An external role assigned to a person responsible for managing specific accounts (PSNs). The Account Admin role has limited access to information and administrative functions the assigned account (PSN).
This role is assigned to a person responsible for maintaining specific accounts (PSNs). The Account User roles has limited access only to those accounts (PSN) assigned.
A reference number for an Inbound file; for example, PO Number.
Applicability Statement 1 (AS1) and Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) are secure methods for transferring encrypted data across the Internet.
Links that display across the top of Inovisworks page showing where you are in the application and how you got there. By clicking on a link (a breadcrumb) you return to the page selected.
An invoice line item indicating the type of charge.
The role assigned to a person responsible for setting up and maintaining User roles and functions within a company.
A nine-digit number identifying an Inovisworks customer. More than one account can be associated with a single customer ID.
A role assigned by the Customer Admin. Customer User roles are confined to those accounts for which she or he is responsible.
In Inovisworks, the word “document” means an “interchange” or a transaction.”
A numeric identifier assigned to a document at the Interchange level. A Document ID is variable length and assigned by Inovisworks for each Interchange.
The status of a document on the GXS network. For example, Available, Received, Hold, etc. See “Status Definitions” on page 203.
The type of document, such as Purchase Order (PO) or Invoice (IN).
An action performed on a document as it travels through the GXS network. For example, Enter Gateway, Validate, or Received/Interconnected.
A graph showing document events and status. Using color-coded nodes a document's progress is tracked through the GXS network and shown in graph form.
FTP folders, automatically created by GXS, used to store EDI transactions ready to be retrieved.
FTP—used to transfer large files.
An GXS service which automatically sends documents to a receiver's FTP server. Customers who register for this service do not need perform an FTP pull.
Trading Partner documents retrieved by using the FTP pull commands, such as fromvan/get< filename>.
Trading Partner documents are sent using FTP push commands, such as tovan/put <filename>.
Tasks users perform while working in Inovisworks. Functions available to a user depend on his or her defined role.
Document exchange servers. Inovisworks customers exchange documents using FTP, Pipeline, X400, EDI-INT, and UCCNet gateways.
The sender of an outbound document can put a document on hold, making it unavailable to the Trading Partner.
Documents sent to you from your Trading Partner.
GXS' value added network (VAN), which securely exchanges information regardless of data type, network, or connectivity standards.
Another public or private network Inovisworks uses to transfer data.
A suite of managed services providing message brokering, hosted data transformation, web forms, and business process services.
A file containing bundled data, used by VANs to transmit and track large amounts of data.
Between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., Monday through Friday, Eastern Standard Time (EST), and all day Saturday and Sunday, when there is less traffic on GXS:Access.
An online Inovisworks service offering, such as Access:OnRamp.
Free connectivity software, available through the Inovisworks.
Documents sent from your company to a Trading Partner.
File names automatically created by GXS to store outbound documents in the FTP directory.
A unique nine-digit account number. An account represents the GXS software owned by or service subscribed to by the customer.
Between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, EST, when the heaviest network traffic occurs.
Designates the sender and receiver IDs of Trading Partners. A ZZ qualifier means the sender and receiver ID is mutually defined by the Trading Partners.
Where documents “wait their turn” to be sent or received.
Indicated by an asterisk (*), these fields must contain information.
Defines functions or tasks available to users of Inovisworks. Each user is assigned a role.
The cost of an GXS service mailbox.
The FTP directory used to store EDI data files ready to send to a Trading Partner via Inovisworks.
A company with whom your company exchanges documents.
The Trading Partner's company information, including trading ID, billing address, and contacts.
A color-coded graph showing the number and status of documents. Each Document Type, such as an invoice, is represented by a color.
The fees for using an GXS service. Usage charges are based on:
User roles define what functions/tasks users can perform in Inovisworks. These user roles defined by Inovisworks are:
A process that adds value during a document exchange. For example, AS/2 connectivity link or X400 connectivity link.
ccount Admin role
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