Initiate and view document flow

  1. Click Community Participant Simulator > Initiate Document Flow. The system displays the Upload Document screen.
  2. Click Browse to locate the RosettaNet Service Content document that you want to upload. The document must be signed with a digital signature.
  3. Click Route to start the test process. The document is routed through the system to the appropriate destination based on routing information in the document.
  4. If you are simulating a one-way scenario, the test is complete.

Searching for an open document

  1. Click Community Participant Simulator > View Document Flows.
  2. Click to view an open document flow. The system displays the Open CPS Document Flow screen.
  3. Click to view the raw document.

Responding to an open document

  1. Use a text editor to edit the to and destination sections of the process requiring a response document (change VTP_OWNER to VTP_TP, or change VTP_TP to VTP_OWNER), and make the appropriate changes to the target's URL.

    Table 33. Test scenarios

    Scenario Destination for Connection URL

    Two way outbound from Community Manager to Participant (Upload Request).

    Simulating Community Manager.

    VTP_TP

    VTP_TP

    One way inbound from Participant to Community Manager.

    Simulating Participant.

    VTP_OWNER

    VTP_OWNER

    Two way outbound from Community Manager to Participant (Upload Response).

    Simulating Participant.

    VTP_OWNER

    VTP_OWNER

    Two way inbound from Participant to Community Manager (Upload Response).

    Simulating Community Manager.

    VTP_TP

    VTP_TP

  2. Click Community Participant Simulator > View Document Flows.
  3. Click Respond adjacent to the document requiring a response document.
  4. Click Browse and select the edited document.
  5. Click Route. The document is routed through the system to the appropriate destination based on routing information in the document.
  6. Click View Document Flows to view the document.

Removing an open document

  1. Click Community Participant Simulator > View Document Flows.
  2. Click Remove next to the displayed document. The document is deleted from the system.

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