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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

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, vew the settings in the Details and My Connections tabs in the ECGrid account mailbox.  (Later, if you have two mailboxes, one for production and another for testing, then in the left pane, go to Mailboxes and select the appropriate mailbox)

 After setup if you you have two mailboxes, one for production and another for test, select the 

  • Details

    • Name – 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 EDI account 

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

  1. Create the EDI IDs that identify your business on the ECGrid network.
  2. Set up trading partnerships
  3. Test sending and receiving files over AS2.

Step 1: Create EDI IDs

You have to configure EDI IDs to receive and send data between integrator.io and ECGrid. Defining your EDI ID here is a required first step before you can set up trading partnerships (TPs). Your EDI ID is then associated with your account mailbox.

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  1. In your ECGrid account, select the EDI IDs tab. (If later you have more than one mailbox, perhaps one for production and another for sandbox or test environment, then go to Mailboxes, and select the specific account mailbox.)
  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

Now, you have to establish a partnership with a trading partneryou want to exchange documents with. For this, you need to know the Identifier and Qual:ID of the trading partner. If you're not sure about these details, check with your partner.

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  1. In your ECGrid,  select the TPs tab. (If later you have more than one mailbox, perhaps one for production and another for sandbox or test environment, then go to Mailboxes, and select the specific account mailbox.)
  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 dialog opens.
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    5. Select the Partner Qual:ID. 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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