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Possible to make an edi server using integration framework and a FTP server

jbrotto
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I was thinking it could be possible to make an edi server using some in house technologies as we do have a http and FTP server to store and fetch documents.

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Johan_H
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Hi Jonathan,

The thing with EDI is that it is not just up to you(r company). With EDI connection there are at least two parties involved: a sender and a receiver.

The classical scenario is sender -> sender's operator -> recipient's operator -> recipient. You can create your own "EDI" service if the recipient or sender is equally prepared to work without an operator.

With the integration framework you can create EDI or other files onto your ftp server, and you can read EDI or xml files from your ftp server, but you also need to transfer these files to the other party or vice versa, and preferably maintain a log file, and archive, for troubleshooting. That is usually the bit that operators take care of.

If you can reach an agreement with the other party, then there is no reason why you would not be able to build your own EDI system. In that case, with the integration framework you would not even need to use EDI files. You could then use xml files, which are easier to process and read with the naked eye.

Regards,

Johan

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