Using the eFoodChain B2B Connector to send and receive
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1. facilities to notify a user or administrator about events or pending actions are implemented External Programs If the inbound or outbound workflow requires the involvement of external programs e g in order to translate the proprietary ERP documents into eFoodChain Messages or vice versa this is supported by the Connector Files up download If necessary it is possible to dispatch messages to an EXPORT folder or to retrieve messages from an IMPORT folder Instead of HTTPS connections this functionality enables any FTP or AS2 based connection Archiving All the inbound and outbound transactions may be archived and written to external archiving facilities from the Connector database Attachments For some business processes it may be necessary to attach further documents to the core business document e g in invoicing processes 7 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market a eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual Ree SME O RCE O N crane Minimum Hardware and Operating System Requirements Hardware e X86 Processor e Min 1024 MB RAM e 10 GB or more disk capacity Operating System and Network Infrastructure e Supported operating systems o Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 or Windows 8 32 or 64 Bit o Linux 32 or 64 Bit e Internet access from the computer tha2. assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual E N ESS ENE The TOOLS Menu The TOOLS Menu allows the user to access a set of tools that are available in other parts of the interface Checking of outbound connections and validation of eFoodChain Messages are the main functionalities implemented Details can be found in the Setup Manual STATION ID Y CALLER URL URL R urn efoodchain ptinescporto porto 001 urn efoodchain pt apas sobrena 001 https co operate inescporto pt 8443 efoodchain services CarSimpleConnectorApi OK es aa b Check Connection Check Retrieval of Messages Clean Status Figure 23 Tools 22 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 eFoodthain Contacts for further information INESCPORTO LA t lt 7 SUN S AR E F LH FOOD PROCESSING IZBA ZBOZOWO PASZOWA V oe VS SisTrad ml a ae S
3. of the remote Connector its StationID and among other details the password that the Administrator of this remote Connector assigned to you For details on how to create an outbound connection please refer to section Setup the outbound connection s in the Connector s Setup Manual An inbound connection should be created for each incoming connection when the Connector is running in server mode In this mode you must assign a password and identify the Station ID of the Connector for whom you are specifying an inbound connection Please refer to section Using the Connector as a Server in the Connector s Setup Manual A normal user i e not the Administrator can only use the Check Connections submenu Here he can click the Check Connections button The Connector will send a Probe message to all the configured remote Connectors If the two status information REMOTE HOST CONNECTION and REMOTE SERVICE turn to OK then messages can be sent to the remote Connector STATION ID Y CALLER URL URL Rix um efoodchain ptinescporto porto 001 um efoodchain ptapas sobrena 001 https co operate inescporto pt8443 efoodchain services CarSimpleConnectorApi 4 w p Check Connection Check Retrieval of Messages Clean Status Figure 13 Check connections If REMOTE HOST CONNECTION is not OK then the computer is not connected to the internet If REMOTE SERVICE is not OK then check with your communication partner whether the service is up and
4. running on his side a possible reason for not having access to the remote service is a wrong password The functions of the other menu entries are available to the administrator only and are explained in the Setup Manual 16 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp s ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual E OR Ener DIGITAL FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS The CERTIFICATES Menu The CERTIFICATES Menu is used to manage the X 509 public certificates that are known and accepted by the Connector By default the Connector comes with three public certificates two regard ODETTE as a Certificate Authority and the third is used by HTTPS to authenticate and encrypt data communication with a testlab Connector installed at co operate inescporto pt More details for this area are available in the Setup Manual ALIAS TYPE OWNER ISSUER SERIAL NUMBER VALIDITY Gj entry3 Trusted Certificate X 5093 EMAILADDRESS ctoscan CN ODETTE Issuing CA 709d7c9700000000020b Fri Nov 26 14 33 47 GMT 2010 Mon entry2 Trusted Certificate X5093 CN ODETTE Issuing CA CN ODETTE Root O OD 617ca4e3000000000002 Wed Jan 28 11 12 26 GMT 2009 Su entry1 Trusted Certificate X509 3 CN ODETTE Root O OD CN ODETTE Root O OD 7f87826124d2e09f47895d1a587a6a6a Wed Jan 28 09 12 28 GMT 2009 Sa ggr amp Add X 509 Cert
