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Splitting a Batched Interchange

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This topic describes how to configure an agreement for processing a batched EDI interchange by splitting the transaction sets from the interchange.

Prerequisites

You must be logged on as a member of the BizTalk Server Administrators or BizTalk Server B2B Operators group.

To receive a split EDI interchange

  1. In the BizTalk Server Administration Console, click the Parties node. In the Parties and Business Profiles page, click the party that has the agreement that will resolve to the incoming batched interchange. In the Agreement section of the page, right-click the agreement and click Properties. In the Agreement Properties dialog box, in the one-way agreement tab (to which the inbound batched interchange will resolve), do the following:

    1. In the Identifiers page, make sure you enter the correct values so that the incoming batched interchange resolves to this agreement.

      • In case of X12: Set ISA5, ISA6, ISA7, and ISA8.

      • In case of Edifact: Set UNB2.1, UNB2.2, UNB3.1, and UNB3.2.

    2. In the Local Host Settings page (under Interchange Settings), under Receiver’s Settings section, for the Inbound batch processing option, select one the following options:

      • Split Interchange as Transaction Sets - suspend Transaction Sets on Error – Select this option to specify that BizTalk Server should parse each transaction set in an interchange into a separate XML document. BizTalk Server will then apply the appropriate envelope to the transaction set and route the transaction set document to the MessageBox. With this option, if one or more transaction sets in the interchange fail validation, BizTalk Server will suspend only those transaction sets.

      • Split Interchange as Transaction Sets - suspend Interchange on Error – Select this option to specify that BizTalk Server should parse each transaction set in an interchange into a separate XML document. BizTalk Server will then apply the appropriate envelope to the transaction set and route the transaction set document to the MessageBox. With this option, if one or more transaction sets in the interchange fail validation, BizTalk Server will suspend the entire interchange.

  2. Create a Visual Studio project for the preserved batch as follows:

    1. In Visual Studio, create a BizTalk project and add the schemas for all the messages within the batch.

    2. Build and deploy the project.

  3. In the BizTalk Server Administration Console, create a send port to send split batches as follows:

    1. Set the send pipeline to EdiSend or AS2EdiSend.

    2. Set the filter of the send port to the value required to pick up each transaction set, for example, to BTS.MessageType.

See Also

Configuring EDI Batches
How to Create a Send Port