Configure Bots

• Out of the box bots does nothing. You have to configure bots for your specific edi requirements.

• Check out different ways to start your own configuration.

• See debug overview for info how to debug while making a configuration.

• Bots also has nice features for configuration change management (build test sets for you configuration, easier pushing of changes from test to production).

Configuration explained in short

• routes are edi-workflows.

• channels do the communication (from file system, ftp, etc).

• each route hs an inchannel and an outchannel

• Translations rules determine: translate what to what.

Most asked configuration topics

• composite routes

• passthrough route (without translation)

• options for outgoing filenames

• direct database communication

• partner specific translations

• code conversion

• view business documents instead of edi-files.

• confirmations/acknowledgements

• merging and enveloping outgoing edi files

• partner specific syntax (especially for x12 and edifact)