5. CONNECTIONS PIOU eri E EERE TON 16 The CERTIFICATES MENU es aa tact eee ieie aaien eaa eaa aa aai 17 TO ee E eee 18 T O amp Br a E eee meter ee ee reer ERNE SEERNE SELE 19 Digital sieninge of dy een ss 2 E A 20 Toe NOU eanan ET oesie E PEER SUE ERE ERE EINE LEE EBBER EF EEDLELEREE EGER 21 The TOGES MER arrene agerer een earn arena 22 3 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp e ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Y Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual SSeS MEO ay eS Preface The eFoodChain B2B Connector is one of the deliverables produced by the eFoodChain project It is intended to provide a free of charge easy to use means of automated data communication between business partners It is a reference implementation of the Messaging Service defined in the eFoodChain Framework and aims to support a better integration of small and medium sized enterprises SMEs to the digital business processes of food supply chains The B2B Connector is open source software As such it comes without support and is distributed on an AS IS basis WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND either express or implied As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 the B2B Connector is used to connect the local ERP system of a SME with eFoodChain enabled partners business partners and B2B service providers The connection to the ERP is realised either by a
6. Sender Accepted TimestampAfter TimestampBefore FetchedByLocalSystem Document V Ignore Ack messages Search Clear MESSAGE DOCUMENT ISSUEDATE ACCEPTED T Y SENDER CONTRACT FETCHED BY LOCAL SYSTEM FETCHED ON j vr h Messages outbound o A Message Receiver Accepted TimestampAfter TimestampBefore Document V Ignore Ack messages search Clear MESSAGE DOCUMENT ISSUEDATE ACCEPTED TIMI Y RECEIVER CONTRACT Ge ze he Todo List o Notifications A A PROCESS MESSAGE ACTION ACTIONS DONE RESPONSIBLE U PROCESS MESSAGE NOTIFICATION TYPE NOTIFICATION NOTIF C f o f og 5 i _ ee Attachfiles M Sianmessane Fxtract Attachments A ic Delete b Figure 7 User interface dashboard When you have completed your work you should select LOGOUT to disconnect from the application If you do not use the interface for a certain period you will be disconnected automatically and must log in again 1 1 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market 9S eFoodChain e Food Ch a i n B2 B Co nn ecto r U ser M anua ASSISTING SMES TO PARTICIPATE IN DIGITAL FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS The Main Menu The Main Menu has eight entries e DASHBOARD gives real time access to the features that do change frequently within the Connector This includes the identi
7. UT displays information about this software and gives you access to the Setup and User manuals e LOGOUT to disconnect from the user interface 12 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual ASSISTING SMES TO PARTICIPATE IN DIGITAL FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS The TRANSACTIONS Menu The Transactions Menu provides access to all transactions that have been sent or received and are not yet archived archived messages can only be accessed in the ARCHIVE menu There are four different categories of messages e Probe inbound this list is only used if the Connector also acts as a server and accepts incoming calls In this case the list shows all attempts that remote Connectors have made to send a Probe message to the local Connector Probe is used by the remote Connector to check whether the internet connection is ok and the web service is running on the local Connector e Probe outbound shows all Probe messages and their results sent by the local Connector to remote Connectors ms gt lt PROBE ACCEPTED REFUSED TIME STAMP Y CALLER REMOTEHOST Ce Test Probe true 15 Nov 2013 12 14 44 urn efoodchain pt iapas sobrena 001 co operate inescporto pt Test Probe true 15 Nov 2013 12 14 43 urn efoodchain ptapas sobrena 001 co operate inescporto pt T
8. Using the eFoodChain B2B Connector to send and receive electronic messages eFoodChain project team May 2014 This document explains how to obtain and setup the software reference implementation of the eFoodChain B2B Connector The eFoodChain B2B Connector is a modification of the auto gration Connector from which the auto gration specific elements were removed and into which eFoodChain specific elements were developed The software has been developed under the COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE CDDL an open source license and can be used free of charge by any user or software developer Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market 9S eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual E E T EEE NENNE Contents Ai E E E A AEA E AE TE E AEE E AE E AE E E era 4 PN AREE st emo SE E N O E ES E E cnet E E A AE E 6 Minimum Hardware and Operating System Requirements ccccscsscscssccssscenssscnsescuscusesseuseseuseneeeses 8 Access the Connector s User Interface eessessssssssssrrreerrrrreeessssessssssrreeerrrreeessssessssssseeeerrreeeeesreeeee 10 Baa a E EE E E EE EE A E E A E E E E 12 The TRANSACTIONS MONU erei a ns 13 Auxiliary operations on transactions eessssssessesssrsesrsesseresscosesenseroessesserssetosseesserssecosseessseresereseense 14 TRE AR ENN E MEN ece E reece ee eer eee eee 15 ThE
