The processing of EDI messages by the EDI module must be explicitly activated for each partner. Only if this is activated, data received from the corresponding partner will be processed by the module EDI. Sending EDI messages (via the functions of the EDI module) is also only possible if the option is activated for the partner.
To activate the automated processing of incoming EDI message from a partner please proceed as follows:
1 Open the partner management by clicking the Partners entry in the navigation tree, select the corresponding partner and then click the Edit the selected partner or group button or double-click the partner entry.
2 Open the EDI page in the partner's edit dialog and activate the Enable EDI processing option.
Settings page for EDI processing using the example of an OFTP partner
3 If you do not want all incoming files to be processed, you can restrict this under EDI received files filter via the field File mask. Via the file mask, the messages to be processed can be filtered according to their file name. * as a mask processes all files, *.txt only files with the file extension txt, with ab??.* files with any file extension are processed, whose name is four characters long and begins withab. Allowed placeholders are * for any character and ? for any character.
4 Select the Character set in which you receive messages from your partner. If you are not sure which format this is, then keep the default ASCII.
5 You can use a Filter to process incoming messages before they are processed by the EDI module or to exclude them from processing based on their content.
6 Accept the new settings with OK. From now on, all messages received from the selected partner that match the settings made will be automatically forwarded to the EDI module.