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Creating an Inbound Relationship Using Partners
Gentran:Server for Windows – November 2005 Gentran:Server for Windows User’s Guide
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Creating an Inbound Relationship
Introduction To correctly receive and process information from a trading partner, you must
have an appropriate inbound relationship established that defines the parameters
needed to receive data files from that partner. Each inbound relationship defines
which business documents are received from a partner.
Necessary
parameters
You must set up several parameters that are used to create an inbound relationship.
These parameters tell the system the following information:
◗ The type of data received
◗ The criteria the system uses to validate the information it receives
◗ The functional groups and interchanges in which you expect to receive the
documents
Translation
objects
Each inbound relationship must have one or more associated inbound translation
objects. These translation objects determine how the received data is processed.
You need to specify which translation objects are used to define the rules for
exporting, printing, and creating turnaround documents. At a minimum, one
translation object must be available.
Note
If this relationship requires a new translation object, you must register that
translation object with the system before creating the inbound relationship. See
Registering New Translation Objects on page 2 - 7 for instructions.
Inbound groups
and interchanges
You must define or select an inbound interchange and/or inbound functional group
before the system allows you to complete the setup of an inbound relationship.
The inbound functional group defines the format of the functional group and the
parameters that should be used to verify it. The inbound interchange defines the
format of the interchange and the parameters that should be used to verify it.
However, for some transactions, the functional group or interchange is optional
and if your trading partner has chosen not to use it then it is not necessary for you
to select one. Refer to the following standards to determine whether or not you are
required to select an inbound functional group or interchange:
◗ For some ANSI X12 documents, the interchange is optional and the
functional group is required. However, for most documents, both an
interchange and functional group are required.
◗ For TDCC, the interchange is optional and the functional group is required.
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