How to Configure a Base EDI Receive Location

You can set Base EDI receive location adapter variables in the BizTalk Server Administration console.

Note
Before completing the following procedure you must have already added a receive port.

To configure variables for a Base EDI receive location

1. In the BizTalk Server Administration console, expand BizTalk Server 2006 Administration, expand BizTalk Group, expand Applications, and then expand the application you want to create a receive location in.

2. In the BizTalk Server Administration console, click the Receive Port node in the left pane. Then in the right pane, right-click the receive port that is associated with an existing receive location or that you want to associate with a new receive location, and then click Properties.

3. In the Receive Port Properties dialog box, in the left pane, select the Receive Locations option, and in the right pane, double-click an existing receive location or click New to create a new receive location.

4. In the Receive Location Properties dialog box, in the Transport section next to Type, select EDI from the drop-down list, and then click Configure to configure the transport properties for the receive location.

5. In the EDI Transport Properties dialog box, do the following:

   Adapter properties

   In this section, select the logical address that you associate with the receive location.

   Use this	To do this
   EDI Address (URI)	The EDI subsystem uses logical addresses to determine the sender and recipient of a document. To determine the sender of a document, the EDI subsystem takes the logical address of the sender of a message, creates a URI from that, and tries to find the receive location record with that URI. Note The URI for a send port or receive location cannot exceed 256 characters..

   Flags

   In this section, specify the functional acknowledgment settings for this trading partner.

   Use this	To do this
   Functional Acknowledgements	The EDI transport requires you to select a setting for functional acknowledgements. Options: Always Never

   Supported document types

   In this section, specify whether to accept unlisted document types.

   Use this	To do this
   Accept all unlisted documents	Specify whether the EDI adapter will accept documents that are not in the list of supported document types at this receive location. Options: No Yes

   Supported document types for EDIFACT

   Select from the list of supported EDIFACT document types.

   Supported document types for X-12

   Select from the list of supported X-12 document types.

6. Click OK.

7. In the Receive Location Properties dialog box, enter the appropriate values to complete the configuration of the receive location, and then click OK to save the settings.