CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Introduction to Configuring 1.1 What is Configuring? 1.2 Possible Configurations for DEC/EDI 1.3 General Principles of the DEC/EDI Management Interface 1.3.1 Options Menus 1.3.2 Moving Between and Within Screens 1.4 Commands Used in This Book 2 Preparing to Configure DEC/EDI 2.1 Controlling DEC/EDI 2.1.1 Starting and Stopping DEC/EDI 2.2 Giving Other Users Access to DEC/EDI 2.2.1 Administrator Access Rights 2.2.2 Supervisor Access Rights 2.2.3 Assigning Access Rights 2.2.4 Adding a User 2.2.5 Listing Users' Access Rights 3 Routing Documents and Transmission Files Through DEC/EDI 3.1 Introduction 3.1.1 Identifying Each Service Within DEC/EDI 3.1.2 Identifying Application Nodes From a Translation Node 3.1.3 Defining Logical Names Used to Route Documents 3.1.3.1 Logical Names Defined When DEC/EDI is Installed 3.1.4 Connections and Connection Identifiers 3.1.4.1 Connection Identifiers for Bisync Gateways 3.2 Setting up DECnet and Message Router 3.2.1 Using DECnet 3.2.2 Using the Message Router Transfer Service 3.3 Setting Up DEC/EDI Between Two Application Services 3.3.1 Identify the Service on Each Node 3.3.2 Identify the Route 3.3.3 Example of DEC/EDI Between Two Application Services 3.4 Setting Up a Single-Node DEC/EDI System 3.4.1 Identify the Services Running on This Node 3.4.2 Routing Translated Documents to Application Services 3.4.3 Identifying Connections on the Communications Gateway 3.4.4 Example of a Single-Node System 3.5 Setting up a Multinode System 3.5.1 Setting up Routing on the Application Service 3.5.1.1 Identifying an Application Service Node 3.5.1.2 Routing Documents to a Single Translation Service 3.5.1.3 Routing Documents to Additional Translation Services 3.5.2 Setting up Routing on the Translation Service 3.5.2.1 Identifying This Node as a Translation Service Node 3.5.2.2 Identifying the Application Service Nodes 3.5.2.3 Identify the Communications Service Nodes 3.5.3 Setting up Routing on the Communications Service 3.5.3.1 Identifying the Local Node as a Communication Service Node 3.5.3.2 Identifying the Translation Service Nodes 3.5.4 Example of a Multinode System 4 Configuring the Translation Service 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Tables Used by the Translation Service 4.2.1 The Trading Partner Profile Tables 4.2.2 Document Dictionaries 4.3 Configuring the Translation Service to Exchange Documents 4.3.1 Identifying the Document to Exchange 4.3.2 Creating a Trading Partner Agreement Profile 4.3.3 Defining the Envelope for an X12 Document 4.3.4 Identifying the Functional Acknowledgement to Send 4.3.5 Defining Data Labels 4.3.5.1 Segment Qualifiers 4.3.5.2 Qualified Pairs 4.3.5.3 Repeating Elements 4.3.6 Specifying Validation for Data Labels 4.3.7 Scheduling the Transmission File Builder 4.4 Changing a Document for All Trading Partners 4.4.1 Changing the Requirement for a Segment 4.4.2 Changing an EDIFACT Subelement 4.5 Changing a Document for a Specific Trading Partner 4.5.1 Deleting a Segment for a Specific Trading Partner 4.5.2 Changing the Trading Partner Code Translation Table 4.5.3 Defining Data Labels for a Specific Trading Partner 5 Configuring the Communications Gateway 5.1 Introduction 5.1.1 Connection Identifiers 5.2 Tasks When Configuring a Communications Gateway 5.3 Defining Parameters for Your Gateway 5.4 Defining the Connection to Trading Partners 5.5 Scheduling Windows 5.5.1 Scheduling Predefined Windows 5.5.2 How DEC/EDI Resolves Conflicts between Window Schedules 5.6 Setting up and Scheduling Jobs 5.6.1 Scheduling the Times at Which Jobs Run 5.7 Shutting Down and Restarting a Gateway 5.8 Enabling and Disabling a Gateway 5.9 Enabling and Disabling a Connection 5.10 Tasks Specific to the DEC/EDI X.400 Gateway 5.10.1 Entering Details about Your X.400 Gateway 5.10.2 Entering Details about Your X.400 Connection 5.10.3 Setting up Message Router and the Message Router X.400 Gateway 5.10.3.1 Registering DEC/EDI in the Message Router Directory Service Database 5.10.3.2 Identifying the Mailbox Used by DEC/EDI and Message Router to Communicate 5.11 Tasks Specific to the OFTP Gateway 5.11.1 Entering Details About Your OFTP Gateway 5.11.2 Entering Details About Your OFTP Connection 5.11.3 Setting up Your OFTP Account 5.12 Tasks Specific to the Bisync Gateway 5.12.1 Entering Details about Your Bisync Gateway 5.12.2 Entering Details about Your Bisync Connection 5.12.3 Defining the Jobs to Exchange Transmission Files 5.12.4 Setting Up Your Account on the VAN 5.13 Tasks Specific to the Import/Export Gateway 5.13.1 Entering Details