Suspending or Resuming Document Delivery for a Partner
At times you might want to suspend delivery for a partner (for example, when a partner’s system is unavailable).
The table describes Trading Networks actions based on the type of delivery:
Type of delivery | Trading Networks action when delivery is suspended |
Immediate delivery method that uses reliable delivery | Delivery tasks for the partner are assigned HELD status and Trading Networks does not try to deliver documents. When delivery is resumed for the partner, Trading Networks changes the status to PENDING and resumes trying to deliver documents. |
Immediate delivery method that does not use reliable delivery | Delivering documents fails. Because Trading Networks does not save the document to the database, it cannot hold the delivery. |
Scheduled delivery method that uses reliable delivery | Delivery tasks for the partner are assigned HELD status and Trading Networks does not try to deliver documents. When delivery is resumed for the partner, Trading Networks changes the status to QUEUED and resumes trying to deliver documents. |
Scheduled delivery method that does not use reliable delivery | Delivering documents fails. Because Trading Networks does not save the document to the database, it cannot hold the delivery. |
Delivery tasks are also affected when deliveries are suspended. When delivery is suspended for a partner, Trading Networks assigns the delivery tasks HELD status and does not try to execute the services. When delivery is resumed, Trading Networks updates the task statuses to PENDING and resumes trying to execute the services.
To suspend or resume delivery for a partner
1. On the Partner Profiles page, select the profile for which you want to suspend or resume delivery.
2. Click the Delivery Settings tab.
3. You can do either of the following:
Suspend the delivery immediately. For this, select the
Suspend Delivery check box in the Settings panel. To resume delivery, clear the check box.
Note:
When you select the Suspend Delivery check box in the Settings panel for a partner, the suspension schedules set for the partner will be overridden, and all the schedules will become inactive. You cannot add, delete, or edit the delivery schedules for the partner. When you clear the Suspend Delivery check box, the status of all the suspension schedules will be restored.