Prerequisites

Before starting the tutorial, ensure that the following TIBCO software packages are installed on the host and trading partner machines:

  1. TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition

    For more information on setting up and running TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition, see the TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition Administration and TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition Trading Partner Management guides.

  2. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Plug-in for BusinessConnect™

  3. TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol powered by Instream®

    If you are not familiar with the X12 standard, see the "X12 Overview" topic in TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol powered by Instream® X12 Configuration.

    Review the "Managing EDI Guidelines" and "Exchanging Documents" topics in the TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol powered by Instream® User Guide.

  4. TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol HIPAA Edition powered by Instream®

    If you are not familiar with HIPAA, see Introduction to HIPAA Protocol.

Note: For the exact versions of these software packages, see the Readme file.

BusinessConnect Container Edition - EDI Protocol HIPAA Edition powered by Instream installation package contains all the guidelines needed for this tutorial. Therefore it is not required to use EDISIM to create and customize any guidelines for the tutorial.