9. age be used to impersonate websites in other languages Tabs layed Change how webpages are displayed in tabs English United Kingdom en GB Portuguese Portugal pt PT Browsing history Delete temporary files history cookies saved passwords and web form information V Delete browsing history on exit Appearance Do not add www to the beginning of typed web addresses Languages cessibiity A a e a I ae typed web addresses when you press Ctrl Shift Enter Suffix Prefix and suffix options x caei Figure 5 Setting the language settings on the Internet Explorer 8080 is the default port suggested during the setup procedure If your administrator has specified a different port you will have to replace 8080 by the appropriate port number 10 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp E ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual E SM o a o I AN eFoodChain Connector x gt C D localhost 8080 efoodchain HE Apps f gwt g3d ctoscano M IspGaya cP cPanel Login GoFlexHome Ho SeagateShare com FTP to SeagateDisk eFoodthain ASSISTING SMES TO PARTICIPATE IN DIGITAL FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS Figure 6 Entering the user interface You will get the following interface Messages inbound Message
10. e The user admin will get notifications for every error events related to any inbound and outbound messages He will also get a notification each time an AgronomicalObservationReport message is sent p TYPE PROCESS MESSAGE WHAT TO DO NOTIFY USERS Y Todo Action outbound AgronomicalObservationReport Attach files to message ediManager Todo Action inbound AgronomicalObservationReport Extract files from message ediManager Notification outbound error admin Notification inbound g error admin Notification outbound AgronomicalObservationReport action_done admin Add User Action amp Delete Jl Edit a ss Add Notification j Figure 15 Actions and notifications 18 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of p gt ES ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Y Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual SME Note the user cannot change or modify the configuration of actions and notifications this functionality is reserved for the administrator Please refer to the section Setup User actions and Setup User notifications in the Connector s Setup Manual The Todo List Once an action configured in the Configuration are is triggered in our example an AgronomicalObservationReport message was created by the ERP system for the Connector to send to the Internet the Connector generates a Todo item in the Todo li
11. e Visualisation Attachments e Food C h 2 N Notification Archiving E Files upload download Figure 3 Functions of the eFoodChain B2B Connector Secure Transmission Transmission of data via public internet using HTTPS protocol prevents unauthorised alteration or interception of the business content A dedicated web service ensures precise status information on whether or not a message has been transmitted successfully and the creation of an Acknowledgement message provides the non repudiation of received messages Storage All transactions and their status are stored in a database From here they can be retrieved whenever necessary and also be written to external archiving facilities Visualisation In future releases of the software the Connector may be equipped with electronic forms to show the content of the business messages in human readable form Each business document may be saved as a PDF document In the current release of the software business messages can be visualized and saved in their own format XML or EDIFACT 6 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market 9S eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual E TR E T EET Notification Since the Connector runs most of the time as a service Windows operating system or daemon Linux operating system in the background
12. est Probe true 15 Nov 2013 12 14 38 urn efoodchain ptapas sobrena 001 co operate inescporto pt Figure 8 Outbound probe messages e Messages inbound this list shows all one way style messages AgronomicalObservationReport LaboratoryObservationReport Invoice received from business partners and not yet archived You have to press the Search button to ask the Connector to show any available messages e Messages outbound this list shows all one way style messages sent to business partners and not yet archived You have to press the Search button to ask the Connector to show any available messages D4 Message Receiver Accepted TimestampAfter TimestampBefore Document Ignore Ack messages Search Clear V MESSAGE DOCUMENT ISSUEDATE ACCEPTED TIME STAMP Y SENDER RECEIVER lt 3 LaboratoryObservationReport 20131009 2 2013 11 09 00 31 52 0 true 15 Nov 2013 14 31 41 urn efoodchain ptapas sobrena 001 urn efoodchain pt cothn leir AgronomicalObservationRepornt 20131009 1 2013 10 09 01 31 52 0 true 15 Nov 2013 14 31 31 urn efoodchain ptapas sobrena 001 urn efoodchain ptcothn leir Figure 9 Outbound business messages To make it easier to find a specific message several filter options can be set such as message type the identifier of the receiver accepted or not and a time window Timestamp after and Timestamp before see Figure 10 for an example As before you ll have to press the Search button to trigge
