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The following are required in order to create the EDIFACT inbound processing channel:

• A working knowledge of iWay Service Manager (iSM).

• The archived channel .zip file (EDIFACTtoXML_IB_QS_Pflow_Channel.zip).

  Note: For your convenience, the EDIFACTtoXML_IB_QS_Pflow_Channel.zip file is attached to this PDF.

  For PDF-compatibility purposes, the file extension of the EDIFACTtoXML_IB_QS_Pflow_Channel.zip file is temporarily renamed to .zap. After saving this file to your file system, you must rename this extension back to .zip before it can be imported to iWay Service Manager.

• The input data files representing valid and invalid data (edifact_d00a_author_good_sample.edifact and edifact_d00a_author_bad_sample.edifact).

  Note: For your convenience, the input data files are also attached to this PDF.

• EDIFACT Ebix (e-Business Information Exchange).

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In order to download and save the EDIFACT Ebix:

1. Enter the following URL in a web browser:

   http://techsupport.informationbuilders.com

   

2. On the right-hand side of the webpage, click My Downloads/Shipment.

   A logon window is displayed.

3. Login using your Global ID and password.

   Note: If you do not have a Global ID and password, you must contact iWay Technical support.

4. Once logged in, download the two Ebix files (EDIFACT_D00A.ebx and EDIFACT_UNCONTRL.ebx).
5. Save the downloaded files to <iWaySMHOME>\etc\manager\packages, as shown in the following image.

   <iWaySMHOME> is the directory where iWay Service Manager is installed (for example, C:\Program Files\iWay61).

   

6. Save the file EDIFACTtoXML_IB_QS_Pflow_Channel.zip, which is attached to this manual, into <iWAYSMHOME>\etc\repository\manager\archives, as shown in the following image.

   

7. Create EDIFACT directory files on your local C or D drive (the C drive was used here as an example), as shown in the following image.

   

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To create an inbound processing channel:

1. In the iWay Service Manager Administration Console, click Tools in the top pane, and then Archive Manager in the left pane.
2. Select Import components from a repository archive and click Next, as shown in the following image.

   

3. Select EDIFACTtoXML_IB_QS_Pflow_Channel.zip and click Next.
4. Select EDIFACTtoXML_IB_QS_Pflow_Channel and click Next, as shown in the following image.

   

   A pane telling you whether the import was a success or not appears.

5. If the import is successful, Click Finish.

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If your EDIFACT Directory was created on a drive other than C. You must update the inbound registers. To update the inbound registers:

1. In the iWay Service Manager Administration Console, click Registry in the top pane, and then Registers in the left pane.
2. Click the EDIFACT File Register, under the name column.

   

3. In the Value column, update the drive letter where the Inbound EDIFACT Directory was created, as seen in the following image.

   

4. Once the drive letters are updated, click Finish.

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To upload the Ebix to iWay Service Manager:

1. In the iWay Service Manager Administration Console, click Registry in the top pane, and then Ebix in the left pane.
2. Click the Add button.
3. Click Browse and navigate to the directory in which the two Ebix files downloaded previously were saved.

   

4. Select the file, EDIFACT_D00A.ebx.

   

5. Click Next.
6. Enter a unique name to identify this Ebix and click Finish.

   

7. Repeat this process for the second downloaded Ebix, Edifact_UNCONTRL.ebx.

   Final Ebix entries are shown in the following image.

   

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To add the Ebix components to a channel:

1. In the iWay Service Manager Administration Console, click Registry in the top pane, and then Channels in the left pane.
2. Click the number on the Ebix column for EDIFACTtoXML_IB_QS_Pflow_Channel.

   

3. Click the Add button.
4. Check the two Ebix components, EDIFACT_UNCONTRL_ebixand Edifact_D00A_Ebix.

   

5. Click the icon in the move column for the Edifact_D00A_Ebix component.
6. Click Finish.
7. Click the arrow in the Move column for the Edifact_D00A_Ebix component.

   

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To build, deploy, and test your channel:

1. In the iWay Service Manager Administration Console, click Registry in the top pane, and then Channels in the left pane.
2. Click the channel, EDIFACTtoXML_IB_QS_Pflow_Channel.
3. Click Build.

   

   

4. Click Deployments at the top of the screen.
5. Click the Deploy button.
6. Select EDIFACTtoXML_IB_QS_Pflow_Channel and click the Deploy button.

   

7. Click the red X under the status column.

   This will cause it to turn into a green check mark.

   

   

   The channel is ready to accept inbound data.

8. From Windows Explorer, copy the provided test file, edifact_d00a_author_good_sample.edifact, as shown in the following image.

   

9. Paste the file in the input directory, C:\EDIFACT\inputdir\edifact_xml.

   

   The output will be copied to the outputdir subdirectories.