CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Summary of Management Tasks 1.1 Check for Failed Documents and Transmission Files 1.2 Manage the Communications Service 1.3 Maintain Files 1.3.1 Archive and Retrieve 1.3.2 Start a New Error Log 1.3.3 Optimize Audit and History Files 1.4 Solve Problems 1.5 Customize the DEC/EDI Environment 1.5.1 Modify DEC/EDI Logical Names 1.5.2 Reschedule 1.5.3 Start or Stop DEC/EDI Components 1.5.4 Add or Remove Storage Directories 1.5.5 Add or Remove Users 2 Checking the Flow of Documents and Transmission Files 2.1 Document Identifiers 2.2 Document Statuses 2.3 Examining Documents 2.4 Examining Transmission Files 2.5 If a Document or Transmission File Has Failed 2.6 Document Handling on the Application Service 2.6.1 Tracking Documents 2.6.2 Documents on the Translation Service 2.7 Document and Transmission File Handling on the Translation Service 2.7.1 Tracking Documents on the Translation Service 2.7.2 Tracking Transmission Files on the Translation Service 2.8 Transmission File Handling on the Communications Service 2.9 Handling Functional Acknowledgements 2.9.1 Checking for Incoming Functional Acknowledgements 2.9.2 Checking That Functional Acknowledgements Are Produced 3 Maintaining Files 3.1 Archiving and Retrieving Data 3.1.1 Rights Needed 3.1.2 Archiving 3.1.3 Retrieving Data 3.2 Maintaining System Files 3.3 Starting a New Error Log 3.4 Viewing the Error Log 4 Managing the Translation Service 4.1 Checking on Outgoing Transmissions 4.2 Checking on Incoming Translations 4.3 Scheduling Transmission File Builds 5 Managing the Communication Service 5.1 Gateway Management 5.2 Connection Management 5.2.1 Disabling a Connection 5.2.2 Enabling a Connection 5.3 Naming Conventions for Transmission Files 5.4 Managing Transmission Files 5.4.1 Viewing Details of Transmission Files 5.4.2 Resetting a Transmission File 5.5 Setting Up and Scheduling Jobs 5.5.1 Setting Up Jobs for the Bisync Gateway 5.5.2 Setting Up Jobs for the Import/Export Gateway 5.5.3 Scheduling the Times at Which Jobs Run 5.5.4 Scheduling Windows 5.6 Exchanging Transmission Files Outside the Normal Schedule 5.6.1 Scheduling One-time Windows 5.6.2 Scheduling an Exception Job 5.6.3 Starting a Job on Demand 5.6.4 Example of Using One-time Windows and Exception Jobs 6 Customizing the System Environment 6.1 Adding More Users 6.2 Modifying DEC/EDI Logical Names 6.2.1 DEC/EDI Logical Names 6.3 Changing the Number of Storage Directories 6.3.1 Increasing the Number of Storage Directories 6.3.2 Decreasing the Number of Storage Directories 6.3.3 Controlling the Use of Storage Directories 6.4 Adding File Servers, Converters and Translators 6.4.1 Maximum Number of File Servers 6.4.2 Maximum Number of Converters 6.4.3 Maximum Number of Translators 6.5 Notifying Errors by Mail A DEC/EDI Commands A.1 APPLIC_ADMIN Commands A.2 TRANS_ADMIN Commands A.3 COMMS_ADMIN Commands A.4 SUPERVISOR Commands FIGURES 2-1 Reviewing a Document 2-2 Reviewing a Transmission File 2-3 List Document/Full-First Screen 2-4 List Document/Full-Second Screen 2-5 List Transmission/Full-First Screen 2-6 List Transmission/Full-Second Screen 5-1 List Transmission/Brief Screen 5-2 List Transmission/Full-First Screen 5-3 List Transmission/Full-Second Screen 5-4 Bisync Gateway Job Schedule Details Screen 5-5 OFTP Window Schedule Details Screen 5-6 Job Exception Details Screen TABLES 2-1 Status Codes 2-2 Identifying Incoming Functional Acknowledgements 2-3 Identifying Outgoing Functional Acknowledgements 5-1 Details Shown by LIST TRANSMISSION 5-2 Fields of the Job Schedule Details Screen 5-3 Fields of the Window Schedule Details Screen 5-4 Fields of the Job Exception Details Screen 6-1 DEC/EDI Logical Names