Adding a VAN Post Office

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About this task

For more information about the VAN adapter, see the VAN Adapter documentation.

To add a VAN post office

Procedure

  1. Select VAN from the list of Post Office types displayed in the navigator.

    The VAN Post Offices dialog box opens with all Post Offices associated with the VAN adapter displayed.

  2. Click Add.

    The Add Post Office form appears.

  3. Select VAN from the Adapter Type drop-down menu.

    The Add Post Office dialog box for the VAN adapter type opens.

  4. Enter information in this dialog box as described in the following table.
    VAN Post Office Field Information to Enter or Select
    Name Name for the post office; for example, X12 Data For Processing. The name displays in the Post Office list and in the Get Mail Post Office and Put Mail Post Office drop-down list box in the Trade Links navigator.
    Nickname A three-character nickname. Partner Manager automatically generates a valid, unique nickname 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.
    Adapter Type Select the VAN adapter type.
    Get/Put Indicator Enable the option button for Get Post Office or Put Post Office.
    Adapter Command String The command string specified in the VAN configuration setting automatically displays here.
  5. At this point you can either save the Post Office without configuring it, or configure the Post Office before you save it.
    • To save the Post Office without configuring it, click the Save button. A confirmation box will open which will ask you to confirm your save. Click OK to close this box and add the Post Office to the scroll list in the VAN Post Offices dialog box.
    • If you want to configure the Post Office, see the next section Configuring a VAN Post Office.