When the developers have made “Formats” available in Link it’s possible for Link business users to do the implementation of new partners on their own - if the partner agrees in one of the available formats.
To understand terms like formats, partners, distributions etc. in Link it can be a good idea to read this discription: Link til beskrivelse
Process at onboarding a partner:
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Clarify the following with the partner - first step:
Contact persons (for clarifying, setup and test - it might be different people for each task)
Master data on items - It’s a good thing to use standards like GTIN (for items)
Units - do you do business in pieces, cartons, pallets or else?
Locations - Preferable GLN
Send your catalogue of formats you support
Send a guide with documentation and samples
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Advantages of doing the implementation in the business:
They know the current flow with the partner (customer/supplier)
They know product data for the products in question
The developers don’t have to be involved in the whole process
To succeed there are some things to clarify with the partner
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Transport of documents (FTP, AS2…) + technical info about transport
Document types and direction (E.g. orders in – orderconfirmation, delivery advice, invoice out)
Frequency (e.g. at invoices, stock reports and price catalogues)
Implementation process (setup and test - eventually deadlines)
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During the test period the Location is set to TestBox. Then you can test documents without any risk of sending it somewhere... Formulering!
Mandatory information: Document Type, From and To partner, From and to format.
The format is something setup by your developers.
5. Upload of testfile
If you ask your partner to send you a test file you can upload it when the distribution is made
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6. Setup of Transport: https://bizbrains.atlassian.net/l/c/ZcY0AW2m and steps to do in Link: https://bizbrains.atlassian.net/l/c/puqJNPh2
To understand terms like formats, partners, distributions etc. in Link it can be a good idea to read this discription: https://bizbrains.atlassian.net/l/c/P7n0pJpd