File tracking

When you select the Track file content check box and click Configure file tracking on the Options > Transfers tab, the File Tracking Options dialog box is displayed.

Use this dialog box as a starting point to configure all file tracking options. It consists of three sections: Tracking Configuration, File Tracking List, and Properties.

Tracking Configuration

Enable one or more of the three types of tracking available: EDI, XML, and text.

Track EDI content

When you select the Track EDI content check box on the File Track Options dialog box, EDI tracking is enabled and baseline EDI identifier information, such as interchanges and functional groups, are tracked.  See EDI tracking fields for detailed information on the data collected in the database. 

You can configure EDI tracking options without enabling tracking. Tracking will not actually occur unless the Track EDI content check box is selected.

To configure an EDI tracking entry, click New EDI.  See New EDI.

To update an existing item, double-click it or right-click it and select Edit. See EDI tracking fields.

Enable EDI functional acknowledgment tracking

Select this check box to track EDI-X12 and UN/EDIFACT pending functional acknowledgments. Once the functional acknowledgment is sent or received, the acknowledgment code is logged with the corresponding original transaction set.

Still track EDI inbound if error responding to the sender

Select this check box to continue logging incoming EDI information if the payload was successfully received but there was an error sending the asynchronous AS2 MDN or ebMS acknowledgment.

EDI Tracking Exclusions

Specify tracking exclusions directly in the field or select Edit Exclusions to select exclusions from a list. See EDI Tracking Exclusions in EDI tracking.

Track XML content

Select the check box to enable XML content tracking.

Unlike EDI tracking, where baseline content is tracked when you select the Track EDI content check box, for XML tracking you must add entries to the File Tracking List for any XML tracking to take place.  See XML tracking fields for detailed information about the data collected in the database.  For XML tracking, all data tracked - whether it be identifier data or transactional data - is stored solely in the VLXMLExtractedData table. 

To configure an XML tracking entry, click New XML.  See New XML.

To update an existing item, double-click it or right-click it and select Edit. See XML tracking fields.

XML Tracking Exclusions

Specify tracking exclusions directly in the field or select Edit Exclusions to select exclusions from a list. See XML Tracking Exclusions in XML tracking.

Track text content

Select the check box to enable text tracking.

Unlike EDI tracking, where baseline content is tracked when you enable it, for text, you must add entries to the File Tracking List for any text tracking to take place. See Text Tracking Fields for detailed information on the data collected in the database. For text tracking, all data tracked -- whether it be identifier data or transactional data -- is stored solely in the VLTextExtractedData table.

Click New Text in the File Tracking List to configure new text tracking items. SeeNew Text .

To update an existing item, double-click it or right-click it and select Edit. See Text tracking fields.

File Tracking List

A summary of all the reference information to be tracked. You can add new EDI, XML, and text items to track.

New EDI

Click New EDI to add a new EDI item to the File Tracking List. See EDI Reference in EDI tracking.

New XML

Click New XML to add a new XML item to the File Tracking List. See XML Reference in XML tracking.

New Text

Click New Text to add a new Text item to the File Tracking List. See Text tracking.

Properties

Reference 1 Display Name

Reference 2 Display Name

Optional - Specify the names to use in the transfer reports for the two storage areas designated for reference information.  These names can then subsequently be seen in transfer report detail views, as seen through the View Information right-click option.