Product Overview

TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream is the TIBCO B2B solution for transferring EDI documents between trading partners. The protocol can be used for all EDI integration scenarios, including connecting directly to trading partners using internet or through value added networks (VANs, and provides common format standards support for various EDI document standards including the X12, TEXT, TRADACOMS, and EDIFACT standards. For more information on setting up TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream to exchange X12, TEXT, TRADACOMS, and EDIFACT documents with your trading partners, refer to the configuration guides for these protocols.

Unlike the X12, TEXT, TRADACOMS, and EDIFACT standards, Gateway does not represent a well-known common format standard in the EDI document exchange industry; instead, Gateway facilitates the transport of EDI documents to and from your trading partners either directly or through a VAN. Gateway also helps you orchestrate the processing of incoming EDI documents received by TIBCO BusinessConnect and is an important component of TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream.

Figure 1 Gateway Diagram

As shown in Figure 1, Gateway provides three major functionalities:

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Outbound Batching Monitors and manages activities for batching of outbound X12 and EDIFACT transactions. See Outbound Batching.

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Transport Gateway Serves as a common transport gateway for exchanging EDI documents with your trading partners that bypasses the EDI validation and XML conversion. See Transport Gateway.

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Message Routing Identifies and distributes inbound EDI documents for EDI message validation and XML conversion processing. See Message Routing.