Re: BizTalk EDI
From: Michael (Michael_at_xyzzy.com)
Date: 05/09/04
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Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 00:39:11 -0400
Originally I was thinking some other software package such as Mercator
or Gentran that nornally translates EDI but is XML capable. I would
translate incoming EDI to XML and then use BizTalk to pick it up and
process it. On the outbound side I would use the EDI product to
translate XML to EDI and send via a VAN.
It did not occur to me that there might be VANs out there that would
accept an X12 850 Purchase Order from a trading partner for example
and translate it to XML so I could pick it up with BizTalk. If there
are I would definately be interested.
On Fri, 7 May 2004 17:05:22 -0700, "PBR" <paul@thesak.com_NoSpam_>
wrote:
>When you say "out of a third party system" do you mean a VAN? If not, what
>kind of system?
>
>
>"Michael" <Michael@xyzzy.com> wrote in message
>news:hukn90p80sff7q6dbedh8ntkt1bpfb0f4s@4ax.com...
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Has anybody done anything to take documents in and out of a third
>> party EDI system into BizTalk? The reason I ask is that the native
>> BizTalk EDI functionality isn't going to be good enough for us.
>> Covast does not appear to be an option either.
>>
>> A lot of EDI software out there seems to be trying to cross over into
>> the XML space and I'm wondering if I can't just use something like
>> that to translate EDI to XML and then take it into BizTalk.
>>
>> We cannot get our hands on the Covast product to even look at it. Why
>> Microsoft would partner with a company that doesn't share the
>> Microsoft business model is beyond me. These are the issues that have
>> cropped up with Covast:
>>
>> 1) They have a developer edition - but you can't buy it. You are
>> only allowed to purchase it with a partner, standard, or enterprise
>> edition. So, unlike BizTalk and every other Microsoft product we use,
>> we cannot try a simple scenario to see if it will work well for us.
>> They also don't have an evaluation version. What they will do for you
>> is sell you consulting to have someone come on site to show it to you.
>>
>> 2) Althought they have a partner edition - you can only purchase 10
>> of them at one time.
>>
>> 3) The standard edition doesn't have the same licensing. Covast has
>> 5 trading partners instead of 20. The sales guy told me they were
>> attempting to address that.
>>
>> So even though I am willing to buy a Covast Developer Edition to give
>> it a ride they won't sell it to me. Even though I would be willing to
>> buy a BizTalk partner edition and a Covast Partner Edition to give it
>> a ride its not cost justifiable since I have to buy 10 of those. The
>> only solution they have given me is to buy a Standard Edition and they
>> will throw in a Partner Edition. It appears the "demo" version really
>> costs around $6000.
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>>
>> Michael
>
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