Adding an EDI document

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Add new EDI documents to webMethods B2B based on the business needs. Adding a document in webMethods B2B also adds it on IBM® webMethods Integration. Access these documents on webMethods Integration by using the EDI application.

Procedure

  1. In webMethods B2B from the side navigation menu, click Assets > Business documents. Click Add document icon and select EDI.
  2. Provide the information for the fields described in the following table:
    Field Description
    Standard The document standard from the list. For a complete list of standard documents, see List of supported business documents.
    Version The version of the selected document standard.
    Transaction The transaction type for the selected document standard and version.
  3. Click Save. The following information appears on the Document details page:
    Page Activities
    Summary The summary of the document that includes the attributes and settings.
    Document structure The document tree view displays the schema of the EDI document. Expand the document tree view and select a node to view the node-specific properties. In the Document definition section, view and search a node by its name, alternate name, or by XPath, and edit its properties. In the Properties section, change the properties that are associated with composites, records, and fields. For a complete list of properties, see EDI Document Properties.
    Attributes A list of attributes of the default documents.
    Options Document options that apply only when the processing rule has any of the preprocessing options set to Defer to business document.

What to do next

After you add an EDI document of standard type UNEDIFACT, ODETTE, or EANCOM, add another document with control transaction (CONTRL) for the corresponding standard and version. From the Add EDI document page, select CONTRL from the Transaction drop-down to generate and send a functional acknowledgment (FA) to partners. An FA is a type of EDI transaction set that acknowledges the receipt and the structural and syntactical validity of an EDI document.