Overview

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Inbound processing using TRADACOMS	Processing Inbound TRADACOMS Documents Using Trading Networks
Optional inbound processing	Optional Inbound Processing When Using Trading Networks
Processing EDI documents using Module for EDI decoupled from Trading Networks	Using Module for EDI Decoupled from Trading Networks

When webMethods Trading Networks (Trading Networks) receives an EDI document, it passes it to an EDI recognizer, which performs the initial processing. The EDI recognizer is installed in Trading Networks when you install webMethods Module for EDI (Module for EDI). You can use EDITPA variables to tailor how the EDI recognizer processes an inbound EDI document. For more information, see Specifying EDITPA Variables that Affect Inbound Processing.

To prepare the EDI document for the processing that you want to perform against it, the EDI recognizer splits the original inbound EDI document based on the setting of the splitOption EDITPA variable. The EDI recognizer can split the original EDI document into an Interchange, Group, and/or Transaction document. After creating the document(s), the EDI recognizer sends the document(s) to Trading Networks for normal processing.

You define the processing that Trading Networks performs against the Interchange, Group, and Transaction documents by defining processing rules. Processing rules consist of:

Criteria that Trading Networks uses to select the appropriate processing rule for a document. To set the criteria, you can use Trading Networks attributes along with other information that Trading Networks records about a document, for example, the TN document type used for the document. This allows you to set up criteria for processing rules so that Trading Networks selects the correct processing rule for your document. For example, you can set up criteria so that Trading Networks selects a processing rule only if it is from a specific sender/receiver pair and it is in a specific processing mode, such as testing or production. For more information about the document attributes that are available, see Trading Networks Attributes and EDI Documents.

Actions that Trading Networks is to take against the document. You will typically want to use the Execute a Service action in a processing rule to invoke a service that you create to process the Interchange, Group, or Transaction document. For more information about defining processing rules and creating a service to process an Interchange, Group, or Transaction document, see Defining Processing Rules to Process Inbound EDI Documents.

For more information about processing EDI documents and business processes, including an illustration of how EDI documents are passed to a business process, see webMethods Module for EDI Concepts Guide .

For more information about Trading Networks document attributes and processing rules, see the Trading Networks Concepts Guide and the webMethods Trading Networks Administrator’s Guide for your release.