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#1. Setup basic XTranslator 1.x or 2.x translation

  • We create new job and add File Polling task to it
  • File Polling checks input folder for specific files using wildcard and runs translator if files exist
  • Then job runs translation using 837 to CSV map
  • Since it is testing mode we also add Exit task. Without Exit task job would restart from first task
  • XT Server is designed to run automated processing. Jobs run in the loop until encounter Exit task or error
  • When all the tasks are added and tested remove Exit task so job could run continues translations everytime new input files come in

#2. Setup file delete task to clean up input files

  • Once translation is done we want to clean up input files
  • This is done using File Delete task
  • We also add Log task to print DONE message in the log

#3. Setup EDI validation for incoming files

  • We setup EDI X12 validation. There are four main directories.
  • Input directory where validation will pick up files
  • Fail directory for files that fail validation
  • Success directory for files that pass validation and might be processed with other tasks
  • Output directory is for output reports with validation results. Such as 997, 999 acknowledgements or CSV, text files with list of errors
  • We setup directories and then run tests to make sure validations run
  • Recap: after validation runs input files end up in fail or success directory. Output directory is for validation reports: 997, 999, HTML, CSV, etc

#4. Add XTranslator 1.x or 2.x task after EDI validation

  • Once EDI validation runs we want to process valid files using translator
  • We add XTranslator task and set input directory to read files from EDI validation success directory

#5. Add FTP task to receive files and run XTranslator

  • We add FTP task
  • Plain FTP uses port 21. Please check with your trading partner what port should you use
  • We also add Pause task to sleep for 2 minutes (120 seconds)
  • Polling FTP constantly without any pause would put too much pressure on the server resources

#6. Run server via command line

  • There are no parameters for basic execution
  • Press Ctrl-C keyboard shortcut to stop processing

Bonus. Pro tips

  • Plan your directory structure. This can not be stressed enough
  • Most work is done on files. So having specific directories for specific actions makes sense
  • Example: let say we want to do EDI X12 837 and 835 translations. We setup root directory under 'C:\prod\'
  • Then we add subdirectories 'C:\prod\837\' and 'C:\prod\835\' .
  • Then we create all specific processing steps in each: like 'C:\prod\837\validate\' then 'C:\prod\837\translate\' and so on
  • If we will have to add message type in the future (eg. EDI X12 270) it will be obvious how to set it up
  • This also helps to solve issues if something fails: if 837 processing failed you will know what directories to check