Key Features

Communications

• Sends and receives files over X.25, ISDN, TCP/IP and XOT according to OFTP standards
• Controlled communications. Only those trading partners that are defined to the system may establish a communication session. Anybody else will be rejected.
• EERP support. This feature of the OFTP protocol allows the user to determine if his file has reached its ultimate destination.
• Supports both national and international connections
• Supports direct communication with a trading partner
• Supports indirect communications with a trading partner via an intermediary clearing centre
• Able to handle multiple simultaneous sessions
• Supports file Checkpoint / Restart
• Supports data compression for higher throughput

Automation

• Automatic call out and message reception
• Automatic retry in event of a call failing
• Designed to run unattended without operator intervention (dark room environment)
• Has full recovery and restart facilities

Auditing and traceability

• Produces reports on the files it has in process or has processed
• Online multi-level tracing capability for easy problem diagnosis
• Comprehensive audit trail of all established sessions, together with details of files transmitted and received

File and EDI support

• Handles both EDI and non-EDI data files
• Pre-processes EDI format files, routing them to multiple destinations when required
• Post-processes EDI format files to accumulate like-format message types into a single user file
• Advanced EDI file split/merge utilities that understand EDI data formats
• EBCDIC / ASCII conversion for text files based on file node

Supported EDI standards

• UNGTDI (United Nations Guidelines for Trade Data Interchange) syntax
• EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport) syntax
• ANSI X12 (American National Standards Institute) syntax

General

• Full password support for total integrity
• Context-sensitive diagnostic messages
• 24 / 7 availability