A trade agreement associates a specific map with a specific trading partner and has the capability of overriding certain addressing information for this particular combination. Trade agreements provide power and flexibility by allowing you to associate multiple maps with one trading partner. They also add additional routing capabilities so that documents can be sent to the correct mailbox within your and the trading partner’s organization - since the routing information associated with a trade agreement overrides routing information associated with a map, including a mailbox. For example, you can override the receiver interchange or group code for a specific map when it is used to translate data for a specific trading partner. Or, you can override the mailbox name and folder where the program stores the trading partner data for that specific exchange of business information.
The information requested on the tabs of the trade agreement window, as well as which standard-specific tab is active, depends on the standard that is used in the map.
