Adding a File Post Office

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About this task

To add a file post office

Procedure

  1. Click File in the Post Offices navigator.

    The File Post Offices dialog opens.

  2. Click Add.

    The Add Post Office dialog box opens.

  3. Select File from the Adapter Type drop-down menu.
  4. The Add Post Office dialog box for File adapters opens.

    Enter information in this dialog box as described in the following table.

    Field Information to enter or select
    Name Name of the file route post office; for example, X12 Data For Processing. The name displays in the Post Offices list and in the Get File Post Office and Put File Post Office lists in the Trade Links navigator.
    Nickname A three-character nickname. A valid, unique nickname is automatically generated based on the Name entry. You may use this nickname or assign one of your own. The nickname is used to identify this post office throughout the Trading Manager system.
    Get/Put Indicator Select the post office type option.
    Directory Enter the path of the directory or folder where files for the file post office are located. Specify a path relative to the directory where the Launcher is installed. It is recommended that you use the default directory (install_dir\tmgr_n.n\mmgr\file) for all Get file post offices to simplify Message Manager configuration and processing, instead of creating different physical directories for each file route post office. For Put file post offices, however, you may specify different physical directories.
  5. Click Save.

    The new post office appears in the Post Offices list.