved value. It is used for exchange profile look up when the any of the preceding fields do not have a user assigned value.

   Field	Description
   Name	Name of the exchange profile. The name entered in the Profile name field is populated here.
   Description	Optional. Type a description for the exchange profile.
   Document type alias	Specify the alias for the document type. Document type alias must specify the type of file that is exchanged. For example, XML, EDI, and TXT.i

5. In the Participating Organizations section, specify values for the following fields.

   Field	Description
   Owner Organization	Click Select and select the owner organization. In an outbound exchange profile, the owner organization is the sender.
   Sender ID	Optional: Click New and type a sender ID. The sender ID is the unique business identifier that is used to identify your organization. The ID can be mutually agreed on or assigned by an international code designator. For example, a DUNS ID.
   Trading Partner Organization	Click Select and select the trading partner organization. The trading partner is the receiver. To create a new trading partner organization, click New Organization. Alternatively, you can select Use Anonymous Partner for authentication and authorization, instead of configuring a partner organization in the system. The anonymous partner allows you to represent more than one partner through the anonymous partner mechanism. This mechanism supports many trading partners (or individual users) without needing to configure an organization (identity representation in the system), specific certificates, and exchange details for each one.
   Receiver ID	Optional: Click New and type a receiver ID. The receiver ID is the unique business identifier that is used to identify your partner. The ID can be mutually agreed on or assigned by an international code designator. For example, a DUNS ID.

6. In the Trigger: Receive Message Data from Source section, define the trigger for the exchange.

   Field	Description
   Messaging Receiver	Click Select and select the messaging receiver where the business application sends the message data. When the business application sends the message data to the specified messaging receiver, the AS2 outbound flow is triggered. To create a new message receiver, click New Receiver.

7. In the Action: Send AS2 Message to Trading Partner section, specify the HTTP or HTTPS destination, connection settings, security policy, and security settings for the message exchange.

   Field	Description
   Select destination	Click Select and select the required HTTP or HTTPS destination (trading partner destination). To create a new destination, click New HTTP or HTTPS destination. When you use anonymous partner, you must include the destination URL in the business document object. The documents are delivered to the specified URL using the configuration that was specified in the exchange profile. When you associate a destination with an anonymous partner, the destination URL is displayed as optional. If you want to use encryption for anonymous partner, you must provide an encryption certificate in the business document object as part of the Receiving Partner. Note: These are the possible values for the encryption related properties when selecting an anonymous partner. For the AES encryption algorithm, the possible key lengths are 128, 192, and 256. For the DES encryption algorithm, the possible key length is 56. For the DESEDE encryption algorithm, the possible key lengths are 112 and 168. For the RC2 encryption algorithm, the possible key lengths are 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112, 120 and 128.
   Configure connection	For information about configuring connection settings for an outbound AS2 exchange profile, see Configuring connection settings for AS2 outbound exchange profile
   Select Security Policy	Click Select to select a security policy that can be used for the exchange profile. To create a new security policy, click New Security Policy.
   Configure security	For information about configuring security settings for an AS2 outbound exchange profile, see Configuring security settings for AS2 outbound exchange profile

8. In the Deploy Exchange Profile section, click Deploy to deploy the exchange profile.
   Note: The Deploy button is enabled only when all the sections of the exchange profile are in Complete status.
9. Optional: Click Information to exchange with the partner organization to view authentication and certificate related information specific to the owner organization and the trading partner.