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Chapter 2 Tutorials — Getting Started : Using EDI Guidelines

Using EDI Guidelines
You can find the guidelines that are used for this tutorial in the BC_HOME\protocols\tibedi\samples\sampleDocs\guidelines directory.
The guideline file names are:
Viewing a Guideline
This procedure explains how to view the guideline used in the tutorial.
To import a guideline:
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Click Standards Editor.
The Empty Guideline - Edisim dialog is displayed.
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From the menu, click File > Import > Import Single .SEF and Open.
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Navigate to the BC_HOME\protocols\tibedi\samples\sampleDocs\guidelines directory.
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Select the X12_5010_850.sef file, and then click Open.
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If the SEF Import Correction dialog is displayed, click Skip Correction.
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In the Import Standard dialog, keep or change the standard name, which you want to import this guideline into, and click OK.
Figure 2 Import Standard
For this tutorial, keep the standard name as 5010_850 and click OK.
The imported standard 5010_850 is now displayed.
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Figure 3 Elements of the Purchase Order
When you expand and highlight elements in the Guideline panel, the properties of each element are displayed in the Details View panel.
Figure 4 Details View Panel
Loading Guidelines to the X12 Protocol
This section describes how to load the guidelines and XSDs for the X12 messages. TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream contains a sample configuration file for this tutorial. You can load guidelines to the X12 protocol by importing the configuration file into the Operations Editor.
To import the configuration file into the Operations Editor:
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In the left panel, expand BusinessConnect > Operations Editor.
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In the Import Operations panel, click change next to the Upload Configuration Data File field.
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In the Change File panel, click Browse next to the Upload file field to navigate to the configuration file directory.
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For the first tutorial: BC_HOME\protocols\tibedi\samples\interfaces\X12-00403.csx
For the second tutorial: BC_HOME\protocols\tibedi\samples\interfaces\ X12-850_PO_Positional.csx
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Reviewing the Guidelines
This procedure describes how to review the guideline loaded for the purchase order transaction.
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In the Edit Operations: X12 dialog, click the topmost expand all to display all X12 operations.
Figure 5 X12 Operations
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Click the 00403 > 005010 > 850 transaction link.
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Click the Guideline tab.
Note that X12_5010_850.sef is displayed in the Guideline File for validating X12 Partner data (.sef or .std) field.
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Click Save to save the configurations.
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In the Edit Operations: X12 dialog, click Done.

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