When the WmACHforTN package is enabled, webMethods ACH Module sends incoming ACH files that it receives to Trading Networks for processing. In this way, Trading Networks replaces the ACH Module internal routing manager. (That is, Routing rules created from the ACH Home page are ignored.) Instead you use TN document types and processing rules to identify and route incoming ACH files. Additionally, you can also use Trading Networks when creating outgoing ACH files.

To use Trading Networks, you need to perform some preliminary setup; see Setting up to Send and Receive ACH Files with Trading Networks .

When using Trading Networks, ACH Module stores ACH files in its own persistence store just as it does when you are not using Trading Networks. However, in addition, Trading Networks also provides the ability to track outgoing and incoming messages using its own persistence store; that is, you can save the ACH file and its batches to the Trading Networks database. (The Trading Networks persistence store is separate from the ACH Module persistence store.) This enables queries to be run on particular ACH files and batches, such as which sender or receiver has sent an ACH file, or tracing all batches of a particular processing status on a particular date. All of these functions are available for both sent and received messages.