Adding an EDIFACT Inbound Trade Link

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About this task

An inbound trade link is defined as one in which your (external) partner is sending data to you (the internal partner). You are the receiver of the incoming data. To add an EDIFACT inbound trade link, you use the Link Wizard.

To add an EDIFACT Inbound Trade Link

Procedure

  1. From the File menu, select Trade Links.

    The Trade Links navigator opens.

  2. Click Inbound > EDIFACT in the Trade Links navigator.

    The EDIFACT Inbound Trade Links window opens.

  3. Click Add Link.

    The EDIFACT Inbound Trade Links Add Wizard opens.

  4. Follow the on-screen instruction in the Wizard to add an EDIFACT Trade Link. If the EDIFACT trading partners have an application partner, you will be allowed to define whether a UNG should be absent, required, or optional, the default no longer being NO UNG.
  5. When you click Finish to complete adding an inbound trade link using the Wizard, the EDIFACT Trade Link: Add Application window opens.
  6. Add applications defining the message types you receive from the external trading partner.
  7. The Version/Message Type group box includes the four components of the EDIFACT version that you defined for the EDIFACT Standard Version.
    • Click Find Version/Message Types to select an existing EDIFACT version, or
    • Select the components from the Version/Message Type lists that define the version or message type.
  8. Click OK. The EDIFACT Inbound Trade Links window is displayed with the newly added trade link displayed.
  9. Click Save.

    The EDIFACT Trading Partner is added.