13. fication of inbound and outbound transactions as soon as they happen a To do List that shows the actions requiring the attention of the logged user and a list of notifications These screens are copy of similar screens available in other areas of the user interface e TRANSACTIONS gives access to all recorded but not yet archived transactions inbound received and outbound sent transactions e ARCHIVE gives access to all archived inbound and outbound transactions e CONNECTIONS it is the entry to the communication partner management Here you can specify the properties of remote Connectors inbound and outbound connections test their connectivity and define the routing rules for outbound messages based on combinations of type of messages MessageType and business contract with a business parter ContractID e CERTIFICATES area that allows the Administrator to change the trusted public certificates and the private keys known locally by the Connector e WORKFLOW allows the definition of manual activities in case such actions are required before a message can be sent or after a message is received Notifications are also defined here so that users are notified of the main actions done by the Connector like the transmission or reception of messages A basic user management is also available e TOOLS makes available a set of tools that allow the user to check outbound connections and to check the validity of eFoodChain Messages e ABO
14. file based interface or through a web service For the details applicable to your system please contact your ERP software provider l eFoodChain Connector Message a Message SME Small or medium sized company ERP Enterprise Resource Planning system Figure 1 Direct Interaction between two B2B Connectors A eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Y Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual 3 SMES f I eFoodChain Connector Internet HTTPS BE f eFoodChain onnector Connector eS Co eFoodChain Message SME Small or medium sized company ERP Enterprise Resource Planning system B2B B2B Platform Figure 2 Interaction between two B2B Connectors through a mediator 5 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of p ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual Functions Although the main function of the B2B Connector is to send and receive eFoodChain Messages securely and reliably over the internet various other functions are supported that enable its use in different business scenarios and areas Figure 3 gives an overview of supported functions Secure Transmission Storag
15. g Digital signing of messages Currently the Connector supports only soft certificates which are stored in a keystore file ks jks jceks p12 bks and ubr are supported formats The file must contain the private key of the certificate Click the Sign message button and provide the password for the keystore the PKCS12 file and the private key Key Store Key Store access passwords KeyStorePassword eeecsecseeeee J y Z NA Save Clear Figure 19 Passwords to access external keystore and private key 20 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual ASSISTING SMES RTICIPATE IN DIGITAL FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS Click Save and select the file containing the certificate in the next dialogue Import Private Key Upload file with Primary Key ks jks jceks p12 bks ubr C Users walthj Docum Upload Y i Figure 20 import of a private key Once the Upload button is clicked the Connector will attach the digital signature to the message and will return to the Todo List The message is marked as signed Click the Action Done button to complete the process The Notification List According to the specified configuration an appropriate notification message is created by the Connector It
16. ge using the scheme identified in the message itself Archive Message Copies the message and any available attachments to the archive folder as separate files From there messages can be copied to archive media such as WORM disks hard disks or CD ROM s or they can be imported by a dedicated archiving system The selected messages are marked as archived and may subsequently only be consulted in the ARCHIVE menu For the Archive Message option you may previously select multiple transactions Message Receiver Accepted TimestampAfter TimestampBefore Document E Ignore Ack messages Search f Clear a GR SEEREN MESSAGE DOCUMENT ISSUEDATE ACCEPTED TIME STAMP Y SENDER RECEIVER i LaboratoryObservationReport 20131009 2 2013 11 09 00 31 52 0 true 15 Nov 2013 14 31 41 urn efoodchain ptapas sobrena 001 urn efoodchain pt cothn leir AgronomicalObservationRepornt 2013 15 Nov 2013 14 31 31 um efoodchain ptapas sobrena 001 urm efoodchain ptcothn lei Save Message as View Message Extract Attachments Validate Message Archive Message Figure 11 Possible actions on sent received messages 14 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual e M EEN EN CAN Probe messages both inbound and outbound may
