Trading Partners Tab
What is a Trading Partner?
Setting up a Trading Partner allows you to configure information specific to a particular party that Statelake is able to interact with - this Trading Partner (and their specific details) are then used in the execution of an Action.
Since Trading Partners can be set up to be totally different, this allows you to configure one Action to perform a task that may behave differently during execution, depending on the Trading Partner.
For example you might have an action that exports invoices. While the format that the invoice is exported to might be the same, one Trading Partner might like it delivered to their HTTP server while another likes it delivered via email. By configuring the Transport based on the Trading Partner you can use the one Action to deliver the invoices via the desired method of each Trading Partner.
Fields
Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
Run the action once per linked trading partner | Select to have the Action repeat itself once for each linked Trading Partner. This is only applicable if action mode is Export, as set on the Execution tab. |
Process the next partner even if an error occurs on a previous partner | If running the Action once per linked Trading Partner, select this option to continue with processing even if an error occurs for the previous partner. It is recommended that this box is ticked. |
Trading Partner | A list of Trading Partners linked to this Action. Right-click to add an entry. Double-click an entry to remove it. |
Add Or Delete A Trading Partner
To add a Trading Partner to an Action, simply right-click anywhere in the Trading Partner pane, and select Add from the pop-up.
Then select as appropriate from the displayed list of available Trading Partners.
Double-click on the record to highlight it and load it into the Action. The selected Trading Partner will appear in the Trading Partner pane of the Action, and it will be removed from the list of available future entries for that Action.
However, if you delete the Trading Partner from the Action by double-clicking the Trading Partner name in the Trading Partner pane, then it will re-appear as an available record for re-selection.