About Your Import/Export Gateway 5.13.2 Entering Details About Your Import/Export Connection 5.13.3 Selecting the Job Used 5.13.4 Creating the Directories Used by the Import/Export Gateway 5.13.5 Giving DEC/EDI Access to Directories 5.13.6 Limiting the Number of Versions of Import Transmission Files 5.14 Exchanging Transmission Files Outside the Normal Schedule 5.14.1 Scheduling One-time Windows 5.14.2 Scheduling an Exception Job 5.14.3 Starting a Job on Demand 5.14.4 Example of Using One-time Windows and Exception Jobs 6 Running the Configuration Verification Procedure 6.1 Introduction 6.1.1 When to Run the Configuration Verification Procedure 6.1.2 How the CVP Tests Document Routing 6.1.3 How the CVP Tests the User Interface 6.1.4 Prerequisites for Running the CVP 6.1.5 Stages of the Configuration Verification Procedure 6.2 Running the Configuration Verification Procedure 6.2.1 Setting up the CVP for Loopback Testing 6.2.2 The Sequence in Which You Start the CVP 6.2.3 Starting the Configuration Verification Procedure 6.2.4 Responding to Questions from the Configuration Verification Procedure 6.2.5 Exporting and Importing the Transmission File 6.3 What to Do When the Configuration Verification Procedure Has Completed 6.3.1 After Running the Configuration Verification Procedure 6.4 Examples of Running the Configuration Verification Procedure 6.4.1 Printout When Running the CVP 6.4.2 Report Produced by the CVP A Reconfiguring DEC/EDI A.1 Moving the Translation Service A.1.1 Getting DEC/EDI into a Stable State A.1.2 Setting up New Routing Information A.1.3 Restarting DEC/EDI B Mapping Between Internal and External Standards B.1 Mapping B.1.1 Direct Mapping B.1.2 Qualifier/Value Pair Mapping B.1.3 Repeated Direct Mapping B.1.4 Repeating Qualifier/Value Pair Mapping B.1.5 Default Values B.2 Group Mapping C DEC/EDI Tables C.1 Profile Tables C.1.1 Trading Partner Table C.1.2 Trading Partner Agreements Table C.1.3 Trading Partner Agreements Detail Table C.2 Data Label Tables C.2.1 Data Label Table C.2.2 Data Description Table C.3 Format Tables C.3.1 Format Table C.4 Document Tables C.4.1 Segment Table C.4.2 Element Tables C.5 Trading Partner-Specific Document Tables C.5.1 Trading Partner Envelope Table C.5.2 Trading Partner Document Definition Table C.5.3 Trading Partner Segment Definition Table C.5.4 Trading Partner Element Definition Table C.5.5 Trading Partner Code Translation Table C.5.6 Trading Partner Qualifier Table C.5.7 Trading Partner Data Label Table C.6 Application Site Table FIGURES 2-1 List User Screen 3-1 Application Site Information Screen 3-2 Example of Using DEC/EDI Between Two Application Services 3-3 Example of DEC/EDI on a Single-Node System 3-4 Example of DEC/EDI on a Multinode System 4-1 First Trading Partner Details Screen 4-2 First Trading Partner Agreement Details Screen 4-3 Second Trading Partner Agreement Details Screen 4-4 Document Details Screen 4-5 Envelope Screen 4-6 External Standard Details Screen 4-7 Data Labels Screen 4-8 Qualified Subelement Data Label Screen 4-9 Data Validation Screen 4-10 Trading Document Screen 4-11 Document Segments Screen 4-12 Document Segment Screen 4-13 Subelement Dictionary Screen 4-14 Code Translation Screen 4-15 Edit Code Translation Screen 5-1 X.400 Parameter Details Screen 5-2 Bisync Connection Details Screen 5-3 OFTP Window Schedule Details Screen 5-4 Bisync Gateway Job Schedule Details Screen 5-5 Bisync Connection Job Details Screen 5-6 Job Exception Details Screen TABLES 2-1 Commands to Control Access to DEC/EDI 3-1 Identifying Nodes 3-2 Fields of the Application Site Details Screen 4-1 Fields in the Trading Partner Details Screens 4-2 Fields in the Trading Partner Agreement Details Screen 4-3 Fields of the Document Details Screen 4-4 Fields of the EDIT ENVELOPE Screen 4-5 Fields of the Qualified Subelement Data Label Screen 4-6 Fields of the Data Validation Screen 5-1 Fields of the Window Schedule Details Screen 5-2 Fields of the Job Schedule Details Screen 5-3 Fields of the X.400 Parameter Details Screen 5-4 Fields of the X.400 Connection Details Screen 5-5 Fields of the OFTP Parameter Details Screen 5-6 Fields of the OFTP Connection Details Screen 5-7 Fields of the Bisync Parameter Details Screen 5-8 Fields of the Bisync Connection Details Screen 5-9 Scripts for Use With the GEIS-Bisync Gateway 5-10 Scripts for Use With the MCDD-Bisync Gateway 5-11 Fields of the Bisync Connection Job Details Screen 5-12 Fields of the Import/Export Parameter Details Screen 5-13 Fields of the Import/Export Connection Details Screen 5-14 Fields of the Job Exception Details Screen