17. he Connector see Figure 4 e The administrator admin who is responsible for setup and configuration and overall maintenance procedures and e A user ediManager who is responsible for managing all electronic data interchange and carry out manual operations Note Activities which are only available to the administrator are described in the Setup Manual g eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual EER E E S EEN AA SE CLAN USER NAME FULL NAME EMAIL EMAIL SMTP SERVER SMTP SERVER USER NAME TYPE G ediManager EDI Manager edimanager apas com pt smtps apas com pt 25 User admin Administrator ctoscano inescporto pt smtps inescporto pt 25 Administrator Badd Bbelete edit Figure 4 Users management 9 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual ASSISTING SMEs TO PARTICIPATE IN DIGITAL F SUPPLY CHAINS Access the Connector s User Interface The Connector s Graphical User Interface GUI is provided through an internet browser All major browsers have been tested and can be used If you use the internet browser i
18. ificate Delete Details amp Delete All Figure 14 Certificates management 17 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual EAN E CAPT a A Sa Clan The WORKFLOW Menu The WORKFLOW Menu has the submenu items Users To register change or delete user administrator accounts Functions are only available to the administrator see Setup Manual Configuration To setup workflows which either assign a task to a user or define a notification Functions are only available to the administrator see Setup Manual Todo List List of pending actions according to defined workflows There are currently three different actions that can be defined e Attach files to messages e Extract files from messages e Digital signing of messages Notifications List of pending notifications for a user There are currently two different types of notifications e Notifications of internal errors in the Connector e Notifications of actions successfully completed by the Connector In the following example Figure 15 there are two actions and two notifications defined The user ediManager has to attach documents to any outbound AgronomicalObservationReport message and has to extract attachments from any inbound AgronomicalObservationReport messag
19. is shown in the Notifications list Figure 21 and can also be sent as an email provided that the Connector has access to a SMTP server Figure 22 Obsolete notifications can be selected and deleted using the Delete button at the bottom of the notification window A PROCESS MESSAGE NOTIFICATION TYPE NOTIFICATION NOTIFIED USERS TIMESTAMP Aly outbound AgronomicalObservationReport action_done Notificati admin 15 Nov 2013 16 17 07 Figure 21 Notifications list From Me lt ctoscano inescporto pt gt Reply Forward Archive Junk Delete Subject eFoodChain urn efoodchain pt apas sobrena 001 action done 16 17 To Me lt ctoscano inescporto pt gt 1 Other Actions Notification generated by eFoodChain B28 Connector urn efoodchain pt apas sobrena 1 Action was done Message was sent successfully to RemoteConnector Details of the event Your Connector urn efoodchain pt apas sobrena 1 Remote Connector urn efoodchain pt inescporto porto 0e1 Event action_done Process outbound Message AgronomicalObservationReport Contract APAS COTHN ContractNr201316001 1 Sender urn efoodchain pt apas sobrena 1 Receiver urn efoodchain pt cothn leiria e e 1 Time 2013 11 15 16 17 07 GMT Document 201310 09 1 Document issue date 2013 10 09 01 31 52 BST Figure 22 Email access 71 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ES ICT
20. n the same computer that is running the Connector entering the following URL will start the user interface http localhost 3080 efoodchain If the Connector runs on a remote computer in your intranet you can access the interface via the IP address or domain host name of the computer for instance http 192 168 2 100 8080 efoodchain The GUI is available in several languages Currently the list of supported languages includes English main language Dutch French German Italian Portuguese and Spanish This list may grow as required The application retrieves the preferred language from your browser settings and applies it to the GUI if possible If your local language is not available the English version is used instead If necessary you can change the language settings in your browser In Internet Explorer R under Microsoft Windows for instance this is done via Tools Internet Options General Languages see Figure 5 For other browsers please refer to their user manual or help system Internet Options EJER General Security Privacy Content Connections Programs Advanced Home page To create home page tabs type each address on its own line E il http www searchnu com 406 A ee Startup Language Preference Start with tabs from the last session Add the languages you use to read websites listing in order of i i preference Only add the ones you need as some characters can Start with home p
