Communication Party 

Use

A communication party enables you to represent extensive units that exchange messages with each other in collaborative processes, for example a company.

Integration

You can assign each communication party one or more services and address these services as the sender or receiver of messages.

Prerequisites

You have created a new communication party or have opened an existing one.

Features

The object comprises the following information:

Header Data

The object key is simply made up of a name, which is assigned when you create the object. We recommend that you use a meaningful name here so that the navigation tree is easy to understand.

Alternative Identifiers

You can specify identifiers for the communication party to identify the communication party uniquely. By using these normalized identifiers, you are not dependent on any existing external identifiers that are valid for the party.

In order to be able to use additional identifiers for the party, you can also specify alternative identifiers. In the collaboration agreement (in the communication channel) you then define which of these identifiers are to be used for a particular combination of sender and receivers.

Specify the following information for each alternative identifier:

Input Fields for Alternative Identifiers

Field Name	Meaning
Agency	Specify an abbreviation for the agency. You can select from the following in the dropdown list box: ·        016 for: Dun & Bradstreet Corporation ·        009 for : EAN – International Article Numbering Association ·        166 for: NMFTA – National Motor Freight Traffic Association You can also specify an agency manually.
Scheme	You can specify an identification scheme. If you select one of the standard agencies from the input help, then this field will already contain a predefined value.
Name	This name is a unique identifier for the communication party within the specified scheme.