Correlation Search

Correlation searches are a key to relating a Sterling Connect:Direct® Process with a Sterling B2B Integrator business process. Whereas Sterling Connect:Direct identifies a process with a Process Number and a Process Name, Sterling B2B Integrator identifies its business processes with an Instance ID. The Correlation Search enables you to search for Sterling B2B Integrator processes using Sterling Connect:Direct identifiers.

Note: Correlations are created to identify related Sterling B2B Integrator and Sterling Connect:Direct processes.

The Connect:Direct Server Adapter and related services automatically write Sterling B2B Integrator correlation records to enable searches for business processes and documents containing certain correlation identifiers.

The Correlation Search page enables you to search for business process activity according to six Sterling Connect:Direct specific name-value pairs, including:

CD_LocalFileName
CD_RemoteFileName
CD_ProcessName
CD_ProcessNum
CD_PnodeName
CD_SnodeName

Note: Do not perform a correlation search by Process Number only. A Process Number is unique to a single Sterling Connect:Direct server, therefore you may see the same Process Number used for different processes—each associated with a different node.