Collaboration Messaging Framework (Outbound)

Oracle Collaboration Messaging Framework provides native messaging capabilities for the most widely used B2B messages in Oracle Purchasing

Key Features

• Communicate purchase orders to B2B partners (EDI 850, 860) when a new purchase order is created, when an external purchase order revision is implemented, or when a purchase order is canceled.
• An order is sent if B2B communication is enabled for the purchase order site and there's no override enabled on the purchase order.
• Identify and retransmit orders that didn't get communicated because of unanticipated issues.
• Special handling to communicate large orders, for example, orders with many lines.
• Conditionally send orders in different formats, for example, PDF email or XML, using the same or different delivery methods.
• Conditionally or unconditionally send orders to multiple recipients in the same or different format using the same or different delivery methods.
• Option to include purchase-order attachments as MIME parts or embedded binary content in the message transmission.

Best Practices

Ensure that the PO_ELECTRONIC_COMM_DATA_MODEL profile option is enabled. This is required for most B2B messaging scenarios.

Constraints

• If you're using a custom data model for purchase orders and include fields in the data model for B2B, you must configure the message definition XSL to map these fields into the external message. They aren't automatically carried forward.
• If purchase orders aren't visible in Collaboration Messaging Framework's messaging history even after everything is set up correctly, the most likely reason is an issue with the data model definition or setup.
• Normally, only the changes to an order are transmitted in a change order. If you need to transmit the entire order, you'll need to update the data model to communicate the entire order when a change is approved.
• If you're sending purchase orders with large attachments, you might need to update the default maximum message size property in Collaboration Messaging Framework setup depending on the number and size of the attachments.