Create a Packaging Record

You can create a packaging record from under the Administration menu.

To create a packaging record:
  1. From the Administration Menu, select Trading Partner > Advanced > Packaging.
  2. Under Create, next to New Packaging, click Go!
  3. Specify the Information settings.
    On the Information page, complete the following fields and click Next:
    Information Fields Description
    Name Name for the packaging record to create for this trading profile. Required.
    Message Parsable Whether the message can be parsed. Valid values are Yes and No. Required.
  4. Specify the Packaging settings.
    On the Packaging Settings page, complete the following fields and click Next:
    Packaging Setting Fields Description
    Payload Type Used only by the EDIINT Message service to create EDIINT messages. The payload is the document at the inner level of the message. The payload type describes the message format for transporting documents. Required. Valid values are:
    • Plain Text – Payload is not signed and it is not encrypted.
    • Signed Detached – Payload is signed with a detached signature, according to the EDIINT specifications.
    • Encrypted – Payload is encrypted according to the EDIINT specifications.
    • Signed Detached Encrypted – Payload is signed with a detached signature and then encrypted, according to the EDIINT specifications (default).
    MIME Type Used only by the EDIINT Message service. Indicates how to package the lowest level of payload content (the document at the inner level of a message) to be sent. Helps to implement the EDIINT specification correctly, and provides some flexibility, because receiving programs might expect a specified MIME type and sub-type. Required. Valid values are:
    • Text – For XML or text
    • Application – For EDI or any other type of data
    • Message
    • Audio
    • Video
    • Image
    MIME Sub Type Used only by the EDIINT Message service. Indicates how to package the lowest level of payload content (the document at the inner level of a message) to be sent. Required. Valid values are:
    • EDI-X12 (default)
    • EDIFACT
    • EDI-Consent
    • Octet-stream – For any type of data
    • XML
    • Plain
    Compress Data Used only by the EDIINT Message service. Specifies whether the payload must be compressed. Required.Valid values are:
    • None
    • Low
    • Medium
    • High
    • Default
  5. Click Finish to add the packaging record.
  6. Click Return to continue.