How to Set Up the Environment for Generating EDI Data

This lesson provides essential information regarding the environment setup steps that must be performed within the GenRocket web platform and by users to generate EDI data.

1. (Optional) Modify the EDI Config File
2. (Optional) Modify Receiver Parameters
3. Verify config Subdirectory on User’s Local Computer
4. config.properties File for Database Connections
5. CSV Files Queried by G-Queries
6. Required Files to Download for Generating EDI Data

(Optional) Modify the EDI Config File

The EDI Config File contains the standardized EDI format configuration seen in the EDI Management Dashboard for the EDI Document. This file contains information on how to merge the data from different EDI Segment files created by each Domain within the EDI Project.

Any changes made within the EDI Management Dashboard are part of this file. Additionally, the file contains the EDI Config File Name and EDI Output File Name format, which can be modified at any time. If it is modified, user’s will need to download the file again to their local computer.

Note: For more information on modifying the EDI Config File, please see Lesson 3 of this training module.

(Optional) Modify Receiver Parameters

Receivers are automatically assigned and configured for each Domain within a created EDI Project. All Domains generating segments of EDI Data are assigned the EDISegmentDataCreatorReceiver.

The EDI Project also contains a Merge Domain with an EDISegmentMergeReceiver assigned to it. This Receiver merges multiple segments of data into the EDI formatted output.

In most cases, Parameters for these Receivers do not have to be modified to generate EDI test data. They are pre-configured and will work if the subdirectories and required files are available on the user’s local computer.

However, some Receiver Parameters may be customized if desired. Please note that changes to the Receiver Parameters affect all users who will be generating data. These include the following:

• outputSubDirectory – The name of the subdirectory where generated EDI Documents/Transactions Sets are created. The default value is “data.”

• configSubDir – The EDI Config File should be within this subdirectory on the user’s local computer to generate EDI data. The default value is “config.”

Note: For more information on modifying Receiver Parameters, please see Lesson 4 of this training module.

Verify the config Subdirectory on User’s Local Computer

A config subdirectory should exist within the user’s output path on their local computer. The location is the path the user entered for the resource.output.directory within the Resources Pane.

A user can verify the entered path by logging into the GenRocket web platform and view the resource.output.directory within the Resources Pane located in the Project Dashboard.

Important: Please note that the subdirectory name may differ if the configSubDir Parameter value is changed within the EDISegmentMergeReceiver.

config.properties File for Database Connections

When querying a database or inserting data into a database, the user will need to have a config.properties file. For G-Queries the resourcePath Parameter defines the file’s path on the user’s local computer, and the resourceSubDir Parameter is an Optional Parameter for specifying the file subdirectory.

The file name is also specified within the resourceName Parameter and should have the same name on the user’s local computer. For more information about the config.properties file, see the first part of this help article.

CSV Files Queried by G-Queries

If one or more G-Queries have been added to the G-Case and are querying CSV Files, these files will also need to be available to the user generating the EDI data.

The location of these files is defined within each query by the path and subDir Parameters. The file name should also match the value for the fileName Parameter.

Required Files to Download for Generating EDI Data

The user will need to download the following files to their local computer from the GenRocket web platform:

• EDI Config File – Download, rename to Config.xml and place in config subdirectory on user’s local computer.

• Scenario Chain Set – Downloads to the home directory path on the user’s local computer.

• G-Case Suite or Test Data Case File – Downloads to the home directory path on the user’s local computer.