Assigning External Trading Partner IDs

To access the Ec Ext Partner Def (External Partner Definition) page, select PeopleTools, and then EDI Manager, and then Setup Trading Partners, and then External EDI Trading Partners.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Ec Ext Partner Def page.

Ec External Partner Definition page

You’ll need to find out from the trading partner or from the VAN what trading partner ID to use.

To add an external trading partner:

  1. Select the map profile that includes the mappings that this trading partner uses.

    Select the appropriate map ID from the list of valid map profile IDs.

  2. Select the partner profile that identifies the transactions that this partner can perform.

    Select the appropriate partner profile ID from the list of valid IDs.

  3. (Optional.) Select the conversion data profile that specifies how to translate this partner’s codes into PeopleSoft codes.

    Select the appropriate conversion data profile ID from the Cvt Pro ID field.

  4. Specify the customer ID, vendor ID, or other ID for this trading partner.

    Note:

    If you exchange transactions with multiple business entities inside this trading partner, you’ll need to define the partner’s external business entities. If you define external business entities, each one needs to have its own unique customer ID, vendor ID, or other ID. The ID that you assign here should be the ID for the corporate office.

    In the PS Code field, select the entity code for the type of entity this partner is: customer, vendor, and so on. If your system uses table set processing, select the setID for the Customer or Vendor table in theSetID field. In thePS Customer/Vendor Number field, select the specific value from the Customer or Vendor table that corresponds to this trading partner.

    If different tables in the system refer to this trading partner by different names, you can list all the IDs as part of the trading partner definition.

  5. Identify the internal trading partners who do business with this external trading partner.

    In the Int TPID field, select the name of an internal trading partner that does business with the external partner you are defining. Then, in theAlias TPID field, enter the name by which the new external partner refers to the selected internal partner, that is, the text that will appear in the Internal Trading Partner field in the PeopleSoft business documents.

    Repeat this step for each internal trading partner.