Defining EDI Trading Partner Agreements
An EDI trading partner agreement (EDITPA) is a set of variables that you provide to tailor how Module for EDI exchanges documents between two trading partners. The module supports partner-specific EDITPAs and a single default EDITPA. Each EDITPA contains variables that Module for EDI uses only when processing documents that match the values specified in the EDITPA.
A partner-specific EDIDTPA is unique for a specific sender and receiver pair and contains variables that the module uses only when processing documents that match the specified sender/receiver pair.
A sender-specific EDITPA specifies a sender but leaves the receiver defined as “unknown.” The value “unknown” equates to “any,” thus matching all document types to the EDITPA.
A receiver-specific EDITPA identifies the receiver but leaves the sender defined as “unknown.”
A default EDITPA defines both the sender and receiver as “unknown.” A default EDITPA contains variables used by all trading partners when partner-specific information is not available. The settings in the default EDITPA should meet the requirements of the majority of your trading partner relationships. You can modify the default EDITPA. For more information, see
Modifying the Default EDITPA.
During document processing, Module for EDI identifies the EDITPA to use for the sender/receiver pair of a document as follows:
1. When a partner-specific EDITPA exists, the module uses the values specified in the partner-specific EDITPA.
2. When a partner-specific EDITPA does not exist and a sender specific EDITPA does exist, Module for EDI uses the values specified in the sender-specific EDITPA.
3. When neither a partner-specific EDITPA nor a sender-specific EDITPA exists, and a receiver-specific EDITPA does exist, the module uses the values specified in the receiver-specific EDITPA.
4. When a partner-specific EDITPA, a sender-specific EDITPA, and a receiver-specific EDITPA do not exist, the module uses the value from the default EDITPA.