Mailbox
Mailbox offers document repositories accessible only to specific users and applications. Use the Mailbox when it is necessary to store messages and documents for processing at a later time.
For example:
- To stage data passing between internal systems and external trading partners.
- When data is produced by internal systems when trading partner systems are unavailable.
- When requests are received from trading partners outside of processing windows. Processing windows (time frames) are created to accommodate system constraints such as scheduled maintenance or because of business constraints. For example, it may be preferable to delay transmission of payments to the latest date possible.
The definition, operation, management, and control of staging and scheduling are centralized in Mailbox.