EDI Job form

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The EDI Job form enables you to add an EDI job definition that specifies a schedule to run EDI sessions at specified time intervals.

For example, you can use a scheduled EDI job to have N4 execute an outbound ACTIVITY EDI session for ABC line operator at the end of each day and send the EDI message to the EDI mailbox specified in the EDI session.

To add or edit an EDI job:

1. In the General area, in the Id field, enter a unique ID for the EDI job.

2. Optionally, in the Description field, enter a short description for the EDI job.

3. From the Job Execution Group drop-down list, select the Job Group that must be used to execute the EDI job. Although it is essential to assign at least one node for job groups, based on the volume of transactions at your terminal, Navis recommends that you assign jobs to multiple nodes randomly or balance jobs based on the number of available cores and the CPU load for the more complex jobs. For more details, see Job Groups form.

4. Optionally, in the Job Target area, select the EDI trading partner from the Partner Name drop-down list.

5. From the Job Class Name drop-down list, select a job class:

• InboundSession

• OutboundSession

• CommunicationSession (send only without any other processing)

• ReprocessSession (retry the selected inbound session if posting failed)

6. If you selected InboundSession or OutboundSession in the Job Class Name drop-down list, select an EDI session from the Session drop-down list.

• The options you see in the Session drop-down list depend on the job class and the EDI trading partner, if any.

• The Session drop-down list does not display outbound sessions that are based on the carrier visit since it is not possible to provide carrier information when you set up an EDI job. Therefore, you cannot schedule an EDI job to extract EDI based on carrier information (vessel or rail visit). Examples of carrier based EDI include Stowplan, LoadList, DischargeList, etc.

7. If you selected CommunicationSession in Job Class Name drop-down list, select an EDI mailbox from the Mailbox drop-down list.

8. If you selected ReprocessSession in the Job Class Name drop-down list, select an inbound EDI session from the Session drop-down list.

9. From the Complex drop-down list, select the complex for the EDI job.

If you are logged in at the complex or a lower scope level, you can only set up EDI jobs for the current complex.

10. On the Scheduling tab (on page 1), define a schedule to execute the EDI job. If you do not enter a scheduled time, by default the job will execute every minute. Do not use the Scheduling tab for ReprocessSession jobs.

11. Optionally, on the Notification tab (on page 1), specify the e-mail address of the recipients that want to receive notification from N4 when an EDI job succeeds or fails. For example, you can specify your e-mail address if you want to receive an e-mail when an EDI job fails to process.

• For outbound EDI sessions, N4 sends the EDI message to the Primary Mailbox and any Additional Mailboxes specified in the EDI Session form (on page 1).

12. If you selected ReprocessSession in the Job Class Name drop-down list, enter the number of times N4 should attempt to process the EDI job.

• You cannot reprocess a session more than five times.

13. Click Save.

When you add an EDI job, N4 will not schedule it automatically. In the EDI Jobs view, you must select the Actions Schedule option to schedule the EDI job.

Each time N4 executes an EDI job, N4 adds a record to the Execution Logs tab. The three states of execution of a reporting job are: In Progress, Succeeded, and Failed.