Adding a control number

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Define a control number either from the control numbers page or from the partner profile's control numbers page.

About this task

When you define a control number from a partner profile's control numbers page, you can select whether to define that partner's corporation name as a sender or a receiver. For details about how to add a control number from the Partner profiles page, see Defining a control number for a partner profile.

Procedure

  1. In webMethods B2B Integration, from the side navigation menu, click Administration > Control numbers.
  2. Click the Add control number icon.
  3. The Add control number dialog, has two sections.
    1. In the Control number definition section, add the required details.

      You must from the list of modes, select Production, for the Tradacoms Standard.

      When you select TRADACOMS as Standard, type the required value the in Version field.

      When you select TRADACOMS as Standard and Envelope as the Group, the version value in the Version field is auto-populated as 1.

      For VDA Standard, the Mode is always set to Custom and the Group is always set to Envelope.

    2. In the Control number settings section,
  4. of the Add control number dialog box, add the required details and click Add.
    Minimum
    The lowest number that the control number can have. The default value is 1. For VDA, the minimum value is 0.
    Maximum
    The highest number that the control number can have. The default value is 999999. The maximum value that you can specify is 99999999999999.

    If webMethods B2B Integration calculates the next expected control number and that number exceeds the maximum control number, then webMethods B2B Integration sets the control number to the value specified in the Minimum field.

    Next control number
    The next control number that you expect for the interchange or group (or transmission or batch) to use. The default value is 1.

    The value must be between maximum and minimum values. That is, Maximum <= Next control number <= Minimum

    Duplicate detection window
    Indicates a range of numbers that webMethods B2B Integration uses to determine whether a number is duplicate or out-of-sequence. The default value is 100.

    This value must be less than half the difference between the Maximum and Minimum value that is specified. That is, Duplicate detection window < (Maximum-Minimum)/2.

    Note: Duplicate detection window does not apply to outbound documents.
    Increment
    The value that webMethods B2B Integration uses to increment the control number to determine the next expected control number. The default value is 1.

    The increment value must be within the range: Maximum ~ Minimum.

    The control number is created and listed on the Control numbers page under the Defined by you tab.

What to do next

After a control number is created, you can view the control number association with the partner on the Connections > Partner profiles > Control numbers page.

Click the Overflow menu corresponding to the control number to edit or delete the control number.