Start order negotiation

This transaction creates the negotiations for orders that are configured to go through the negotiation process.

Use this transaction in environments where an Order needs to go through a Negotiation phase before it is released.

Attributes

The following are the attributes for this time-triggered transaction:

Table 1. Start order negotiation attributes
Attribute Value
Base Transaction ID START_ORD_NEGOTIATION
Base Document Type Order
Base Process Type Order Fulfillment
Abstract Transaction No
APIs Called createNegotiation()
User Exits Called YCPBeforeCreateNegotiationUE, YCPGetNegotiationNoUE

Criteria parameters

The following are the criteria parameters for this transaction:

Table 2. Start order negotiation criteria parameters
Parameter Description
Action Required. Triggers the transaction. If left blank, it defaults to Get, the only valid value.
Number of Records To Buffer Optional. Number of records to retrieve and process at one time. If left blank or specified as 0 (zero), it defaults to 5000.
Next Task Queue Interval Optional. Specifies in hours how long a failed task should be suspended before it is considered for reprocessing. Defaults to 5 hours.
Node Required. The ship node for which records are being processed.
ColonyID Required in a multischema deployment where a table may exist in multiple schemas. Runs the agent for the colony.

Statistics tracked

The following statistics are tracked for this transaction:

Table 3. Start order negotiation statistics
Statistic Name Description
NumOrdersProcessed Number of orders processed.
NumNegotiationsCreated Number of negotiations created.

Pending job count

For this transaction the pending job count is the number of records available to be processed by the transaction with the AVAILABLE_DATE value less than or equal to (<=) the current date value in the YFS_Task_Q table.

Events raised

This transaction raises events as specified under the createNegotiation() API in the Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Javadocs.