GenTran 5.1 Creating an Inbound Relationship

Creating an Inbound Relationship Using Partners

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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

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.

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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