21. only be deleted The ARCHIVE Menu The ARCHIVE Menu has the same submenu items as TRANSACTIONS except Probe messages Messages which have been archived can be listed the list can be filtered and context menu operations are available as in TRANSACTIONS G L gt Computer DataDisk D efoodchain connector win32 efoodchain data archive 2013 11 15 Search 2013 P File Edit View Tools Help Organize v Include in library v Share with v Burn New folder orm Name Date modified Type Size out AgronomicalObservationReport 20131009 1 xml 15 11 2013 12 51 XML File 9 KB out LaboratoryObservationReport 20131009 2 xml 15 11 2013 14 46 XML File 807 KB 2 out LaboratoryObservationReport 20131009 2 xml payload1 pdf 15 11 2013 14 46 PDF XChange Vi 301 KB 3 items JA Figure 12 Files in the Archive folder 15 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual RS TERY eRe aTED Sel in SEINE Con BN The CONNECTIONS Menu The CONNECTIONS Menu is used to set up outbound connections and if the Connector is also used in server mode inbound connections An outbound connection should be created for each possible destination of an eFoodChain Message To create an outbound connection you must know the IP address or host name
22. r the action 13 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual ASSISTING SMES TO PARTICIPATE IN DIGITAL FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS gt lt Message Receiver Accepted TimestampaAfter TimestampBefore AgronomicalObservation Document E Ignore Ack messages search Clear Ne MESSAGE DOCUMENT ISSUEDATE ACCEPTED TIME STAMP Y SENDER RECEIVER Gl AgronomicalObservationReport 20131009 1 2013 10 09 01 31 52 0 true 15 Nov 2013 14 31 31 urn efoodchain ptapas sobrena 001 urn efoodchain pt cothn leir Figure 10 Filtering outbound messages Auxiliary operations on transactions You may select each message transaction shown in the Messages area both inbound and outbound Once this is done and after pressing the right hand button the following actions may be done on the selected message see Figure 11 Save Message as Retrieves the complete message as it has been sent or received from the database and stores it in a single file in the user s computer View Message Generates a PDF file based on stylesheets delivered with the Connector available in future versions of the software Extract Attachments Allows the retrieval of attachments if available in the selected message Validate Message Validates the contents of the selected messa
23. st Figure 16 shows such action to user ediManager PROCESS MESSAGE ACTION ACTIONS DONE RESPONSIBLE USER TIMESTAMP AG outbound AgronomicalObservationReport Attach files to message ediManager 15 Nov 2013 16 03 52 amp Attach files Il Sign message _ amp Extract Attachments 4 Action Done Figure 16 Todo action to be done The user ediManager should now select the message and complete the task assigned to him by using the functionality invoked by the relevant button example Figure 17 attach files to messages Message Attachments Baad B Delete Extract v Close Figure 17 File upload 19 eFoodChain B2B Connector v1 0 0 Stimulating innovation in the food supply chain through smart use of amp ICT assisting SMEs participate in digital supply chains in the Single Y Market eFoodChain eFoodChain B2B Connector User Manual SME The process can be repeated if more than one file has to be attached The GUI shows the list of attached files See Figure 18 Message Attachments NAME TYPE _1_followed methodology padf application pdf _2_map of observed area pdf application pdf Baad Boetete extract v Close Figure 18 Message attachments Clicking the Close button completes the process After completing the assigned task clicking the Action Done button releases the message for further processing in this case for sendin
24. t runs the B2B Connector DSL or ADSL is sufficient no requirement for a fixed IP address or qualified domain name By default the B2B Connector uses two ports o One HTTP port for the communication with the user interface typically the port 8080 However any other available port can be used instead This port can also be used for unsecured data exchange with remote stations B2B Connectors this should only be done for initial testing purposes or in otherwise secured network infrastructures such as VPN or intranet o One HTTPS port for secure data transmission typically 443 or 8443 These ports must be open on the computer which hosts the B2B Connector in order to allow the B2B Connector to communicate with external partners and also to access the user interface of the B2B Connector If a proxy is used to separate the intranet from the public Internet the address and port of the proxy must be known for the setup as well e Shared folders for the B2B Connector and local ERP system so that they can exchange files by saving and retrieving them on shared folders Once correctly set up see also the Setup Manual the Connector will work most of the time in the background without user interaction The following chapters describe how to use the graphical user interface GUI to carry out operations that need manual intervention by an operator user To give a practical example this manual assumes that there are at least two users registered on t
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