Using RND

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Sterling B2B Integrator supports the use of Rede Nacional de Dados (RND), the Brazilian automotive standard (which consists of automobile manufacturers and their development partners, the suppliers, and the manufacturers of trailers, body superstructures, and containers).

RND has several features that distinguish it from most other EDI standards:

  • It does not use functional groups.
  • Each interchange only contains one transaction set.
  • It uses a positional, non-delimited format.
  • It uses looping but not composite elements.

Sterling B2B Integrator automatically installs the appropriate RND build and break (system) maps, which determine the message-type and then match it with the appropriate envelope. The RND standards are not installed with the other EDI standards; instead, you use the IBM® Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor to create a positional format for the RND side of your map that conforms to the RND standard. See RND Mapping.

In addition, support for RND requires you to create inbound and outbound RND envelopes. See RND Envelopes. Sterling B2B Integrator provides two predefined business processes to order the flow of Sterling B2B Integrator activities so you can accomplish your business objectives with RND.

This table describes how Sterling B2B Integrator was enhanced to support RND:

Functionality Enhancements Action You Need to Take to Implement RND
Services
  • EDI Deenveloping service enhanced to recognize the RND standard.
  • EDI Enveloping service enhanced to recognize the RND standard.
  • Generic Deenvelope service enhanced to recognize the RND standard.
  • Generic Envelope service enhanced to recognize the RND standard.
 None.
Envelopes
  • Inbound RND envelope wizard added to implement inbound RND.
  • Outbound RND envelope wizard added to implement outbound RND.

See RND Envelopes.

 Create the appropriate RND envelopes for each message type you are sending and receiving.

See RND Envelopes.
Predefined business processes
  • Predefined RND Deenvelope business process added.
  • Predefined RND Envelope business process added.

See RND Business Processes.

 Create a business process or processes and configure the appropriate service parameters.

See RND Business Processes.
Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor
  • RND build and break maps are automatically installed with Sterling B2B Integrator.
  • Ten new DDFs—corresponding to the ten RND message types/transaction sets that are supported—are bundled with the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor and placed by the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor install in a new IBM Map Editor/Samples/DDFs/RND folder.

See RND Mapping.

 Create a map or maps to translate your RND messages.
Note: RND maps can be created by loading the data formats from the installed DDFs.

See RND Mapping.
Tracking and Correlations Sterling B2B Integrator tracking and correlation functionality automatically tracks the RND messages the same way other standards are tracked, and you can search for RND documents using the EDI Correlation search interface. None.
Reporting The EDI Translation Details Report allows you to report on RND translation details. None.

Prerequisite for using RND

The audience using this software should be familiar with Sterling B2B Integrator and the RND standard.

Note: This documentation is not intended to explain the RND standard.