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Chapter 2 Business Agreements : General Tab for Business Agreements

General Tab for Business Agreements
To define the agreement period, perform these steps:
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Select the Valid check box if you want this agreement to be valid immediately and for an indefinite period of time.
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To define a specific time frame, use the Start Date and End Date lists to define the exact period during which the agreement will be valid.
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Click Save.
The Business Agreements dialog is displayed, showing the new active agreement.
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After the agreement period is defined, you can move on to configuring protocols bindings as explained in Adding a Protocol Binding.
Adding a Protocol Binding
To add a protocol, perform these steps.
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Expand BusinessConnect > Business Agreements.
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The list of protocols shows only these protocols that are common both for the host and the partner participant.
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Click OK.
Configuring a Protocol
To edit a protocol:
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Expand BusinessConnect > Business Agreements.
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To edit Host’s and Partner’s Configuration tabs, see the other appropriate protocol specific documents.
Business Agreement: Operation Bindings Tab
Use this tab to bind operation that have been already defined so that they can be used for a particular business agreement.
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Expand BusinessConnect > Business Agreements > business_agreement > protocol > Operation Bindings.
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Select this check box to allow all operations that are found under BusinessConnect > Operations Editor > Protocol for any business transaction.
Note: This function also applies to all operations that are specifically listed under Initiating Operations or Responding Operations.
Clear this check box to allow only the restricted set of operations listed under Initiating Operations or Responding Operations for a particular business transaction.
Click Add Operation Binding, and in the Select Operation window select one of the available operations.
Click Add Operation Binding, and in the Select Operation window select one of the available operations.
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Click Save.
Business Agreement: Document Security Tab
The Document Security tab is used to specify security settings for the business transaction that is being exchanged. See the content about Security in TIBCO BusinessConnect Concepts for more details.
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Select the hash algorithm from the list: SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, or SHA512.
Select the algorithm from the list: DES3, AES-128, AES-192, or AES-256, AES-128-GCM, AES-192-GCM, or AES-256-GCM.
The AES-128-GCM, AES-192-GCM, and AES-256-GCM algorithms to support Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in GCM mode. These algorithms only apply to the two business protocols: TIBCO BusinessConnect™ SOAP Protocol and TIBCO BusinessConnect™ ebXML Protocol.
Select the PGP encryption algorithm from the list: DES3, CAST5, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, or BLOWFISH.
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Click Save to save the selected keys and certificates.
Business Agreement: Transports Tab
The Transports tab is used to specify transports for a business agreement.
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Note: The server certificate configuration is only required for Async MDNs via AS2 HTTPS transport.
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Click Edit Settings next to the transport you want to edit.
For HTTP, HTTPS, and HTTPSCA, select the Require HTTP Basic Authentication check box to do the basic authentication for inbound messages. Click OK.
See Authentication Source Defaults for more information about the authentication source.
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Click Save.
Show Advanced
By using Show Advanced, you can configure additional settings for either a host or a partner in a business agreement using Host’s Configuration and Partner’s Configuration. For more information, see the specific protocol’s documentation.
Deleting a Business Agreement
To delete a business agreement:
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Expand BusinessConnect > Business Agreements.
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