Create Custom Attributes

Trading Networks 10.3 | Administering and Monitoring B2B Transactions | Trading Networks Administrator's Guide | Creating Custom Document Attributes | Create Custom Attributes

Create custom attributes for all the types of documents you expect to receive; attributes are not associated with a specific document type. Later, when you define your document types, you will specify the attributes to use as criteria and to extract.

To create custom attributes

1. In My webMethods: Administration > Integration > B2B > Document Types Administration > Document Attributes.

2. In the Document Attributes Search Result panel, do one of the following:

To create a custom attribute by providing new information, click Add.

To create a custom attribute by copying an existing attribute and modifying it, click the copy icon

in the row for the attribute to copy.

3. Give the attribute a unique name and, optionally, a description, and specify the attribute’s data type. Then click OK.

Note:
There are certain words reserved in Trading Networks that you need to avoid while creating custom attributes because they might be a part of system attributes, database columns, to name a few. Few words that you must avoid include DocID, DocTimestamp, TypeName, SenderID, SenderCorp, SenderUnit, ReceiverID, ReceiverCorp, ReceiverUnit, RoutingStatus, UserStatus, NativeID, GroupID, ConversationID, Comments, SenderProfileGroup, ReceiverProfileGroup, DocTypeID, NS Name.