IFS Connect for Tax ID Validations
The purpose with this page is to provide a step-by-step guide how to, in IFS
Connect, create new routing rules and how to use them effectively to connect to
different Tax ID Validation Services. An example routing address, routing
rule and transformer has been provided for UK VAT Number Validation Service. This guide can
be used to configure other Tax ID Validation Services.
A generic interface has been provided to handle request and response
messages. A request transformer and a response transformer can be used to
transform these generic message formats to the required specific formats of the
relevant service end points. Samples of the generic messages can be found below.
Use this page when you want to learn more about how to configure IFS Connect
for Tax ID Validations.
Contents
- Open Solution Manager
- Navigate to Integration /
IFS Connect /
Setup IFS Connect
- Start by importing a previously created transformer
- Expand the folder Transformers
- Mark one of the transformers and select
Duplicate in the menu bar
- Rename the transformer and add proper description in the
Description field
- Select Transformer Type
- Select Load to choose the previously
created transformer file
- Select the file and press Open
- Press the Save icon in the menu bar
- Repeat for more transformers as needed
- Navigate to Integration /
IFS Connect /
Routing Addresses
- Select Create New in the menu bar
- Select the appropriate Destination Type value
and enter a
Description
- Optionally select a previously created transformer file as
Transformers
- Optionally select a previously created transformer file as
Response Transformers
- Setup the additional information needed for the relevant Tax ID Validation
Service
- Save the Routing Address
- Navigate to Integration / IFS Connect /
Routing Rules and select the
Outbound tab
- Select Create New in the menu bar
- Select APPLICATION_MESSAGE to route
from and ensure the checkbox Enabled is
selected
- Enter a proper description in the Description
- Select the None queue
- Press New in the Content based conditions area
- Select RECEIVER as
Search Criteria (Search),
equals as Operand
(Op) and the relevant <TAX_ID_TYPE> as
Matching Criteria (Match)
- Press New again in the Content based conditions area
- Select SENDER as
Search Criteria (Search),
equals as Operand
(Op) and IFS_GENERIC_VAT as
Matching Criteria (Match)
- Select Destination Address and choose
the previously created Routing Address in the dialog box
- Press OK
- Select Save in the menu bar
Incorrect IFS Connect configurations might lead to errors being raised in
the application. In such scenarios, a descriptive error message should be
available in Solution Manager / Integration / IFS Connect /
Application
Messages.
The zip file
GenericMessageSamples
contains,
- Request.xml
- Response.xml