The EDI Filename command allows you to associate file names with EDI output transactions. This command is required for EDI-to-EDI maps.
You must use this command before you execute the Map
Envelope Level command for a transaction.
You must associate a unique file name with each transaction. Once the EDI file has been written to, you cannot change the file name.
If you want the output to go to the specified file, use the EDI-to-EDI Run Switches command and select the Ignore Trade Partner Mailbox and Ignore Trade Agreement Mailbox options. If you do not select these two options, normal mailbox routing occurs and the file is not written to the specified location with the specified name.
Select EDI Filename from the Rule Command - New window. In the Parameters section, select the variables for each of the parameters of the EDI Filename command by clicking the up arrow to the right of each Parameter text box and selecting one of the options in the menu that displays. This command has these parameters:
Filename – select one of:
Memory Variable – the Memory Variables window displays next to the Rule Command window. Double-click a memory variable to automatically enter it in the Filename text box.
Record/Field – the Records/Tables window displays next to the Rule Command window. Double-click a field to automatically enter it in the Filename text box.
System Variable – the System Variables window displays next to the Rule Command window. Double-click a system variable to automatically enter it in the Filename text box.
Constant – enter a value in the text box on the Constant Value window that displays and select OK. The value is entered in the Filename text box.
Transaction – associate a specific outbound transaction with this command.
The ALL option is not allowed for the Transaction parameter
in this command.
