Creating an Inbound Custom Transaction

A Transaction is created by using a Template. Therefore, before creating a Transaction, ensure that you have created a Template.

To create an Inbound Transaction:

1. Provide the name and description of the Transaction. The name and description of the Transaction are generated automatically based on the selected Template. You can edit the Transaction name and description that can be up to 48 and 300 characters long.
   
   
   
   

2. Click Continue.

3. Select the partner for whom you are creating this Transaction. All the Partners of the Network(s) will be populated in the drop-down list.

   

    

4. Click Next.

5. Provide the email id in the Contact User. This email id is used to send notification emails regarding the execution of the Transaction.
   
   
   
   

6. Click Next to define the Source application account. 

7. Select the Source application account. You can either use an existing account or create a new one. Click to add a new account. For information on how to add a new account, refer to Appendix D: Supported Applications. 

    

   Click Test to test the connection to your account.

8. Click Next to provide the configuration details.

9. Provide the configuration details of your account.
   
   
   
   

   Field Name	Description
   Folder Location	Folder location from where to pick files.
   Process all the existing records/files	To process all the existing files from the specified location.
   Process duplicate files	This option appears only for FTP application. Selecting this option will process any new file that has the same name as the file that has already been processed. This option process the duplicate files as per the retain time defined in the event metadata property.
   Delete file on success	Delete the file once it is processed.
   File type	File format to process the files. Multiple file formats are separated by a comma. Use *.* to process all file formats.
   Trigger Type	You can set trigger through POLLING and CRON EXPRESSION. POLLING: The time interval during which the Transaction triggers. By default, Transaction triggers after every 10 minutes. Select No polling option to trigger Transaction manually.  CRON EXPRESSION: Define the specific time schedule for the Transaction to trigger. For more information on how to define Cron Expression, click here.

   The Source application account and configuration details screen differ depending on the Source application chosen in the Template you are using.

10. Click Next to select the source data format. This screen appears if the Template is created for the Partner to define the layout using a file-based application.

11. Select the source data format and source data layout for the Source application. Source data format is the format in which the data of the source file exists, for example, text, excel. Source data layout is the layout of the source file. You can either use an existing layout or create a new one. Click add icon to create a new layout. For information on how to create a layout, refer to Appendix A: File Layouts 

12. Click Next to define filter criteria. This screen appears if the Template is created using an app-based application.
13. This screen allows you to retrieve only specific records using AND/OR filters. For example, name=John and Id=12345 will retrieve only the record where name is 'John' and Id is '12345'. 

14. Click Add Filter.

     

     

15. Select the field name, condition, and value to filter the records. Depending upon the application used in a Template, you can filter the records using AND, OR, or both AND and OR filters. Click AND Filter to add more records.
    
    
     

    Only filterable custom fields will be displayed in the "Field Name" drop-down list while specifying filter criteria.

16. Click Next to define the next Source application details. This screen appears if the Process Flow used in the Template is using multiple source applications and Partner needs to define the application details.

    You can choose from the following applications only - Database, Email, FTP, File, JMS, and Spazio MFT/s.

17. Select the application and repeat the Steps 6 to 11 to define the application details. The steps may differ depending on the option chosen in the Template.

18. Depending on the option chosen in the Template you are using, you need to define all the steps. 

19. Click Next to define the mapping. This screen appears only if the Partner needs to define the mapping. 

20. Click Save & Exit to save the Transaction.

    This creates an Inbound Transaction.

    Next Step

    Activating a Transaction