Defining a Remote Business Process (BP) Account

You typically define one Remote BP Account and point all your notification schedules to the single account.

About this task

To define a remote BP account, you:

• Define basic account information.
• Specify the BP protocol.
• Provide a valid Sterling B2B Integrator user ID and password.
• Optionally, specify BP protocol PUT options.

1. Access the web administration server from your browser.
2. From the left navigation panel, click Define Accounts.
3. From the Manage Accounts page, click New. The Create Account page displays.
4. Type or select the required and optional values using the table as a guide:

   Field	Description	Valid Value
   Account name	Required. Specifies name of the account.	Remote acct. = Logon of remote acct., 1–8 alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), and period (.).
   Password	Required. Specifies password required to access the account.	Any valid string, except the user's system password.
   Confirm password	Required. Confirms password required to access the account.	Any valid string, except the user's system password.
   Given name	Specifies given name of the user who owns the account.	User given name.
   Last name	Specifies last name of the user who owns the account.	User last name.
   E-mail address	Specifies E-mail address of the user who owns the account.	User E-mail address.
   Company name	Specifies name of the company the user represents.	User company name.
   Telephone	Specifies telephone number of the user who owns the account.	User phone number.
   Type of account	Specifies the type of account.	Remote = Site authorized to access Sterling Connect:Enterprise® for UNIX using remote connection.
   Save account as template	Specifies to save the account as a local or remote account and as a template for use in defining other accounts.	Disable = Default Enable
   Template Name	Specifies the name of the account template.	Any name, 1–8 alphanumeric characters.
   Protocol	Required. Specify BP for a Sterling B2B Integrator remote account.	BP
   Use alternate routes	Enables Sterling Connect:Enterprise for UNIX to use an alternate route if the primary connection on an automatic transfer fails.	Disable = Default Enable
   Number of alternate routes	Specifies the number of alternate routes to configure for the primary account.	Default = Blank

5. Type a comment for the account, if necessary, and click Next.A maximum of 978 characters are saved in the comment field.
6. From the Configure BP Connection page, define the values for the connection for an outbound automatic transfer (schedule) using the table as a guide.

   Field	Description	Valid Value
   Remote user ID	Specifies the user name on the Sterling B2B Integrator remote system. The remote user ID and remote password configured here must match a user account defined in Sterling B2B Integrator	Account name = Default
   Remote password	Specifies the password required to connect to the remote Sterling B2B Integrator account.	Password key = Default Stored in clear text or encrypted format. Encrypted passwords require a global key and activating the password encryption option.
   Confirm remote password	Specifies the password required to connect to the remote Sterling B2B Integrator account.	Retype the password.
   User mailbox access	Identifies which mailboxes the remote user can access.	Default = No mailbox selected which enables access to all mailboxes.

7. Click Next to display the Specify PUT Options page.
8. From the Specify PUT Options page, type or select account information using the following table as a guide. These options are applied to all batches added by this account, but can be overridden in the schedule or the business process using the CEU Server Add Service.

   Field	Description	Valid Value
   Mailbox ID	Specifies the mailbox ID for the batch being added.	Any valid Mailbox ID
   Batch ID	Specifies the batch ID for the batch being added.	Any valid batch ID.
   Data format	Specifies the format of the data being added.	ASCII = Default EBCDIC Binary or unknown
   Reroute files automatically to other remote sites.	Enables files to be rerouted immediately to other remote sites (accounts).	Disable = Default Enable

9. Enable the extract and transmit options as necessary by selecting the appropriate check boxes using the following table as a guide:

   Field	Description	Valid Value
   Extract once, transmit never	After the batch is extracted locally, it cannot be extracted again. The batch cannot be transmitted.	Disable = Default Enable
   Extract never, transmit once	The batch cannot be extracted. The batch can be transmitted once.	Disable = Default Enable
   Extract repeatedly, transmit never	No limit is placed on the number of times a batch can be extracted. The batch cannot be transmitted.	Disable = Default Enable
   Extract repeatedly, transmit once	The batch can be extracted repeatedly, but can only be transmitted once by batch ID or batch number, at which time it is flagged as transmitted. After it is flagged as transmitted, it can only be transmitted by batch number.	Disable = Default Enable
   Extract repeatedly, transmit repeatedly	No limit is placed on the number of times a batch can be extracted. No limit is placed on the number of times a batch can be transmitted.	Disable = Default Enable

10. Click Next to display the BP Account Summary page.
11. Review and click Save.
12. The Manage Accounts page displays with the new BP remote account listed in the account name list. If you saved the BP account as a template, the BP template is listed in the Template list.