Business Goals

You can use predefined business processes, that are included when you install Sterling B2B Integrator, to accomplish common business goals.

The following table lists business goals and the predefined business process that accomplishes the goals:

Business Goal Business Process For More Information, See
Extracts ACH (Automated Clearing House) documents, such as a Payment Order/Remittance Advice Transaction Set (820), from a CTX interchange-level envelope and locates an associated contract, according to the content of the documents. ACHDeenvelope then starts the appropriate business process. ACHDeenvelope ACHDeenvelope Business Process
Applies a CTX transaction-level envelope to one or more ACH documents. Next, the ACHEnvelope wraps the document in a CTX group-level envelope and wraps the group-level envelope in a CTX interchange-level envelope. ACHEnvelope then uses the interchange-level envelope data to locate the associated contract and start the appropriate business process. ACHEnvelope ACHEnvelope Business Process
Extracts CII messages from a message group in an EDI document. Sterling B2B Integrator then reads the CII message to determine the next action to perform. CIIDeenvelope EDI Deenvelope Business Process
Extracts EDI documents from an EDIFACT interchange and locates an associated contract, according to the content of the envelopes. EDIFACTDeenvelope then starts the appropriate business process. EDIFACTDeenvelope EDI Deenvelope Business Process
Enables Sterling B2B Integrator to process incoming SOAP messages. HandleSOAPRequest HandleSOAPRequest Business Process
Identifies EDI documents that maintain the state waiting in Sterling B2B Integrator. The state waiting often indicates that an acknowledgment is overdue. OverdueAckCheck OverdueAckCheck Business Process
Enables Sterling B2B Integrator to send SOAP messages. SendSOAPRequest SendSOAPRequest Business Process
Extracts EDI documents from an ANSI X12 interchange-level envelope and locates an associated contract, according to the content of the documents. X12Deenvelope then starts the appropriate business process.

With additional configuration, X12Deenvelope can also reconcile TA1 and 997 reports and generate the interchange TA1 and functional group 997 acknowledgments.

X12Deenvelope EDI Deenvelope Business Process
Moves messages from traditional to IBM® Global High Availability Mailbox mailboxes. You invoke this business process as part of the migration process from Sterling B2B Integrator to Global Mailbox. MigrateMsgsToGlobalMbx MigrateMsgsToGlobalMbx business process