Information Discovery

The Information Discovery process is complex and involves custom user-defined maps which are used for translations in the information discovery process.

The Information Discovery feature is an optional feature disabled by default. This feature uses the translator and a list of maps defined globally in the /install_dir/properties/doc.tracking.properties file. The order in which the maps are used for translation is specified by the tx.map.list property in the file. The maps are tried in the order they are listed until one succeeds.

The maps available for use at the batch level with every installation of Sterling B2B Integrator include the currently supported standards:
  • X12
  • EDIFACT
  • CII
  • TRADACOM
The maps used in information discovery provide the following core information for each document:
  • Sender ID
  • Receiver ID
  • Control Number
  • Standard
  • Version
  • Document Set ID (if any—some standards do not support this parameter)

If you are not using an EDI service, Information Discovery is not performed automatically. The Information Discovery feature is overridden when the Document Tracking Service is called in a business process.

Note: Do not modify the tracking.discovery property in the /install_dir/properties/doc.tracking.properties file. Leave the global discovery level for the tracking sub system set to NONE and then override it when necessary by calling the Document Tracking Service in a business process. If you modify this global property, it will impact performance.