Sending Files to an AS2 Partner via Event Rules

You can send files via AS2 to a partner that does not have inbound access defined in EFT Server’s account management system by creating an Event Rule. If the AS2 partner has an outbound profile defined, you can select that profile when you define the send options.

For example, you could define a Rule with a Timer event so that every Monday at 8 a.m., all files in a certain folder are sent to a partner that either already has a profile defined on the Server or that you will define "on the fly" in the AS2 Send File dialog box.

The AS2 Send File to host Action can be used for Folder Monitor, Timer, and all file-based events.  (Refer to AS2-Related Actions for more information about the AS2 Send file to host Action.)

To send files to AS2 partners

1. Create a new Event Rule, such as a Scheduler (Timer) Event . (Refer to Creating Event Rules for details of creating Event Rules, if necessary.)

2. Add the AS2 Send file to host Action to the Rule, then click one of the blue underlined text links. The AS2 Send File dialog box appears.
   
   

3. In the File(s) to upload box, type the path or click the open icon to specify the file to send to this partner. Include the entire path to the file. You can also use File System variables such as %FS.PATH% and wildcards. For example, to send all files in a folder, type the folder path and *.*. (The files will not be sent all at once; each file will have a unique message ID.)

4. In the Partner Configuration area, specify the AS2 Partner profile using one of the following methods:

• In the Partner profile box, select a defined  AS2 outbound partner profile. The fields in the AS2 connection details area is completed automatically.

• Provide the connection details in the AS2 connection details area. (Refer to AS2 Send File Dialog Box for details of each field.)

• Click Setup Wizard to use the wizard to set up the profile.

The Partner profile box is linked to the selected profile configuration. If you are using GlobalSCAPE authentication, if the profile is updated, the information in the AS2 Send File dialog box is updated also; if a referenced profile is deleted, disabled, or not allowed to use AS2, any Event Rule using the profile will fail. If you use AD, LDAP, or ODBC authenticated accounts as AS2 partners, if the account in the external database is changed, deleted, or disabled, any Event Rule or Command that references the account will fail. For example, if an AD user SSmith is renamed SJones, you will have to manually update any Event Rule or Command to reflect the new name of the account.

5. To test the configuration, click Test.

6. To configure a Proxy server for this partner, click Proxy.

7. To clear all of the partner connection details and start over, click Clear All.

8. Click OK to save the AS2 Partner profile in the Event Rule.

9. Add other Conditions and/or Actions, as needed (e.g., add an e-mail notification).
   
   

10. Click Apply to save the Event Rule on the server.