11 Batching EDI Messages

For outbound messages, use the Oracle B2B interface to batch, schedule, and send outbound EDI X12 and EDI EDIFACT messages. (Inbound messages to Oracle B2B are automatically debatched.)

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Section 11.1, "Setting Up a Batch"

• Section 11.2, "Managing Batched Messages"

See the following for more information about EDI:

• Section 8.2, "Using the EDI EDIFACT Document Protocol"

• Section 8.3, "Using the EDI X12 Document Protocol"

11.1 Setting Up a Batch

Batching is often used to group messages by document type; for example, you may want to send out a batch of purchase orders or a batch of invoices, to one or more trading partners. You can also batch multiple document types, sent to one or more trading partners.

When batching more than 1000 documents, where the payload size is greater than 30 KB, specific settings are required. See "Settings for Batching a Large Number of Documents" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Performance Guide.

Figure 11-1 shows where you set up a batch transmission of EDI messages.

Figure 11-1 Scheduling a Batch

Description of "Figure 11-1 Scheduling a Batch"

To set up a batch, do the following:

• Task 1, "Search for Agreements to Batch"

• Task 2, "Create the Batch"

• Task 3, "Schedule the Batch"

Task 1   Search for Agreements to Batch

1. Click the Administration link.

2. Click the Schedule Batch tab.

3. Use the search parameters described in Table 11-1 to identify which agreements you want to batch.

   Use the document search parameters as follows: Select a document protocol name first to populate the list of document protocol versions; next select a document protocol version to populate the list of document types; and then select a document type to populate the list of document definitions.

   Table 11-1 Search Parameters for Creating a Batch

   Parameter	Description
   Match All or Any	If you select All, then fields with values are matched using an and condition. If you select Any, then fields with values are matched using an or condition.
   Responding Partner	Select Starts With, Contains, Equals, or Ends With, and type the appropriate portion of the name of the responding trading partner.
   Agreement	Select Starts With, Contains, Equals, or Ends With, and type the appropriate portion of the name of the agreement.
   Document Protocol Name	Select EDI_EDIFACT or EDI_X12.
   Document Protocol Version	Select a document protocol version that you previously created.
   Document Type	Select a document type that you previously created.
   Document Definition	Select a document definition that you previously created.

   
   

4. Click Search.

   Active, deployed agreements (outbound) that meet your search criteria are displayed.

5. Go to Task 2, "Create the Batch".

Task 2   Create the Batch

1. Enter a name for the batch.

2. Select the agreements you want to batch.

3. Click Create Batch.

4. Go to Task 3, "Schedule the Batch".

Task 3   Schedule the Batch

1. Click Launch Scheduler.

2. Select the Non-Repeating Event tab or the Repeating Event tab.

3. For a nonrepeating event, do one of the following:

   • Enter the date in the format shown in the Scheduler dialog and click OK.

   • Or, click the Calendar icon, specify a date and time, and click OK.

   For a repeating event (see Figure 11-2), enter details on the interval to trigger the event by specifying the minutes, hour, month, year, and date details. Then click OK.

   Figure 11-2 Scheduling the Batch

   
   Description of "Figure 11-2 Scheduling the Batch"
   
   

You can see the batches you create on the Manage Batch tab.

11.2 Managing Batched Messages

Figure 11-3 shows where you can search for batches that you previously created, view details of a batch, and disable, update, or delete a batch.

Figure 11-3 Managing Batched EDI Messages

Description of "Figure 11-3 Managing Batched EDI Messages"

For the Update batch action, only the documents definitions selected can be updated. Ensure that you reselect all the documents that are to be part of the batch and not just the new ones.

In some cases, B2B may not pick up the batched messages when you update the batching schedule. If you see that batched messages are not being picked up, delete the batch and create a new batch schedule with the same name as the previous batch. The same name must be used so that B2B picks up the previous messages in WAIT_BATCH status.