Setting Up a Batch

11-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle B2B Figure 11–2 Scheduling the Batch The image shows the Scheduler dialog box showing the following tabs: Non-Repeating Event and Repeating Event. The Repeating Event tab is selected. The tab shows the following drop-down lists: Minute, Hour, Month, Year, and Day of Month or Day of Week. You can see the batches you create on the Manage Batch tab.

11.2 Managing Batched Messages

Figure 11–3 shows where you can search for batches that you previously created, view details of a batch, and disable, update, or delete a batch. Batching EDI Messages 11-5 Figure 11–3 Managing Batched EDI Messages The image shows the following tabs on the Oracle B2B screen: Deploy, Manage Deployments, Types, ImportExport, Schedule Batch, Manage Batch, Callout, Purge, Listening Channel, and Configuration. The Manage Batch tab is selected. The first area of the tab shows the following Search fields: Receiver, Batch Name, and Document Type. At the top of the area is the Match radio button with the following options: All or Any. Above the fields are the Advanced button and the Saved Search drop-down list. Below the fields are the Search, Reset, and Save buttons. The second area of the tab shows the search results in a table with the following columns: Batch Name, Enabled, and Schedule. Above and to the right of the table are the Enable, Disable, Delete, and Update buttons. The third area of the tab shows details of the selected batch in a table with the following columns: Receiver, Document Type, Document Protocol, and Document Version. For the Update batch action, only the documents definitions selected can be updated. Ensure that you reselect all the documents that are to be part of the batch and not just the new ones. In some cases, B2B may not pick up the batched messages when you update the batching schedule. If you see that batched messages are not being picked up, delete the batch and create a new batch schedule with the same name as the previous batch. The same name must be used so that B2B picks up the previous messages in WAIT_BATCH status. 11-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle B2B 12 Scheduling Trading Partner Downtime 12-1 12 Scheduling Trading Partner Downtime In a competitive B2B world with high volume message flow, it is not possible to compromise on the processing capability of the B2B infrastructure, thereby creating the need of scheduling Trading Partner downtime. This results in processing the messages, even during trading partners downtime, from the senders perspective, and managing the maintenance or load of the recipient. This chapter describes how to schedule Trading Partner downtime, which allows Trading Partners to notify each other about downtime and to delay message delivery during downtime. This chapter contains the following topics: ■ Section 12.1, Introduction to Scheduling Trading Partner Downtime ■ Section 12.2, Scheduling Trading Partner Downtime ■ Section 12.3, Deleting Scheduled Downtime ■ Section 12.4, Extending Trading Partner Downtime

12.1 Introduction to Scheduling Trading Partner Downtime

Various Trading Partners schedule their downtimes for different reasons and notify their partners about the downtime. Scheduling the trading partner downtime in Oracle B2B ensures that messages are not delivered during the downtime period, yet are processed by Oracle B2B such that the messages are ready for delivery when the Trading Partner becomes available after downtime. Trading Partner Downtime can be scheduled using a command line utility. See Section 19.13, Scheduling Trading Partner Downtime for more information. It is not possible to reduce the length of scheduled downtime using either the console or the command line utility. To interrupt a scheduled downtime, or end an open-ended downtime, you can delete the schedule. See Section 12.3 for information. At present the functionality to extend the time of a schedule using the console is not available. To extend the length of a scheduled downtime use the command line utility. See Section 12.4 for an explanation of the options.