Setting Up EDI eCommerce

Introduction to eCommerce Setup
Outlines the purpose of the chapter and gives information about the potential complexity of eCommerce.

Setup Overview
Illustrates the setup workflow and details some of the customizable options of eCommerce.

Setting Up Data Directories
Details the setup of subdirectories in eCommerce Control and directory structure.

Using Sequence IDs
Describes how the system assigns sequence IDs.

Configuring eCommerce Control
Outlines how eCommerce Control works and describes the frames associated with it.

Defining the EC Subsystem
Details how EC Subsystem Maintenance is used to define data, records, and fields.

Defining an Exchange File
Explains exchange files and their uses.

Defining EC Subsystem Cross-References
Explains how to set up cross-references and use them to exchange files and information.

Defining a Specific Implementation
Defines implementations and explains how they can be used to more accurately accommodate individual business needs.

Defining Transformation Maps
Explains how transformation maps work and how to set them up with Transformation Definition Maint.

Creating Document Definitions
Describes a menu program that lets you create new exchange file, application, or implementation definitions from existing definitions, .xml/.xsd files, or Progress code that includes temp-table definitions.

Defining Transmission Groups
Explains how transmission groups work and how to define them using Transmission Group Maintenance.

Setting Up Trading Partners
Explains how Trading Partner Maintenance is used to identify the document types that are exchanged with each trading partner and to set up cross-references between trading partner documents and your system.

Using Other Setup Programs
Describes additional programs that support setup and maintenance—defining trading partner parameters, data cross-references, and HTTP adapters, for example. Also covers validating data values; defining application documents and copying those definitions; using transformation functions; scheduling automatic processing; and loading and unloading trading partner data.

Storing and Retrieving Turnaround Data
Explains how eCommerce deals with turnaround data and specific storage and retrieval practices.

Using eCommerce with Multiple Domains
Describes how to set up multiple domain features and how the system processes transactions.

This chapter is for the system implementers and EDI specialists setting up eCommerce to exchange data with EC subsystems.

The complexity of setting up and implementing eCommerce depends on your company’s specific needs. If you usually exchange standard types of EDI documents with your trading partners, then the QAD-developed transformation mappings can probably meet your needs with a minimum of customization. However, eCommerce’s powerful implementation tools let you perform setup tasks of much greater complexity.

This chapter describes all the programs available for implementing eCommerce. Depending on the complexity of your implementation scenario, you do not necessarily have to use all of the programs—or even most of them.