Viewing trading partner details

A company administrator (admin) or can add, edit, or view the connections in detail in the Trading partners connections list page.

About this task

You can:

Edit, lock, or delete the connection.
Sort the connections list in the ascending or descending order by clicking a column heading.
Unlock and transfer the connection for editing.

Use the search functions on the Connections list page to refine the search results. The search is not case-sensitive. Therefore, you can enter any part of the connection name. Use the Filter function to refine the results according to business alias.

The Trading partner list page includes the following information:

Connection name: The name you input that represents the trading partner when you first create the profile for the connection setup with this partner.
Connection type: The setup for this connection is private or public. A private connection is set up to receive or send data between the trading partner and your company. A public connection is set up to receive or send data between the trading partner and your company. And you can share a public connection among others associates within IBM Sterling B2B Integration SaaS.
If your connection is of the hybrid type, the Connection type field displays the hybrid icon.
Filter: Filters the trading partner connections according to business alias.
Direction: The direction of the connection you set to receive data from or send data to Configuration Hub.
Owned by: The creator for this specific connection. This is useful especially when you use the connection from other trading partners.
Protocol: This field displays the protocol. If you have not set the connection type as hybrid, the protocol is set to API.
Status: Shows whether the connection is working in progress, in production or in pending.
If the status is set to Error, see Deleted or missing keys of connections.