Release 1.6

This readme includes improvements, usage notes, and known and resolved issues that have been implemented for the webMethods.io B2B 1.6 release.

Highlights

Component Description
webMethods.io B2B Runtime Options You can now configure runtime options for three categories: EDI, AS2, and general. These options enable you to control the runtime behavior of the system. For more information, see Runtime Options.
Support for triggering a processing rule when there are errors in AS2 messages You can configure processing rule to trigger an email notification if there are AS2 errors based on the user status.
For more information, see Adding a Processing Rule.
Support for more EDI connector operations The following new operations are added in the EDI in webMethods.io Integration
  • formatDate
  • formatTime
  • formatNumber
  • formatDecimal
  • generateFunctionalAcknowledgement
  • getDelimiter
  • getFirstKey
  • getEDIString
  • nullifyIfBlank
    For more information, see webMethods.io EDI Connector.
Support for more B2B connector operations The following new operations are added in the B2B Connectors in webMethods.io Integration
  • setXpathForDocAttribute
  • getTransactionSenderReceiver
  • getPartnerID
  • addTransanctionContentPart
  • relateTransactions
  • getRelatedTransactions
  • getTaskInfo
  • updateAttribute
  • restartTask
    For more information, see webMethods.io B2B Connector.
Support for handling duplicate MDNs When webMethods.io B2B receives a duplicate MDN for the original request, the status of the original request gets updated to indicate the correct status, and all the related messages are grouped together.
For more information, see the options for AS2 in Runtime Options.
Support for configuring sender and receiver values of processing rules during queue creation You can directly configure the partner-specific details for processing rules during queue creation.
For more information, see Creating a Partner-Specific Queue.
Control number validation support for inbound EDI payload The inbound payload can now be validated for duplication, or out-of-sequence control numbers by setting the options in the EDITPA template.
For more information, see Working with EDITPA.
Support for bulk resubmit and reprocess actions You can now resubmit or reprocess multiple transactions.
For more information, see Viewing and Downloading Transactions
Enhanced transaction filters and transaction monitoring You can bookmark your filters and can easily navigate through the transactions.
For more information, see Viewing and Downloading Transactions.
Support for triggering a processing rule in case of errors for AS2 messages You can configure processing rule to trigger an email notification for any AS2 errors based on the user status. For more information, see Runtime Options.
Support to migrate on-premises services to cloud using webMethods Cloud Container webMethods.io B2B now supports two-way communication with webMethods Cloud Container, if you have a Cloud Container subscription enabled in your MyCloud account.
You can now:
Task management You can now restart outbound transactions. And can start, stop, restart, or delete tasks.
For more information, see Managing Tasks.
Managing Notifications You can now subscribe to activities or events occurring in the system. This enables you to be aware of the key events happening in the system. You can subscribe to desired events and control the notifications frequency. Click on the bell icon on the right top corner to see all the notifications.
For more information, see Managing Notifications.
Channel-based partner identification You can now identify the partner who sent the business document using channel-IDs. You can make channels partner-specific so you can track the source of the inbound document.
For more information, see Channels.
Document Delivery Rate If your partner systems need to receive and process documents at a specific speed, you can control the pace at which the outbound documents are sent to your partner systems. For more information, see Supported Channel Types.
Terminology change The asset migration feature that helps you import, export, and deploy assets is now renamed asset movement both in the product and documentation.
For more information, see Asset Movement.

Usage Notes

The following functionalities have certain restrictions in webMethods.io B2B system:

Known Issues

This section lists any issues for the current release that were known when this readme was published:

Resolved Issues

This section lists any issues that were resolved as part of this release: