Cloning a Trading Partner
For efficiency when creating many trading partners, you can copy the map and logic from a previously existing trading partner account instead of creating a new one wholesale.
Duplicating (Cloning) a Trading Partner Account for Efficiency
You may need to copy the map and logic from a previously existing trading partner account. This can be an effective strategy in any of the following:
Creating a smoke test trading partner
Creating multiple trading partners that have a similar configuration
Creating a ew implementation
Follow these steps to clone a trading partner account:
Create a new trading partner account with a different ID
For more information on how to create a trading partner, click here.Submit a change request for the new trading partner account
For more information on how to submit a change request, click hereIn your request, ask to copy the map and logic from the "source" trading partner
Wait for a response from the Connection Development team saying they copied the map and logic to the new trading partner.
Validate the map and logic by:
Testing the document extraction
Validating output delivered to your ERP
If necessary, request the deactivation of the "source" trading partner through a change request associated with that partner.