Configuration¶

• Out of the box bots does nothing. You have to configure bots for your specific edi requirements.
• Check out different ways to start your own configuration.
• See debug overview for info how to debug while making a configuration.
• Bots also has nice features for configuration change management (build test sets for you configuration, easier pushing of changes from test to production).

Configuration explained in short

• routes are edi-workflows.
• channels do the communication (from file system, ftp, etc).
• each route hs an inchannel and an outchannel
• Translations rules determine: translate what to what.

Most asked configuration topics

• composite routes
• passthrough route (without translation)
• options for outgoing filenames
• direct database communication
• partner specific translations
• code conversion
• view business documents instead of edi-files.
• confirmations/acknowledgements
• merging and enveloping outgoing edi files
• partner specific syntax (especially for x12 and edifact)

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