You monitor a Chem eStandards conversation to track the state of a particular Chem eStandards transaction. For example, you initiate a OrderCreate process by sending a PO for 30 PCs to a trading partner. The next day, the trading partner calls, indicating that they did not receive your PO. In the webMethods Chem eStandards Module, you can view the activity of the conversation to determine what the current status is and what activity has occurred during the progress of the conversation. Following the same example, a reason why the trading partner did not receive the PO could be because the transaction encountered an error, such as a timeout error. By monitoring the conversation, you can determine whether this was the cause for non‐receipt of the PO. You can see whether your PO Request was resent, and how many times, and with what success. By viewing the current status of and the progress of a Chem eStandards transaction, you can take appropriate action, which might include retrying the conversation, editing your trading partner profiles, or editing your process models.