AS1/AS2 Viewer
Use the AS1/AS2 Viewer to view packaged B2B transactions
and B2B process details that use the Applicability Statement 1 or
2 (AS1 or AS2) communication protocol. You can view the choreography
of the B2B process and associated business documents, acknowledgment
signals, process state, HTTP headers, and contents of the transmitted
documents.
Like its predecessor, AS1, which defines a standard for data
transmissions using SMTP, AS2 defines a standard for data transmissions
using HTTP.
AS2 identifies how to connect, deliver, validate, and reply to
data; it does not interact with the content of the document, only
the transport. AS2 creates a wrapper around a document so that it
can be transported over the Internet using HTTP or HTTPS. The combined
document and wrapper are called a message. AS2 provides security
and encryption around the HTTP packets. AS2 also provides a measure
of security not found in FTP. AS2 provides an encryption base with
guaranteed delivery.
An important component of AS2 is the receipt mechanism, which
is referred to as an Message Disposition Notification (MDN). The
MDN ensures the sender of the document that the recipient has successfully
received the document. The sender specifies how the MDN is to be
sent back (either synchronously or asynchronously, and signed or
unsigned).
Note:
When decryption fails for an incoming encrypted
AS2 document, a failure MDN is not sent back. To correct this issue,
a participant connection must be activated, whether used or not,
between the two participants' AS Binary capability. If the AS Binary
capability is not enabled, then it must enabled for both the participants
and then a participant connection must be activated between them.
You can use the AS1/AS2 Viewer to view the message ID, Time Stamps,
Document Flow, Gateway Type, and Synchronous status, as well as
document details. Additional document processing information is
displayed with the document details.
Searching for messages
- Click Viewers > AS1/AS2 Viewer.
The system displays the AS1/AS2 Viewer window.
- Select the search criteria from the drop-down lists, described
in Table 18.
Table 18. AS1/AS2 Viewer search criteria
Value |
Description |
Start Date and Time |
Date and time the process was initiated. |
End Date and Time |
Date and time the process was completed. |
Source and Target Participant |
Identifies the source (initiating) and the
target (receiving) participants (Community Manager only). |
Participant |
Identifies if the search applies to all participants
or the Community Manager (participant only). |
My role is the |
Identifies if the search looks for documents
in which the participant is the Target or Source (participant only). |
Initiating Business ID |
Business identification number of the source
participant, for example, Duns. |
Gateway Type |
Production or test. Test is only available
on systems that support the test gateway type. |
Package |
Describes the document format, packaging,
encryption, and content-type identification. |
Protocol |
Document format available to the participants,
for example, RosettaNet XML. |
Document Flow |
The specific business process. |
Message ID |
ID number assigned to the AS1 or AS2 packaged
document. Search criteria can include the asterisk (*) wildcard.
The maximum length is 255 characters. |
Synchronous Filter |
Search for documents received in synchronous
mode. This means that the connection between the initiator and the Document
Manager stays open until the transaction is complete, including
request and Message Disposition Notification (MDN). |
Sort by |
Sort results by this value. |
Descend or Ascend |
Descend displays the most recent time stamp
or the beginning of the alphabet.
Ascend displays either the oldest time stamp or the end of the alphabet. |
Results per page |
Use to select the number of records displayed
per page. |
- Click Search. The system displays a list
of messages.
Viewing message details
- Click Viewers > AS1/AS2 Viewer.
The system displays the AS1/AS2 Viewer Search window.
- Select the search criteria from the drop-down lists.
- Click Search. The system displays a list
of messages.
- Click the View details icon next to the message that you want
to view. The system displays the message and the associated document
details, described in Table 19.
Table 19. Message details
Value |
Description |
Message ID |
ID number assigned to the AS1 or AS2 packaged
document. This number identifies the package only. The document
itself has a separate Document ID number that is displayed with
the document details. The maximum length is 255 characters. |
Source Participant |
Participant initiating a business process. |
Target Participant |
Participant receiving the business process. |
Initiating Time Stamp |
Date and time the document begins processing. |
Gateway Type |
Either test or production. Test is only available
on systems that support the test gateway type. |
MDN URI |
The destination address for the MDN. The address
can be specified as an HTTP URI, or an e-mail address. |
MDN Disposition Text |
This text provides the status of the originating
message that was received (either successful or failed). Examples
include the following:
- Automatic-action/MDN-sent-automatically; processed.
- Automatic-action/MDN-sent-automatically; processed/Warning;duplicate-document.
- Automatic-action/MDN-sent-automatically; processed/Error;description-failed.
- Automatic-action/MDN-sent-automatically; failed:unsupported
MIC-algorithms.
|
- (Optional) Click the Display raw document icon to view the raw
document.
