EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check Service

The following table provides an overview of the EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check service:

System name
OverdueAckType
Graphical Process Modeler (GPM) categories
All Services, EDI
Description
The EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check service finds outbound EDI groups and interchanges whose inbound functional acknowledgments are overdue, and creates a status report listing them.
Preconfigured?
Yes
Requires third party files?
No
Platform availability
All supported application platforms.
Related services
No
Application requirements
No
Initiates business processes?
None
Invocation
Runs as part of the OverdueAckCheck business process.
Business process context considerations
No
Returned status values
  • Success – The service has run successfully. Anything found to be overdue is listed in the status report.
  • Error – The service encountered a database error.
Restrictions
No

How the EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check Service Works

The EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check service works with the predefined Overdue Acknowledge Check business process.

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Implementing the EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check Service

To implement the EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check service, complete the following tasks:

  1. Activate your license for the EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check service.
  2. Create an EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check service configuration.
  3. Configure the EDI Overdue Acknowledgement. For information, see Configuring the EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check Service.
  4. Use the EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check service in a business process.

Configuring the EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check Service

To configure the EDI Overdue Acknowledgment Check service, you must specify settings for the following fields in the IBM® Sterling B2B Integrator:

Field
Description
Name
Unique and meaningful name for the service configuration. Required.
Description
Meaningful description for the service configuration, for reference purposes. Required.
Select a Group
Select one of the options:
  • None – You do not want to include this configuration in a group at this time.
  • Create New Group – You can enter a name for a new group in this field, which will then be created along with this configuration.
  • Select Group – If you have already created one or more groups for this service type, they are displayed in the list. Select a group from the list.
Run as User
Enter (or select from the list) the user ID to be associated with business process instances of this service.
Use 24 Hour Clock Display
If selected, the adapter will use the 24-hour clock instead of the default 12-hour clock.
Schedule
Information about scheduling the service configuration to run.

Valid values:

  • Do not use schedule

    If this field is selected, this service does not start a business process and does not run on a schedule.

  • Run based on timer

    Valid values are the hour and minutes at which to run the service. Indicate whether you want the service to run at startup.

  • Run daily

    Valid values are the hour and minutes at which to run the service, daily. You can also specify a time interval. Indicate whether you want the service to run at startup.

  • Run based on day(s) of the week

    Valid values are the day of the week, the hour, and the minutes at which to run the service. You can also specify a time interval. Indicate whether you want the service to run at startup.

  • Run based on day(s) of the month

    Valid values are the day of the month (including the last day of the month (LDOM)), hour, and the minutes at which to run the service. You can also specify a time interval. Indicate whether you want the service to run at startup.