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Set up the ECGrid account for your VAN connection

Gogula R Bhavana
Updated

Celigo utilizes the value-added network (VAN) service through ECGrid. The ECGrid portal is the web interface for ECGrid, the VAN service that Celigo uses to send and receive electronic data interchange (EDI) documents with your trading partners. When you create a VAN connection in integrator.io, Celigo sets up an ECGrid account (VAN service portal) for you. You must then:

Log in to your ECGrid account

If you're the account owner, you will receive an email from Celigo to complete the VAN setup on ECGrid. It will provide the login URL and credentials to access your account.

Important

After a VAN connection is saved, the account owner must check for an email from Celigo in their inbox. The email provides login details and references this article to configure the ECGrid and complete the VAN setup.

View your ECGrid account (Mailbox) 

After you log in, view the settings in the Details and My Connections tabs in your ECGrid account mailbox.

Note

When you have a single mailbox, you can directly access the tabs in the configuration panel. Later, if you have more than one mailbox, say, one for production and another for sandbox or testing, then in the left pane, go to Mailboxes and select the appropriate mailbox.

  • Details

    • Name – A mailbox is created for your VAN connection with a unique AS2 ID. The mailbox name is suffixed with the integrator.io account name and a unique ID.
    • Description – The user details and AS2 ID details.
    • Owner – The email ID that is automatically included in the Errors, Partnerships, and Notices fields by default.
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  • My Connections

    • On the AS2 default tab, find the following details:

      • AS2 ID  –  A unique AS2 ID is auto-generated based on VAN's unique ID to share data with trading partners.
      • URL – A URL to the mailbox.
      • Certificates – The certificates are required for secure communication.

Configure your ECGrid account

The setup and configuration of your ECGrid account has the following steps:  

  1. Create the EDI ID that identifies your business on the ECGrid network.
  2. Set up your trading partnership on ECGrid. 
  3. Test sending and receiving files over AS2.

Step 1: Create the EDI ID

Add your EDI ID to your ECGrid account.

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  1. In your ECGrid mailbox, select the EDI IDs tab.
  2. On the EDI IDs page, click Create. The Create New TPID  (Trading Partner ID) dialog opens.
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    1. In Qualifier, enter ZZ. This is a default qualifier.
    2. In Identifier, enter the EDI ID.
    3. In Description, enter a description of your own to identify the EDI ID.
    4. In Group, select Production, Test, or MFT. Enter either Production or Test.
    5. Select Create.

An EDI ID is created with an Active status. 

Step 2: Set up a trading partner

After you have created your EDI ID, set up your trading partnership on ECGrid.

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  1. In your ECGrid,  select the TPs tab.
  2. Click Set Up Trading Partnership. The Set Up Trading Partnership dialog opens.
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    1. in Select Your ID, select the EDI ID you created in Step 1 from the list.
    2. In Partner Qualifier, enter ZZ.
    3. In the Identifier field, enter ECGRID. It is a default identifier value to connect to ECGrid. 
    4. Click Next. Another Set Up Trading Partnership confirmation dialog opens.
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    5. Select the Partner Qual:ID if it's not already selected. Once you've selected this value, select Submit Partnership. (If the trading partner's ID is found on the ECGrid network, a green Submit Partnership  appears.)

Step 3: Test your AS2 connection

After you create a partnership, you can test by sending and receiving files from the My Connections tab.

Follow the steps mentioned in the screenshot to test the file receiving through AS2.

Test AS2 Receive

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Follow the steps mentioned in the screenshot to test the file sending through AS2.

Test AS2 Send

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