Create a Transport Record

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

To create a transport record:
  1. From the Administration Menu, select Trading Partner > Advanced > Transport.
  2. Under Create, next to New Transport, click Go!
  3. Specify the Transport settings.
    On the Transports page, complete the following fields and click Next:
    Information Fields Description
    Name Name for the transport record to create for this trading profile. Required.
    Identity In order to link the transport record to the identity record, select the identity record name from the list. Required.
  4. Specify the Communication settings.
    On the Communications page, complete the following fields and click Next:
    Communication Fields Description
    Receiving Protocol Communications protocol supported by this transport when receiving data. Valid values are FTP, HTTP, and SMTP. Required.
    Sending Protocol Communications protocol supported by this transport when sending data. Valid values are FTP, HTTP, SMTP, and blank. Optional.
    End Point IP IP address to contact the server. Valid value is a valid IP address. Optional.
    End Point Port Port that the server monitors for incoming sessions. Valid value is a valid port number. Optional.
  5. In step 4, if you selected:
    • FTP as the receiving protocol, go to Specifying FTP Settings.
    • HTTP as the receiving protocol, go to Specifying HTTP Settings.
    • SMTP as the receiving protocol, go to Specifying SMTP Settings.