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TRADACOMS connectors support generating TRADACOMS documents from XML and converting TRADACOMS documents into XML.

Key Capabilities

  • UK EDI standard support with bidirectional TRADACOMS/XML translation and automatic schema detection
  • Transmission header management with configurable delimiters and encoding options
  • Batch transaction support for multi-document interchange processing

Overview

When receiving TRADACOMS documents, TRADACOMS connectors validate interchange headers and convert the TRADACOMS document into XML. This is useful as a staging step, because XML is the primary format that uses to manipulate data in a flow. The TRADACOMS connector automatically reads the input file to determine the appropriate schema, then parses the document according to this schema. When generating TRADACOMS documents, TRADACOMS connectors convert XML into TRADACOMS document syntax and apply the appropriate interchange headers. This is useful as the final step for creating a TRADACOMS document, after the XML data has been fetched and transformed elsewhere in the flow.

Connector Configuration

This section contains all of the configurable connector properties.

Settings Tab

Translation Configuration

Settings related to the core operation of the connector.

EDI Partner

Transmission Settings

Settings related to the transmission headers of TRADACOMS documents. When generating documents, these settings are applied as interchange headers in the resulting document. When parsing documents, the interchange settings are used to validate the incoming document.

Sample Files Tab

Advanced Tab

EDI Delimiters

Settings that specify which characters separate elements, segments, and so on.

Advanced Settings

Settings not included in the previous categories.

Message

Logging

Miscellaneous

EDI Partners Tab

Automation Tab

Automation Settings

Settings related to the automatic processing of files by the connector.

Performance

Alerts Tab

SLAs Tab

TRADACOMS to XML

When generating XML, set the Translation Type to TRADACOMS to XML. TRADACOMS files placed in the Transactions tab are processed by the connector. The connector validates TRADACOMS message headers against the configured Transmission Settings. After validating the transmission, the TRADACOMS segments are converted into XML according to the schema specified in the message. The resulting XML files are placed in the connector Transactions tab.

XML to TRADACOMS

When generating TRADACOMS files, set the Translation Type to XML to TRADACOMS. XML files placed in the Transactions tab are processed by the connector. The connector converts the XML elements representing a TRADACOMS file into TRADACOMS segments, then uses the configured Transmission Settings to generate the transmission headers. To create an example of the XML structure required to generate TRADACOMS documents, start with an example TRADACOMS document and send it through the TRADACOMS connector in TRADACOMS to XML mode. You can use the resulting XML as a template in the XML Map connector to convert XML structures into TRADACOMS structure.

Use With the XML Map Connector

Upload Test File

Macros

Examples