Business Agreements Overview A business agreement provides detailed information on which trading partners must agree before they can exchange business documents with each other. For each protocol enabled for document exchange between the two participants, the following protocol-specific information is required: • Transport method • Valid operations • Security This section provides an overview of the basic tasks required to create a valid business agreement. Much of the information required to create a business agreement is protocol specific. The procedures in this chapter assume that you have fully configured both parties to the agreement. These are the basic tasks required to create a valid business agreement: • Identify the participants and define the agreement validity period • Configure a protocol • Configure an operation