Trading Networks 10.7 | Administering Trading Networks | Creating Profiles | Creating a Profile | Specifying Document Delivery in a Profile | Adding an Immediate Delivery Method to a Profile
 
Adding an Immediate Delivery Method to a Profile
 
Copying or Sharing Immediate Delivery Methods
*To add an immediate delivery method to a profile
1. On the Partner Profiles page, select the profile to which you want to add an immediate delivery method.
2. Click the Delivery Settings tab.
3. Click Add Delivery Method.
4. In the Delivery Method drop-down list, select the immediate delivery method to add.
5. If you select one of the standard methods such as FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP, SMTP, or Web service in order to create an immediate delivery method, the Delivery Method Name field appears, in addition to the fields described in the steps below. Trading Networks automatically prefixes the value you type in this field with the immediate delivery method to form the complete name for the method (for example, HTTP - XYZSteel). Trading Networks also automatically creates the corresponding immediate delivery service with this name.
a. For an FTP, FTPS, HTTP, SFTP, and HTTPS immediate delivery method, specify the delivery details manually.
You can also copy or reuse information from an existing delivery method. For more information, see Copying or Sharing Immediate Delivery Methods
The following table indicates the common details to specify for all delivery methods:
Field
Description
Host
In your profile, the host name of your system (for example, XYZSteel.com). In a partner profile, the host name of the partner’s system.
Port
Port on which the specified host listens for incoming requests.
Note:
If you do not supply a port number, Trading Networks uses the defaults FTP-21, FTPS-21, HTTP-80, or HTTPS-443.
Location
Where to deliver documents using this delivery method.
For FTP or FTPS, type the directory path to which to deliver documents on the system identified by Host and Port. The file name of the file is the internal ID Trading Networks generates for the document when the document arrives. For XML documents, the file extension is .xml. For flat file documents, the file extension is dat.
For HTTP or HTTPS, type the URL to use (for example, cgi-bin/acceptOrder). Trading Networks automatically fills in the Location with /invoke/wm.tn/receive, the standard URL for document exchange.
User Name
In a partner profile, the user name Trading Networks should supply to connect to the partner’s system.
The user name can be for an Integration Server or My webMethods user account that has partner authority (that is, is a member of the Trading Networks ACL named TNPartners.
Password
In a partner profile, the password Trading Networks should supply to connect to the partner’s system.
Note:
Passwords used in scheduled delivery queues (public and private) are stored in the Trading Networks database in binary-encoded form, not in clear text. Since trading partners can create scheduled delivery services, Trading Networks cannot determine which user-defined input variable might be a password, and therefore cannot encrypt passwords used in scheduled delivery queues.
Protect Data Channel
For FTPS.
For an E-mail or SMTP immediate delivery method, fill in the field listed in the following table:
Field
Description
E-mail
In your profile, the e-mail address to which you want documents delivered (for example, bizdoc@isteel.com). In a partner profile, the e-mail address to which the partner wants documents delivered.
If you want to deliver the documents to multiple e-mail addresses, separate the e-mail addresses using a comma.
For a Web service immediate delivery method, fill in the fields listed in the following table:
Field
Description
Response Handling
Whether the response received after Web service execution should be:
*Added to the bizdoc. Select Additional Content Part.
*Converted into a new document. Select New Document.
Web Service Connector
Fully qualified name of the Web service connector to use to deliver the document.
Click Select. In the Select Web Service Connector dialog box, search for the Web service connector by providing the name of the Integration Server package that contains the Web service connector and the name of the Web service connector namespace. You can provide a string or the entire namespace name. You can use wildcard characters. Then click Search and select the Web service connector from the list.
Mapping Service
Fully qualified name of the mapping service that provides the input to the Web service connector.
Click Select. In the Select Mapping IS Service dialog box, follow the instructions for Web Service Connector, above.
Output Parameter
In a partner profile, the output parameter of the Web service connector that contains the required response.
Click Select and select the required parameter in the Key field.
Security Options
Certificates to use to secure communication between Trading Networks and the Web service. Select one or more of the options listed below.
*Secure: Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) while exchanging documents.
*Sign: Use the private key required to sign the documents being exchanged.
*Verify: Verify the digital signatures of the documents being exchanged.
*Encrypt: Encrypt documents being delivered.
*Decrypt: Decrypt documents received.
For an SFTP immediate delivery method, fill in these fields listed in the following table:
Field
Description
SFTP User Alias
Specify the SFTP user alias name that you defined on the Integration Server that hosts Trading Networks. You must ensure to use the same SFTP user alias as defined in Integration Server, for Trading Networks to successfully deliver documents to the SFTP server location. You can either make use of an existing SFTP user alias or create a new one on the host Integration Server.
Note:
If Trading Networks is in a clustered setup, you must also ensure that the SFTP server alias and SFTP user alias with the same name and configuration exists in every Integration Server node in the cluster to avoid misconfiguration.
For instructions to create SFTP server and user aliases, refer to the webMethods Integration Server Online Help.
Location
Type the directory path to which to deliver documents on the system identified by the SFTP server alias.
6. If you select ActiveTransfer as the delivery method:
Note:
If ActiveTransfer is installed on a local Integration Server instance, then ActiveTransfer is listed as a delivery method in the Delivery Method drop-down list by default . If ActiveTransfer is installed on a remote Integration Server instance, then you need to configure the remote server alias for ActiveTransfer. For more information, see Configuring Alias for ActiveTransfer on Remote Server.
a. Click Select to select an ActiveTransfer endpoint (Virtual Folder System or VFS) which is the destination of the document delivery.
b. In the Select VFS window, use either of the following methods to find and select the appropriate VFS for a new partner or the VFS associated with an existing partner:
*Search for the required VFS.
*Select Show All Virtual Folders to view a list of all partners and the virtual folders associated with them.
c. Select the VFS.
d. Click Select and then OK.
Note:
If the immediate delivery method is the preferred method to use to deliver documents to the partner, select the Use as preferred protocol check box. If you do not designate an immediate delivery method as the preferred protocol, Trading Networks uses the queue for polling by default. The preferred protocol option is primarily for use with webMethods eStandards Modules.