IT46304: PROBLEMS RESULT FROM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CREATING SFG PARTNER IN SFG GUI VS. USE OF CREATE TRADING PARTNER REST API

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• For this explanation two SFG partner names will be used as
  examples. The names are the same except for case of the letters
  in the name. One partner is named TESTPARTNER123 and the other
  is named testpartner123. If you use the SFG GUI to try to create
  those two partners, you can only create one of them, not both of
  them. Regardless of which partner you try to create first, the
  upper case one or the lower case one, the GUI blocks you with an
  on-screen error of "The partner name just entered is invalid
  because mailbox with this name already exists." when you try to
  create the second one.
  
  If you do the same test using the a new set of partner names
  with the same case difference in either order of creation, but
  do the creation using the Create Trading Partner REST API
  instead of the SFG GUI, the system allows you to create both
  partners, but there are only mailboxes for whichever partner you
  created first. No mailboxes are created for the second partner.
  After the creation of both partners using the REST API, if you
  delete either the upper case or the lower case partner using the
  Delete Trading Partner REST API, the single set of mailboxes
  that were created when the first partner was created will be
  deleted. Ideally, API should have the same behavior like B2B UI.
  

Local fix

• STRRTC - B2BISFG-69554
  DS / DS
  Circumvention: None
  

Problem summary

• Users Affected:
  All
  
  Problem Description:
  Problems result from the difference between creating SFG partner
  in SFG GUI vs. use of Create Trading Partner REST API.
  
  Platforms Affected:
  All
  

Problem conclusion

• Resolution Summary:
  Logic corrected to bring consistency in partner creation from
  API as compared to dashboard UI.
  
  Delivered in:
  6020003
  All future Fix Packs can be found in the Release Timeline Matrix
  - https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6194265
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  STR B2B INTEGRA

• Fixed component ID

  5725D0600

Applicable component levels