Creating a Trading Partner

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About this task

To create a trading partner:

Procedure

  1. From the File Tracking page, select Trading Partner.
    Note: If you are not using the Sterling B2B Integrator AS2 Edition but are instead using Sterling B2B Integrator to send and receive AS2 messages, from the Administration menu, select Trading Partner > AS2.
  2. In the Trading Partners Configurations page, in the Create section next to New AS2 partner or organization, click Go!
  3. In the AS2 Configuration Type page, select Partner and click Next.
  4. On the New Identity page you can either use an existing Identity or create a new one:
    1. To use an existing identity, select Use Existing Identity and begin typing the name of the identity. A list automatically appears that match your entry. Make a selection and click Next.
    2. To create a new Identity, select Create a New Identity and click Next.
    Note: The identity name and AS2 identifier belong to the selected identity itself and thus any changes will affect all profiles belonging to that identity.
  5. In the Identification page, complete the fields, as appropriate, and click Next.
  6. In the HTTP Communication page, complete the fields, as appropriate, and click Next.
  7. In the Notifications and Retries page, complete the fields, as appropriate, and click Next.
    Note: These notification options enable you to configure, on a per trading partner basis, the sending of notifications with either each failed send attempt or when all retries have been exhausted.
  8. In the Messages page, complete the fields as appropriate and click Next:
  9. Complete one of the following steps:
    • If you did not select MDN Receipt, go to step 10.
    • If you selected MDN Receipt, in the Receipt page, complete the following fields, as appropriate, and click Next:
  10. If you need to set up an additional URL for MDNs (if a trading partner wants MDNs sent to a URL that differs from the main AS2 URL), select Setup additional Server Communications and add the URL.
    Note: For Sterling B2B Integrator to send AS2 messages, you must have a trading partner profile set up that includes a transport listing any URL to which you need to send AS2 messages (including MDNs). If you need to send asynchronous MDNs to a URL that is different than the trading partner's main URL, you must configure an additional profile (belonging to that trading partner's identity) with the appropriate information.
  11. In the Collection page, complete the fields, as appropriate, and click Next.
    Note: The folders identified in this step are created during the installation of Sterling B2B Integrator AS2 Edition and are found in the install_dir/as2organization/as2partner. By default, an inbound, outbound, and an error folder is created.
  12. In the Confirm page, verify the information and click Finish to update the Sterling B2B Integrator AS2 Edition with your trading partner information.

Results

You can test the AS2 profile by going to the Trading Partner Profile screen in the Admin Console and selecting Test Now next to the profile you want to verify. The TestNow option enables you to verify that a new or updated trading partner profile is working correctly.