Import/Export Considerations

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There are some important points to consider in regards to import and export behavior of the AS2 wizard profiles for Single-Org users (users who use the default AS2 wizard and don't have a Multi-Org license) and Multi-Org users who have a Multi-Org license and create more than one organization.
  • (Single-Org only) For a system without the Multi-Org license (such as, the Single-Org license model) of the AS2 wizard, import of an Organization profile is not allowed if an Organization profile is already present in the system. However, if at the time of import there was no organization profile present in the system, the organization profile being imported would be marked as a default organization. This is useful to the users who want to clean up their system while upgrading and later import their configurations through import files created before upgrade.
  • Contracts between Organization and Partner Profiles are needed to setup a communication channel between the two profiles. When importing the organization and partner profiles, contracts should also be imported. If the required contracts have not been imported and you use a Multi-Org license, you will have to manually edit the relationship. If the required contracts have not been imported and you use Single-Org, you will need to edit the partner profile by clicking through all of the edit screens and clicking Finish. Doing this will internally generate the required contracts.
  • (Multi-Org only) Relationships get imported or exported along with the Partner Profile, not with the Organization Profile.
  • (Multi-Org only) If a new import file is created from Sterling B2B Integrator version 5.1, there are two ways of establishing a working relationship:
    • Import the organizations in a relationship along with the partners. Relationship is established.
    • If only partners are imported, a broken relationship is established because the organization profile was not imported. You will have to manually edit such a relationship and you will be asked to choose an existing organization to link your partner with.
  • (Multi-Org only) If you are using import files older than Sterling B2B Integrator version 5.1, there are two ways of establishing a working relationship:
    • Import the organization profile (profile_ORGANIZATION) along with the partner profile(s). The relationship is established.
    • If only partners are imported, a broken relationship is established because importing the organization profile was not satisfied. You will have to manually edit such a relationship and you will be asked to choose an existing organization to link your partner with.